So, it’s day six of the new year and today is the first day I’ve even thought about New Year’s Resolutions. I guess with Lydia’s birthday so soon after Christmas and the New Year, I feel like it’s just a continuation of the holidays. Fun for her, tiring for me.
I’ve never been one to make resolutions…or maybe I just don’t stick with them. Regardless, I am facing this new empty page of a year with hopes for…well, for MORE. Of course, I’m not meaning more STUFF, in fact, I’d like LESS of the junk that fills up our house. What I want to see is more organization, more discipline, more focus on the quotidian, more fun, more development of Lydia and Asa, more growth and just MORE. One of my very favorite verses is from Ephesians 3:20…
Now to him [God] who is able to do immeasurably MORE than all we ask or imagine, according to his power at work that is within us to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
(emphasis mine)
And that is what I want for this year. I want to see MORE than I could even ask for or imagine. More than I could articulate in a list of resolutions. I just want MORE for my family, my daughter, my son, my husband, for myself. And I pray the same for you.
MORE.
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That’s a good resolution. I’m with you on the organization part. I’ve also set up a “not allowed to break it no matter what” schedule for Bible reading. Somehow my Bible seems to get lost in a mountain of text books. So, that’s my resolution… the first year I’ve made them.. well I also have to block 5 numbers from my phone. Project: be one of the only people hardcore enough to stick to resolutions.
One of the best resolutions I’ve read so far. More of Him and less of me.
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January 6, 2009 at 9:44 pm
This is great, A! Thanks for the reminder that it’s not about us, but about Him!
it sounds pretty great! Certainly something I need too!
Wonderful – thank you for sharing this! I’ll pray this for you, and I will definitely covet your prayers for me!
Hee hee! That is my favorite verse ever! It’s so hopeful and full of love.