Moving forward

Happy New Year!  Thanks for giving me a blog vacation. 

I love time off.  There is something about it though that makes you appreciate the regularities of life.  Today I am back to our routine and ready for it.  I am ready to face the year head on. 

I haven't always been a believer in setting New Years resolutions.  They seemed silly to me.  But after being married to a man who takes setting goals and attaining them very seriously, I am becoming more and more of a believer.  So what if I only accomplished 60% of my goals from last year.  I moved forward.  I made progress.  And I am proud of what I accomplished.  If you don't set any goals, you are guaranteed not to accomplish them.

2011 was amazing.
    It was a huge year for our church.  We celebrated our 5th anniversary.  Doubled in size.  Baptized 2000 people.  Opened 2 new campuses.  And really matured internally as a staff.   
    For our family is was incredible.  We added a 5th member to our family, yeah Abbey! We also moved my in-laws to Charlotte.  Oh, and my baby started kindergarten.
    Personally, I saw a side to myself that I didn't know was there, in a good way.  I grew up a lot.  In my relationship with God, my personal habits and relationships.  I did things I never would have been able to do 5 years ago.  I was not perfect, but God stretched me this year and then He came through and for that, I am a better person.

I am ready to leave 2011 behind.  Ready to move forward.  I have goals for my home, my kids, my personal life and habits and more.  I am not done setting my goals for 2012 (who says you have to be done by Jan1?) but I will finish them.  One things for sure, I am going to read more, I have set a goal to read 12 books this year.

I hope you will take some time to look back and look ahead.  Keep moving forward.  Keep letting God work on you.  And you can trust that the things God has in store for you this year, good and bad, are going to turn out for your good.

Psalm 37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delights in his way.

Comments

[Angela De Souza]

Happy New Year! I would love you to read one of my books as one of your 12 :) http://kingsdaughters21.blogspot.com/p/books.html

Have a fantastic 2012 xxx

[Keirstin]

After last years blog about 6x6 goals, I finally set some of my own 6x6 goals! I am ready to take 2012 head on and see what God has in store for me!!!

[jamie]

I need to post Psalm 37:23 on my wall right now! We have some big decisions ahead of us this year... it will all be fine as long as we seek Him and choose to delight in His way. BTW, we had the opportunity to attend Code Orange Christmas; I was in awe of how well you handled your wiggly, but well behaved, Kindergartener :o) Adorable!