Recaptured: Winter Beauty

It's been almost 20 years since I was home in winter. 

I had forgotten how beautiful icicles outside of my bedroom window could be.

Recaptured. The appreciation of winter beauty..

Recapture: To Begin Again

Every New Year brings with it the promise of being able to start anew and like everyone else, I look forward to the opportunity to begin again. Towards the end of each year, I take time to seek the Lord for direction for the upcoming new year and usually I receive the impression of a word or a phrase which will point me in a specific direction. The word for 2014 was Recapture.              

recapture: to catch again someone or something that has escaped; to gain control again of a place or position again after losing it; to experience again or bring back a feeling, quality, or situation             

Recapture: the opportunity to begin again. The meaning of the word speaks of being able to  ‘gain control again’ of things I’ve lost or given away either. A chance to bring to bear what I’ve learned in maturity in past situations I wish I had handled differently. It's going to be interesting and exciting to see how recapture plays out for me in 2014.

 If you had the opportunity what would you begin again in the upcoming year? Is there any thing that you would like to Recapture in 2014? Maybe you can. Let's talk about it.