1. I want to have joy. I mean real, genuine joy. I want to be joyful in my daily life in all things that I do. That means the laundry. And washing dishes. And scrubbing the toilet. Yes, I want to be joyful in those things too.
2. I want to be empathetic. Yes, I want to feel what you do and what they do, whoever they are. I want to really, truly feel for you and identify with you.
3. I want to make time, daily, to read my Bible and spend time with the Lord. Real, genuine, "Do not disturb," time with the Lord. I should make this one number 1.
4. I want to step out of my hiding place. Yes, I have one. It's not very bright and not very fun. It's full of all of the things I'm afraid of, including you. Yes, I'm afraid of you, and you, and everyone else. I'm afraid to trust people. I'm afraid to trust that people can be good. I'm afraid that if I know you, you surely will hurt me in some way. So, I want to step out of my hiding place. I not only want to trust people, I want to help them and be a better person.
5. I want to treat you like Jesus would.
6. I want to model my faith to my children. All. The. Time. In everything I do, I want to show them Christ; In how they are treated, in how I treat others, in how I treat anything and everything. I want them to see Christ daily.
7. I want to model my faith to everyone all the time. If you know me or don't know me, I want you to truly see that I am a follower of Christ. And maybe you'll want to get to know Him a little bit more through me.
8. I want to prayerfully serve God. Every. Single. Day. Serve has a variety of meanings. Here are a few:
a. To work for.
b. To be a servant to.
c. To provide goods and services for
d. To supply goods or services to customers.
e. To meet the requirements of; suffice for: This will serve the purpose.
f. To be of assistance to or promote the interests of; aid:
g. To give homage and obedience to: served God.
h. To be employed as a servant.
i. To be of service or use; function
j. To meet requirements or needs; satisfy:Those definitions put it into perspective, don't you think?
9. My last resolution is to love by this definition: Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:4-13
Those are my New Year's resolutions. This is a to-do list that I think I can get done
