My 2025 Word Of The Year
We are now 10 days into 2025, and officially done the first full work week of the year.
Whew.
How are you holding up?
I will be honest, the transition from holiday break to reality was not an easy one. I loved the holiday break (who doesn’t?) and the slow, relaxing, schedule-free bliss between Christmas and New Year’s. Besides Vienna’s stomach bug on Christmas Day (that was fun), it really was a magical couple of weeks.
As we began reflecting on 2025, a few friends asked me about the Word of the Year. And I’m going to be honest, I didn’t have one.
I hadn’t even thought about it, to be honest.
But I have done word(s) of the year previously, and because I’m a creature of habit and tradition, I decided to continue that into 2025. But I was stumped.
I was stumped, because if I’m honest, I ended 2024 grateful, yes, but also a little discouraged. Some things I had hoped for didn’t happen in 2024. I felt a bit frustrated and burnt out, and if I’m truly getting vulnerable with you, I felt like God has been silent about a few things in my life. (I say ‘silent,’ but what I mean is His answer was ‘no, not yet,’ which can feel like the same thing.)
So here I was, entering 2025 word-less. I couldn’t think of one that fit. Other years, the words came easy: First, Joy, New, Grace, Here.
And then.
And then it hit me. It came out of “nowhere” because as I prayed one morning, the word “happened” to pop into my mind.
Faithful.
Whoa, that wasn’t one I was expecting. Usually, my words of the year motivate me to “improve” or “fix” something. But faithful? That isn’t about ME at all.
That’s God. That is ALL God.
And I realized that is exactly why I need it to be my word. He is faithful in the highs and lows of life. He’s faithful when everything is going right and when everything is going wrong. He is faithful when he answers prayers with a yes or a no. He is faithful when I am doing great and when I’m not. He is faithful whether or not I hit my goals, whether or not I’m a good mom today, regardless of my emotions, regardless of my actions, thoughts and deeds. He was faithful in 2024, 2023, 2022… He’ll be faithful in 2025. Not because of something I did or will do. He is faithful because He is.
Here are some verses I hope to reflect on and remember this year, that remind me of His faithfulness in all things. Because regardless of what’s in store for 2025, He is faithful.
“Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23
“Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations.” Deuteronomy 7:9
“Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.” Psalm 36:5
“God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.” 1 Corinthians 10:13
“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.” Hebrews 10:33
“If we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot disown himself.” 2 Timothy 2:13
“Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations. [The Lord is faithful in all his words and kind in all his works.]” Psalm 145:13