Monday, December 29, 2008

New Year's Resolutions

Christmas season is now ending, and for my family it was the season of plenty - plenty of Christmas cookies, plenty of miles driven, plenty of presents opened, plenty of sick kids, plenty of activities and events, plenty of snow. About the only thing I seem to be short of is time!

You may be in a similar situation, it seems like 2008 slipped by without me accomplishing everything I wanted to, and now 2009 is quickly approaching. Somewhere in here we should take some time for introspection and thinking about changes for the next year - but it's hard to find the quiet moments to do our resolutions. So, to save you time, here's three New Year's resolutions for you:

1. Resolve to Live for God as His Child - like a young child, be sure the your 2009 revolves around your heavenly Father. Seek His approval before any one else. Lean on Him for all your needs. Trust that He will give you what is best. Work to please Him with your actions and attitudes.

2. Resolve to Live For God Where You Are With What You Have - don't wait for the next promotion, pay raise, or promise of a better life. You don't need more stuff to serve God faithfully, you don't need different life circumstances, you don't need a change in scenery. God, your Father, wants you to serve Him faithfully with what He's given you. And, as we are faithful with what we have, He will entrust us with more.

3. Resolve to Live For God as if Now Were the Future - we always think that the next stage of life will be easier: we'll have more time, money and/or energy. But, it never seems to happen. Don't wait to make the changes you need to make in your life. We do not know how much time we have on earth, or how much time we have until Jesus returns. We can only live in the 'now'.

So, I've saved you the time of writing these resolutions. Now, we all only need to live them!

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