One Word 2017

Two years ago, I gave up making New Year's resolutions (since I always failed anyways), and starting focusing on one word for the entire year. Taking the One Word Challenge has been such a positive experience in my life that I knew I wanted to do it again for 2017.
 
I first looked back on the words I focused on the past 2 years:
 
2015: Obey
2016: Share
 
I recently wrote about how the word “Share” impacted my life in 2016.  
 
The past few weeks I have been praying about what my “one word” should be for 2017. Several words have come to mind, but one word has continued to pop up several times. It's a word that initially seemd kind of strange for me to focus on. Before I went to church today, I prayed that God would either give me a confirmation or a new word. 
 
During worship, this word once again came to mind, along with a Bible verse and a quote that I read recently. I knew in that moment that my "one word" for 2017 would be: LOOK. 

In 2017 I want to LOOK for:

• Ways to encourage and help others more

 

• Ways to show others they are loved and valuable
  • “Love isn’t what I have the opportunity to get from this world. Love is what I have the opportunity to give.” ~ Lysa TerKeurst

 

• Signs of God’s goodness / presence
  • Most of us tend to have busy schedules, full of demands (and distractions). Life can be exhausting and challenging. I don't know about you, but it's easy for me to be so focused on my "to-do" list that I miss what God is doing all around me. 
  • Because of this, I’m going to intentionally pray the following verse back to God and then be expectant and LOOK for Him to answer: “Give me a sign of your goodness, that my enemies may see it and be put to shame, for you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.” ~ Psalm 86:17.
  • Seeing signs of God's goodness/presence each day will not only encourage me, but hopefully those signs will cause others to desire a relationship with Him. 

What one word will you focus on in 2017?