Happy New Year!
What's your "goal" for 2014? Do you have a quote, phrase, picture or simple word that has been tapping at your heartstrings lately that you want to try and implement this upcoming year?
I love the beginning of a New Year! I know each day God’s mercies are new, but something about a new year brings a big new hope to my heart. For many years, I made New Year’s Resolutions, but I could never keep them. Oh, I succeeded for a few months, but then it was over. I felt worse about myself than I did before the year began because I had failed. So last year I decided not to make a New Years resolution and to focus on a word, verse or phrase.
Last year my focus was to "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." Psalm 46:10. I tend to be a person that prefers everything in order. I dislike unknowns, so for me letting go, being still and remembering that He is God was and still is a difficult challenge for me.
This year my focus is on BALANCE. Life is filled with storms and twisters – overcrowded schedules, impossible demands, unrealistic expectations, emotional bankruptcy, physical exhaustion and personality conflicts. Chaos often reigns, spinning emotions out of control. Frustration, confusion, stress, and darkness are all too familiar companions. During those turbulent times, my first reaction is to run and hide until the storm passes over, but I have come to two realizations; first, there will always be another storm and second, what I must do is learn how to prepare for storms before they hit. Storm preparation begins with a balanced life.
I encourage you to join with me and set aside time this week to spend in solitude. Examine your life in the light of balance. What priorities are obvious? What areas are out of balance? How has this imbalance affected your life? What changes do you need to make in order to live a balanced life of purpose in 2014? How can we help each other maintain a balanced life?
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