Goals. Objectives. Strategies.

Lose weight? Spend quality time with my kids? Focus on my relationship with my husband? Read more? Cuss less? (Ok, so I don’t really cuss.) Like so many, a new year somehow brings to mind the desire to set goals for the coming year. As I began to ponder the things that I wanted to tackle in 2011, I decided that I should make a list and write a few goals for the coming year. I thought it was a great time to reevaluate the direction that I’ve been moving, and to create some tangible objectives for the things that I would like to achieve in this new season of my life. So as I sat down at the computer to put down in words the many thoughts that were flying through my mind, I have to admit that I was a little perplexed. After many unsuccessful attempts at clarity, I came to realize that I had little depth in direction and purpose of what I wanted to achieve in 2011. It was then that I recognized that I had missed the key component in setting these super, new goals. I neglected and overlooked the importance of seeking wisdom from the One who guides my direction and gives me life. Once I spent some time with God, I came to realize how off-course I'd been in my thinking. To be sure, I had the desire to lose a few pounds and to read more, but in the end, those things seemed so insignificant.


I have come to the conclusion that I might not have specific personal goals to attain for 2011. However, as I listen and read and pray, I am finding that what’s important right now is not what I want to achieve, but it’s how I want to live. I want to live a life that glorifies my God in heaven. I want to live a life that consistently puts Him first, and to love His people the way He has commanded. I think if I can focus on that, He will also help me do the rest.

If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
                                                                                 1 Corinthians 13:2 

My Date for 2011

Big dreams for 2011. So blessed to walk through life with this man.


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