Word for 2017

My word for 2017 is:

C   O   R   E

the central, innermost, 
or most essential part of anything.

(dictionary.com)

a basic, essential, or enduring part.

the essential meaning.

the inmost or most intimate part.

(merriam-webster.com)


For you created my inmost being...
(Psalm 139:13)

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, 
but didn’t love others, 
I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 
 If I had the gift of prophecy, 
and if I understood all of God’s secret plans 
and possessed all knowledge, 
and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, 
but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. 
If I gave everything I have to the poor 
and even sacrificed my body, 
I could boast about it;
but if I didn’t love others, I
 would have gained nothing.
(1 Corinthians 13:1-3)

Long live the heart
Long live the soul
That knows what it wants
That piece you can find
That part is the whole
It never lets go
(the heart by needtobreathe)

So lets go there, to that place where
We sing these broken prayers where the light shines through-
The wound is where the light shines through
Yeah, the wound is where the light shines through
(where the light shines through by switchfoot)

We are all transgressors, we're all sinners, we're all astronauts
So if you're beating death then raise your hand but shut up if you'r not
(difference maker by needtobreathe)

Every breath is a second chance
(always by switchfoot)

Hold on tight a little longer
What don't kill ya, makes ya stronger
Get back up, 'cause it's a hard love
You can't change without a fallout
It's gon' hurt, but don't you slow down
Get back up, 'cause it's a hard love
'Cause it's a hard love
(hard love by needtobreathe)