2009

Thoughts/resolutions/solutions/rambles about 2009

I am very excited to be entering 2009- the last of the "0s" of over two thousand years of existence. That makes me wonder what year 3000 will be like, but who knows. Anyways- here's to two thousand and nine. . .

The usuals

• Getting in shape, getting "that" body by spring break and swim suit season
  
• Eat less to gain more
  
• Read more interesting thought provoking books
  
• Enhance my mind with knowledge and not junk
  
• Pray more
  
• Be a better friend
  
• Befriend more
  
• Impact the world
  
• Change the world
  
• Love the world
  
• Display selfless love
  

  
   

Personal

• All of the above
  
• Find a job/like the job/actually just find some source of income
  
• Disciple at least 10 people
  
• Trust God more
  
• Be satisfied with who I am in Christ
  
• Love unconditionally
  
• Let that man fall in love with me
  
• Strive for excellence
  
• Keep in touch with my friends
  
• Make new relationships
  
• Be bolder about the Word of God and who Jesus is and what He means to me
  
• Gain a solid foundation of my beliefs
  
• Be involved with a youth group
  
• LEARN- even though I will not be in a classroom
  
• Mentor and be mentored
  
• Can I think of anything else??
  
• Read through the Bible in a year
  
• Make plans and stick with them
  
• Commit and be determined
  
• Save money for a car and travel
  
• Not to break any of these
  

 

Goals. We think of them and set them up just like that at the beginning of the year. How many of us keep them? It is January 6, 2009 and I bet they have already been broken in many cases. Why is it so hard? Why cant we keep something that we say? Why do we have to always instantly gratify our own desires? Why cant we think more about others needs? Why cant we go against the norm…swim upstream…be different? Why do we have to blend in? Why do we always have to be the neutral crayon in the box, and not the brightest one? Why are we so afraid of ourselves, the unknown? Why are there always so many questions but no one ever seems to have the answers? Is that what you call a rhetorical question? Why do these questions have to be rhetorical? Can you answer them?

 

My power quotes of 2009

 

• "To allow God to be God we must follow Him for who He is and what He intends, and not for what we want or what we prefer" Ravi Zacharias
  
• "It is not what we do that determines who we are. It is who we are that determines what we do." Neil T Anderson
  
• "In pursuing a life that is not about yourself, you find yourself living the life you've always longed for" Erwin McManus
  
• On whose strength you draw, the Lord's or your own, will determine victory or defeat. If you let Him lead, He will take you to victory
  
• "Our quest is to have God's character formed in us, so that His passions burn in us." Erwin McManus.
  

  
   

Verses to live by:

 

• People with their minds set on You, You keep completely whole, Steady on their feet, because they keep at it and don't quit. Depend on God and keep at it because in the Lord God you have a sure thing. Isaiah 26:3-4
  
• Look to the Lord and His strength, seek His face always. Psalm 105:4
  
• …but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.
  1 Peter 3:4
  
• God's Way is not a matter of mere talk; it's an empowered life. 1 Corinthians 4:20
  
• If you love Me, you will obey Me. John 14:15
  

  
   

 

I am sure more will be added to the lists, but that is what I have come up with right now. This day. This moment.

 

To end- this is the most important of all - - - not to forget God and who He is. Live each moment remembering who you are in Christ, what Christ did for you, how much He loves you and make choices and decisions accordingly to live the life God has created you to live.

 

{embrace the journey}