Many times I have started things and not finished. Not necessarily important things, or things where others count on me, as I have a huge sense of responsibility to others. But starting things like losing weight, blogging every day, keeping up with the housework, etc., etc. You know the drill. So I have learned not to make unrealistic promises to myself.
Yes, I want to lose weight. And I do want to keep the house clean. And it would be nice to blog every day. But I am also honest with myself. I know that those things are probably not going to happen. I am going to do my best with them. But I am focusing on the year 2014 as a year when I do just a few things very well. Here's my list!
1. Love my God. Serve Him daily, read His Word, show His love to others and help win souls to the Kingdom by sharing God's love for me....a wretched sinner saved by Grace!
2. Love my family. Let them know as often as possible that I love them and am praying for them.
3. Love my friends and my community. Do everything I can to show people love.
4. Flee from negativity, rudeness and harming others. I have seen more and more of this happening and I don't want to be one who contributes to the sad shape our world is in.
5. Keep my commitments! Enough said.
So, as we begin this year, I can identify with the picture above. I love the color of it. I want my life to be colorful and full of energy and being involved. But I realize that it is going to get a little bit messy at times. I will try to always be honest and open with people, including my family, even when what I say may not always be what they want to hear.
I will serve my Lord and try to do what I know He would want me to do and to love Him with all my heart. I will do my best to be the best wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin, daughter-in-law, friend, etc., that I can possibly be.
And I will try to the best of my ability to be and do the things God wants from me in this new year! So, starting with today here is my first opportunity to share with you. It probably won't happen every day, but maybe sometime, you will read something that I have written and it will touch your heart.
GOD KNOWS:
1. God sees your work. What a disappointment we are to God when He looks at what we have done and sees substandard, slap it together, just good enough. He wants us to be excellent. So to paraphrase theologian Warren Wiersbe, When it seems like your work and witness are useless, remember for whom you are doing them.
2. God knows your trials. Yes, we can have an easier life by staying away from hard things. But that is not what God calls us to. And He knows what we are going through and will be with us every step and help us to do our best. LEAN ON HIM!
3.God hears your words. Oh, my goodness. Did I just say that? Yes, God hears everything that spews from our mouths, or our thoughts. So think twice about saying something, posting something on social media, sending out not so nice emails or even just thinking about someone or something in a not so nice way. God hears our words and thoughts and think how disappointed He often is.
4. God meets our
needs. TRUST. That has been proven over and over again to me this past year. If you are going to seek great things, seek them for God, not for yourself!
Jeremiah 45: 5 "But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking!...I will grant you your life like the spoils of war wherever you go."
What are you looking for in 2014?
