A Fresh Start for 2008

It's a new year! I hear it all the time, but time really does fly. This year I have chosen a word as my personal theme: PERSEVERANCE

I find that I am great for starting things and then life and trials bog me down and hampers my follow through. This year:

I want to get to a healthy weight. I am starting off strong, losing 4 pounds already. I need to persevere through each day so that in consistency I will see the results I am praying for.

I want to read through the Bible. Last year I tried this and only got through 6 weeks of the year. I need to persevere each day to put aside time to read. It doesn't take long, I tell myself, and I have to remember that. Plus the benefit of doing so will far outweigh any perceived sacrifice I have to make in order to read it.

I want to go to the FIAR Conference. I love the intimacy of this event. It truly equips me to be a better mom, wife, teacher, and friend. I need to persevere through my finances.

I want to go to the Extreme Marriage Makeover Conference. This would be for both of us. I need to again persevere through my finances. We have been together going on 24 years and we love each other deeply. However, who couldn't use a tune-up for the next 25 years!

I want to grow closer to Father. I want to know more of Jesus. I feel in my spirit God is trying to tell me something and right now I don't quite know what it is. I feel discontent or slow or something...I don't even know what the word is to describe it. I just know there has to be more than what I am experiencing right now. In this I just need to persevere, period.