Thursday, January 08, 2009

New Year Resolutions

I've never really done the whole New Year's Resolutions thing, unless you count the year I decided I wanted to grow house plants (don't have any now so you can see where that resolution went). The whole concept of making resolutions for a new year is interesting. I wonder if we didn't have the never ending holiday that starts 10/31 through to 1/1, would anyone need any resolutions? It seems like the last part of the year is so full of excesses that by January everyone is ready to cut back, slow down and reprioritize. By excesses I mean excess candy, cookies, turkey, pies, money spent, gifts given and received, time spent, etc. This January I am definitely ready to get back to normal and do away with the excesses. While I don't have any resolutions per say, I have been convicted by the HS in a number of areas in which I need to simplify or develop consistency. I've been convicted by the Lord in my lack of stewardship regarding my spending and I've been asking Him to help me in that. One of the books I asked for this Christmas was "Respectable Sins" and there is a long list of which many I am guilty of and I'm hopeful that the Lord will use Jerry Bridges book to help me grow in grace this year. And since I got the Wii Fit for Christmas I guess I will be working on that this year as well:) So do I have any New Year's Resolutions? I guess it depends on perspective but I do know that God is resolved to continue the work in me that He has willed and has great plans for me this year. We'll just have to wait and see what they are!:)

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