Ok. First, I want to apologize for the last two posts. I know it looks like I might be confused, especially since one post said I wouldn’t make any New Year resolutions. And in the next post I said I made five (sigh). But bear with me it will all make sense….

Making New Year resolutions is typically what I always do, and I usually end up abandoning most of the things on my list before I can even get started. This year I didn’t want to do what I have always done. The thing is, I realized that when we don’t set any goals for ourselves there is nothing to shoot for. It’s like, even though we sometimes don’t reach the mark…at least there was an attempt. And if we keep trying, keep striving, maybe one day it will happen. What I know for sure though is that our goals (resolutions) will never happen if we don’t try. That’s definitely not what I wanted.

I just didn’t want tradition to dictate how I live. We sometimes follow along blindly not really understanding why we do things. We just do them because that’s the way it’s always been. I have heard of folks who went through four years of college to get a job they hate, because that’s what their parents, and grandparents did. That’s not living the kind of life God wants for us. He has a special plan just for us, and it may not look like anything anybody else around us has ever done. 

That’s what I want. To leave myself open to God. And if it strays from my list…that’s perfectly okay. That doesn’t mean that I will never have those things, it just means I want to follow God more than I want to follow my list. And the five things that I listed…well, they will all help me be a better servant for the Lord.

I think this time He will help me get there.

Until next time…

Be blessed!