sonya mccllough lockridge

  Y'all ! After reading through the entire Bible in 90 Days this past Autumn, I adopted my ONE WORD 365 for the year 2026! Per the norm, I've adopted my ONE WORD for 2026! Last year my One Word was FORWARD . Last year, it seams I failed to write a post about my ONE WORD, but I did a search in the notes section of my phone and there it was: FORWARD. For the record, this ONE WORD FORWARD was adopted on the 13 December 2024. My ONE WORD for the calendar year 2026 is FRUIT! The key word/root word  FRUIT is found over two hundred times in the NASB 1995 version of the text. According to Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words the key word FRUIT (6529) in the Hebrew has three different meanings: 1. reward, price, edible product of a plant 2. offspring or fruit of the womb 3. the product or result of an action. In addition, to be FRUITFUL (6504), and to bear FRUIT appears in the OT some 29 times. I said all of that to  reiterate my ONE WORD for 2026 is FRUIT. I also, cha...

  The other day, I adopted my one word for the year. This is a practice I have participated in since 2009. Sadly, most years I selected one word which pertained to something I wanted to accomplish. And, there was even a year, I selected one word of the name of a person I wanted my year to focus on. But, this year I am intentionally turning my focus to who I currently am in Christ Jesus! Since returning to the city of Murfreesboro on 15 October of 2021, I have come to understand and realize the nature of my departure (Covid Times) and the true nature of my return. Since, I was working at Screen Art, I though working there was the reason for my return, until I found myself surprisingly not fired, but replaced without reason, on January 6th of 2023. This replacement without reason, exactly a month from the date of my sister's surgery, all but destroyed our finances, as we had also just moved into a larger condo. But, the Lord was with us and thankfully we were moved by the spirit to p...