a new year is exciting...i must say saying good-bye to 2008 is a little sad. looking back on the past year brings so many emotions -- joy, sadness, disappointment, revival, happy times, laughs, cries, waiting, etc...i love that the Lord is in complete control of my days. if i was in control of 2008, it would have been a total mess.
i cannot get the thought out of my head of how blessed i am. yes, i deserve HEll, yet the Lord shows so much favor to me. i cannot thank Him enough for his grace and mercy.
i am not one to make new year's resolutions, however, i do have several goals. i am determined to have a very productive year. i desire to pray more and get to know my Lord more. i want to be so intimate with Him that it is easy to trust and believe Him. i do praise His name for the bible study He has brought into my life. i feel it has helped me have a whole new view of who He is. i also praise Him for the winter retreat we just experienced with our students. we took 54 students to myrtle beach for a couple of days. the Lord used joey to teach us how to study our bible. i was blessed. it is sad to say i grew up in a christian home, christian school, christian college, etc... and no one has ever taught me how to study the bible. my goal is to read God's word to get to know Him, not to see what i can get out of it for my day or whatever my desire was.
as a family, we have the desire to spend more time together. we feel pulled so much with the ministry. we do have pretty good family time, but we desire more. we are strategizing our schedule more to have more productive/quality family time. joey and i have set marriage goals. watching the movie fireproof this past year sparked a deeper interest to nurture our marriage more. i never want to get to that point. it is sad that the couple in the movie was a christian couple--so many christian couples live that same life. they are not experiencing the abundant life. a great marriage takes a lot of hard work, and it cannot be accomplished without the Lord Jesus Christ.
i have two other desires i do not have the liberty to share at this time. i really want to glorify the Lord in every area of my life. i need specific direction from the Lord on these two decisions. i know He will be faithful to me. may i be sensitive to Him and obey Him every step of the way through these decisions.
i love you, Lord.
happy new year to all you blogger friends. love to you all. may your 2009 glority the SAVIOR...
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