A New Year

Here we are on the brink of a New Year. What will it hold for you and me? Will it be the same old same or will you and I strive for something better?

It is tradition to examine one's past in order to make promises to ourselves to do more or less depending on the issue. We resolve to do____ you fill in the blank.

I have resolved to loose the weight I gained in 2006, which was all the weight that I lost in 2005. I am sure I will loose some but we will have to wait and see on the all.

These are some of my hopes for the new year.

• I hope to become more consistent in my prayer life. I am learning that it is the ONE most important part of my Christian walk.
• I hope to become more patient with those around me.
  
• I hope to become deeper in my spiritual walk.
• I hope to become bolder in my witness for Christ
• I hope to set all my priorities weighed on God's Word.

I have used the word hope instead of resolve. To resolve would mean that I would be promising to do these things. I cannot, but I desire to be more like this and with God sitting more on the throne of my life it will happen.

What are your hopes for the New Year? Will God be a priority in your life or will he just be there as a crutch when things get bad? Are you sure he will be if you don't know him? Get to know him this year!

Ephesians 1:13 (New International Version)

13And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,