Catch 22 — a dilemma or difficult circumstance from which there is no escape because of mutually conflicting or dependent conditions;

a problematic situation for which the only solution is denied by a circumstance inherent in the problem or by a rule;

the circumstance or rule that denies a solution; an illogical, unreasonable, or senseless situation;

a measure or policy whose effect is the opposite of what was intended;

a situation presenting two equally undesirable alternatives;

a hidden difficulty or means of entrapment

Well, we are almost a full week into the new year, and in year’s past, by now, I’ve chosen and shared my “one word for the year” complete with why I chose it and the how I plan on living it.

But this year’s word had been a bugaboo. You could say, it’s been a CATCH 22...

(I’ll interject here, my husband knows me and my love for words well. He knows my word in 2020 was vision, for obvious reasons, so as 2022 has rolled around, he’s been hinting that my word should be “catch,” and while that’s not my word, the whole concept and meaning behind “catch 22” has got me thinking about the significance of choosing a word for the year...)

So even with it being a bugaboo and a bit of a catch 22, with God’s help, I narrowed it down to a few, but in the search, He impressed this upon my heart:

ONLY ONE WORD CAN TRANSFORM YOU.

It’s not a man-made word found in the pages of a dictionary, It’s the very Word of God found in the pages of The Holy Bible — breathed by Him, penned by men — our daily bread given to us by the Bread of Life — sustainable, unchangeable, infallible.

Instead of this year

being a CATCH 22,

Let God, in Christ, by His Word,

catch, capture, and keep you!