Welcome to 2014 !
It is quite amazing that we get up one day and we are in one year and then upon waking we are in another. I was thinking about our marking of time yesterday and how it all adds up to what? Time passing? Aging ? Days? Months ? But all these things we live would continue to be even of we did not mark it as we do. I am not sure what value there is in my thoughts about this but it does bring me to consider what my life is about and what direction I want it to head. It seems a lot to consider as I tackle these thoughts.
Some one once told me that to not set goals would bring about no goals achieved . This does not mean I did not accomplish any thing but that I have no marker to guide what I would like to gain as my days pass. Hang in with me here as I lay out my thoughts . I am not necessarily a goal setter. I do at times set goals and even follow through on them. I am a stay at home wife and work at my house in spurts and flits as a bird would feed at a feeder. Not so impressed with myself as I type that out but it is truth . As I consider my comparison to birds I must think about what a bird accomplishes as it feeds in the way it does . A bird is coming and going at the feeder for the purpose of nourishing and sustaining it's very life. My household work, cleaning and organizing does neither to keep me alive or sustain me physically really . Right now I want to trash this post and start with some thing new but maybe there could be some thing salvageable in this as I consider what my 2014 should look like .
I am at the threshold of a year, as are you . I sit here typing on a blog that some one may read and my goal for this blog is to inspire or give courage to another. My goal is to express myself and share personal experiences that maybe some one else has some understanding about, maybe make a new friend ,or bring new meaning to my life. Do you see the pattern to my life in spurts and flits? Some people couldn't stand my way of life as I am too unconcerned about goals or a schedule . Some times I cannot stand my way of not setting a goal for much needed accomplishment . It is my prayer for this year to not seek a life that another person would set a marker to and say " she has value as she gets things done, she is goal and task oriented , she makes her life count by x,y or z!" It is my prayer to seek God this year in a new way ! I pray for a change in me by His power that makes a difference in some one else's life and of course in my own as well.
Isaiah 43:19 says :
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up: Do you not perceive it? I am making way in the wilderness and streams in the wastelands.
I don't know about you but I need a new thing to spring up. I am weary of feeding off what others think of how I live or don't live my life. What counts is what Jesus says about me! What counts is that I walk in His truth and His light and accomplish what he has set for me to do. So I am seeking his truth and proclaiming it over my life. I am just now seeing as I type this these last words that I do perceive this new thing being done.
Lord Jesus ,
Many are the days we live and many of these days can seem futile and meaningless. Lord Jesus we need a new beginning. We need You! Jesus speak into our hearts Your truth and set us free to mark our days as you see fit. Set our goals for us and give us your wisdom and peace to get it done. Lord we ask for you to begin a new thing in us. Thank you that you are making a way in our wilderness and help us see the streams you have placed in our wilderness. I praise you Jesus and thank you for this year ahead . In Jesus I pray . Amen
It is quite amazing that we get up one day and we are in one year and then upon waking we are in another. I was thinking about our marking of time yesterday and how it all adds up to what? Time passing? Aging ? Days? Months ? But all these things we live would continue to be even of we did not mark it as we do. I am not sure what value there is in my thoughts about this but it does bring me to consider what my life is about and what direction I want it to head. It seems a lot to consider as I tackle these thoughts.
Some one once told me that to not set goals would bring about no goals achieved . This does not mean I did not accomplish any thing but that I have no marker to guide what I would like to gain as my days pass. Hang in with me here as I lay out my thoughts . I am not necessarily a goal setter. I do at times set goals and even follow through on them. I am a stay at home wife and work at my house in spurts and flits as a bird would feed at a feeder. Not so impressed with myself as I type that out but it is truth . As I consider my comparison to birds I must think about what a bird accomplishes as it feeds in the way it does . A bird is coming and going at the feeder for the purpose of nourishing and sustaining it's very life. My household work, cleaning and organizing does neither to keep me alive or sustain me physically really . Right now I want to trash this post and start with some thing new but maybe there could be some thing salvageable in this as I consider what my 2014 should look like .
I am at the threshold of a year, as are you . I sit here typing on a blog that some one may read and my goal for this blog is to inspire or give courage to another. My goal is to express myself and share personal experiences that maybe some one else has some understanding about, maybe make a new friend ,or bring new meaning to my life. Do you see the pattern to my life in spurts and flits? Some people couldn't stand my way of life as I am too unconcerned about goals or a schedule . Some times I cannot stand my way of not setting a goal for much needed accomplishment . It is my prayer for this year to not seek a life that another person would set a marker to and say " she has value as she gets things done, she is goal and task oriented , she makes her life count by x,y or z!" It is my prayer to seek God this year in a new way ! I pray for a change in me by His power that makes a difference in some one else's life and of course in my own as well.
Isaiah 43:19 says :
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up: Do you not perceive it? I am making way in the wilderness and streams in the wastelands.
I don't know about you but I need a new thing to spring up. I am weary of feeding off what others think of how I live or don't live my life. What counts is what Jesus says about me! What counts is that I walk in His truth and His light and accomplish what he has set for me to do. So I am seeking his truth and proclaiming it over my life. I am just now seeing as I type this these last words that I do perceive this new thing being done.
Lord Jesus ,
Many are the days we live and many of these days can seem futile and meaningless. Lord Jesus we need a new beginning. We need You! Jesus speak into our hearts Your truth and set us free to mark our days as you see fit. Set our goals for us and give us your wisdom and peace to get it done. Lord we ask for you to begin a new thing in us. Thank you that you are making a way in our wilderness and help us see the streams you have placed in our wilderness. I praise you Jesus and thank you for this year ahead . In Jesus I pray . Amen
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