Faithful

Photo by Jeff Fuller

Today I am featuring my first guest contributor on Blog For the Girls: Amy Fuller.

Amy is a fellow cancer survivor, a library colleague, and a friend. She had originally submitted her words as a comment to my January 1st post. The topic was choosing a word of the year to give us vision and direction. I liked what she wrote so much that I asked her for permission to use it as a full-fledged guest post.

In answer to the question, “What is your word of the year?” Amy writes:

Faithful. One who stands firm, trusts and believes.

First for me, it’s that I stand firm in my belief and trust in God’s promises. I believe that Jesus was raised from the dead and is my Savior.

I also want to be faithful in my relationships and show loyalty and believe in those around me. I want to be reliable and steadfast. I want to be steadfast in my purpose and devotion and affection. I want to be trusted to do what I say I will do and to be there for others.

I want to be faithful in my commitments, both old and new. Learning new things is hard so I want to be faithful in the commitment to myself. If I quit, I want to at least know I tried my best before saying it’s not for me. As for old things, I want to know when it’s time to stay or go so that I am true to myself, my heart and my purpose. If I can’t be fully trusted, reliable and steady in my commitment, then I am not being faithful, right?

I want to be known as a good and faithful friend and human.

But more so, I want to be known as a good and faithful servant.

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