The snow has mostly melted, the Christmas decorations are mostly put away and it's on to the next thing, so I'm contemplating my New Years' resolutions.
I heard the challenge across the radio yesterday: "What will your resolution be? To lose weight? To live a healthier lifestyle? To clean out the closet you haven't seen the back of in months?" etc. etc...
Somehow those suggestions just seemed so shallow. So inadequate and insignificant. So focused on ME. So I began to think about what my list would -- or should -- look like. What God would want my resolutions -- or life changes -- to look like. After all, He is the One who gave me life and it is His purposes I should be living out. My weight and the closets are not things He is especially concerned about.
I heard the challenge across the radio yesterday: "What will your resolution be? To lose weight? To live a healthier lifestyle? To clean out the closet you haven't seen the back of in months?" etc. etc...
Somehow those suggestions just seemed so shallow. So inadequate and insignificant. So focused on ME. So I began to think about what my list would -- or should -- look like. What God would want my resolutions -- or life changes -- to look like. After all, He is the One who gave me life and it is His purposes I should be living out. My weight and the closets are not things He is especially concerned about.
Here's Phase 1 of my list:
Sara's 2008 Resolutions
Sara's 2008 Resolutions
- To spend more time with God every day; to hear from Him and to respond accordingly. And to teach my children to do the same.
- To respect my husband more. To focus on him and his needs; to spend time figuring out what makes him tick and to honor him the way he needs to be honored.
- To connect with my kids in ways that let them know I am for them and that I really do love them. To invest energy in letting them know that I am on their side, and that they are among the greatest gifts God has given me. To reinforce by my attitude and actions that they are not a burden or a chore, but that they are my blessings!
- To let go of my need to be right. To drop the issues that are unimportant, and to seek righteousness rather than rightness. After all, what glory is there in being right anyway?
- To be better at letting go of the distractions that keep me from doing the really important stuff (like working on #s 1-4).
And then, once I've conquered some of these, maybe I'll spend a little time working on my weight and the closets that are calling my name...