My goal this year is to participate in Five Minute Fridays as many weeks as I can. Of course my go to is perfection, but I know that’s not possible. So here I am, for the second week in a row, posting at the last minute before the link closes.
This week’s prompt was difficult for me. I honestly don’t know what words to share that encompass fix. The first thought I had was fixing things. I am not a “fixer” by nature, especially when it comes to relationships outside my people in my home. It’s just easier sometimes to let acquaintances and “friends” wither away over time than to have hard conversations and “fix” what is usually a miscommunication.
So I decided to look in the Bible and see what the original meaning of fix might be. In my search, it took me to Psalm 108:1. The ESV says, “My heart is steadfast, O God! I will sing and make melody with all my being.” Doesn’t seem to fit the topic of fix. But then I did some more digging. The KJV says “O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
Fix in one version, steadfast in another. If you read my first post of 2021, I chose my word for the year; wait for it…STEADY!
Chaim Bentorah says that in Psalm 108:1, David “calls out to God saying that his heart is fixed. The word for fixed is kon which has the idea of being established or directed. Today we would say his heart was focused.”
So with that validation today of the word God laid on my heart for 2021 of being steady…maybe it’s more about steadiness in my relationships than the perfection of ensuring I write one post a week for 52 weeks. Hmmm…
