NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS FOR ME... AND MAYBE, YOU TOO

A FEW OF MY RESOLUTIONS FOR 2014

(and a couple for you)

 

In 2014…I resolve to do more meditating (okay, just some meditating…

                        every now and then)

In 2014…I resolve to write the book I’ve wanted to write for years

                        (or at least to begin)

In 2014…I resolve to work on my abs (don’t laugh)

                        or at least…unpack the weights I bought last summer

In 2014…I resolve to spend much more time

                        learning the languages I’ve been studying for years

In 2014…I resolve to double my prayer time,

                        which wouldn’t be… all that difficult to do

In 2014…I resolve to live as an “intentional” Christian…

who puts on the armor of God when he gets dressed

In 2014…I resolve to begin each day with this question:

                        “What does Christ want me to do and say today?”

In 2014…I resolve to claim the Imago Dei within me,

and to embrace the Imago Dei in others

In 2014…I resolve to be an authentic, engaging and caring leader

                        and to visit every single church member at least once

In 2014…I resolve to be the “poppy” that my daughters and

                        my grandchildren deserve (and this includes Donald IV as well)

In 2014…I resolve to take myself less seriously and the joys and

                        the pains of others… more seriously

In 2014…I resolve to be the husband that my wife thought I’d be…

                        all those years ago.

 

Well, 12 is a good Biblical number, and so, I will stop, knowing and admitting that I could list 120, or 1200, worthy goals that would make me more fully human. It is my fervent prayer that our elders will be more intentional servants in 2014 and that God will inspire many of you to join them… on a path that leads to… Bible study and spiritual growth.