What Will You Choose?
Happy New Year to everyone who is taking the time to read this post! I want to say thank you for stopping in the my Blog and reading my thoughts in things. I so appreciate it. :)
It a new year, time to make resolutions, promise ourselves our lives will be different, go on a crash diet, vow to go on more vacations, save money, etc. And then by February or March our resolutions have slowly come crashing down around us, we get discouraged and give up, until the next new year where we do it all over again. But... what if we made this year different? What if in 2017 we take the time to make our resolutions a reality? What if we really did change our lives?
This year I have several "wishes for 2017" that I want to see come to life. I also chose a 1 word theme for this year that I want to live by (well I technically chose 2 words).
For this year my 1 word theme is "JOY". Why did I choose this word? Because I find myself struggling because I look at the downside of things... I don't find joy in my everyday life like I should. I find myself wishing and waiting for the next big thing in my life, or thinking "if I could only do ---- I would be happy" (fill in the blank with whatever applies to you). Honestly though, life is not a collection of "big" things, its a bunch of ordinary days strung together that make up your life. Of course there are some big days in there as well, but the majority of life are small nameless moments that probably won't even make into your memory as you get older. You can't spend your life waiting for the next big thing, you have to enjoy today, because today is all you've got.
I can remember talking to my Mamaw one day about something, I can't remember what, and I must have used the phrase "I can't wait for " something, well my Mamaw being the sassy woman she is, replied and told me something like I was going to waste my life away waiting on things to come. And she was so right, I wish I had taken her advice before now. I want to live every day in JOY and in the knowledge that this could be my last day on earth.
So what are my "Wishes for 2017"?
(Not in order of importance):
1. At the end of this year I want to be able to look back and not have to think "I wish I would have bought that." (Ok, that's mostly a joke)
2. I want to work on creating a life that I don't need a vacation from.
3. I want to fully serve the Lord to the best of my capabilities
And those are just a few of a list that is currently in progress.
Mostly I want to choose JOY everyday throughout the year. Also, if you fail at some point in the year and don't keep your resolution, start again. Don't wait for a new year, begin on the new day and start again!
So let me ask you, what will you choose? Will you choose JOY? Or maybe there is something else in your life that you need to choose. What will it be?
**Sneak Peak**
One of the next posts will be on "The Love of God". I have been wanting to write it for probably close to a year now and just haven't, so here it comes!
It a new year, time to make resolutions, promise ourselves our lives will be different, go on a crash diet, vow to go on more vacations, save money, etc. And then by February or March our resolutions have slowly come crashing down around us, we get discouraged and give up, until the next new year where we do it all over again. But... what if we made this year different? What if in 2017 we take the time to make our resolutions a reality? What if we really did change our lives?
This year I have several "wishes for 2017" that I want to see come to life. I also chose a 1 word theme for this year that I want to live by (well I technically chose 2 words).
For this year my 1 word theme is "JOY". Why did I choose this word? Because I find myself struggling because I look at the downside of things... I don't find joy in my everyday life like I should. I find myself wishing and waiting for the next big thing in my life, or thinking "if I could only do ---- I would be happy" (fill in the blank with whatever applies to you). Honestly though, life is not a collection of "big" things, its a bunch of ordinary days strung together that make up your life. Of course there are some big days in there as well, but the majority of life are small nameless moments that probably won't even make into your memory as you get older. You can't spend your life waiting for the next big thing, you have to enjoy today, because today is all you've got.
I can remember talking to my Mamaw one day about something, I can't remember what, and I must have used the phrase "I can't wait for " something, well my Mamaw being the sassy woman she is, replied and told me something like I was going to waste my life away waiting on things to come. And she was so right, I wish I had taken her advice before now. I want to live every day in JOY and in the knowledge that this could be my last day on earth.
So what are my "Wishes for 2017"?
(Not in order of importance):
1. At the end of this year I want to be able to look back and not have to think "I wish I would have bought that." (Ok, that's mostly a joke)
2. I want to work on creating a life that I don't need a vacation from.
3. I want to fully serve the Lord to the best of my capabilities
And those are just a few of a list that is currently in progress.
Mostly I want to choose JOY everyday throughout the year. Also, if you fail at some point in the year and don't keep your resolution, start again. Don't wait for a new year, begin on the new day and start again!
So let me ask you, what will you choose? Will you choose JOY? Or maybe there is something else in your life that you need to choose. What will it be?
**Sneak Peak**
One of the next posts will be on "The Love of God". I have been wanting to write it for probably close to a year now and just haven't, so here it comes!
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