Have you ever started to do something, messed it up and decided to just start over. Maybe you were baking something,, messed up the ingredients or forgot to put something in it. It was a flop! So start all over again. Maybe you were sewing something, messed up the pattern or sewed it the wrong way. Oops, rip it apart and start over.
I don't know about you but I am glad to have a forgiving, loving, heavenly Father who wants and allows us to start over. Here we are starting a new year, what are your resolutions or goals for this year.
There are so many, I know many will say, "I am going to loose weight", "I am going to eat healthier", "I am going to find a better job", and on and on we go. Also, many will say, "I am going to read my Bible through", "I am going to go to church more", "I am going to pray more", "I am going to learn how to win souls", "I am going to win more to the Lord" and all of these are good things.
I don't know about you but sometimes I can make too many goals and it will overwhelm me. This year I read a post about finding "A New Name for A New Year" well I listened to the video and then watched another video on all the different names for Jesus. When Jehovah Jireh came across the screen and said "The Lord Will Provide", I knew immediately that was my name for 2019. Many things that Scott and I are praying for this New Year, we know that "the Lord will provide".
So I choose to seek the Lord daily and make short goals. Already this year, I have chosen a name for 2019, and today I started a Bible devotional on prayer. I am going to try not to set goals that are way out there.
"And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart." Jer. 29:13
"But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him will all thy heart and with all thy soul." Deut. 4:29
"Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:" Ps. 139:23
There are things that I am striving for but am not seeing results because I messed up and now I have to "start over". It is OK to "start over" and we must continue to "start over" or we will just quit. But it is so encouraging to see some of those short goals accomplished.
I guess what I am saying is I am going to daily seek the Lord. Make some daily goals instead of months and a yearly goal. Do you ladies make lists of things you want to get down daily or weekly.. As you do what is on the list you check it off, and down the list you go. Doesn't that make you feel good in that you have accomplished something?
So I choose daily goals instead of the yearly goal. Today I can read my Bible, pray, eat healthy, exercise, walk, send an encouragement card, call a friend, bake cookies, clean bathrooms, etc. You can look at your list and see what you have accomplished. Don't get discouraged if you didn't finished the list, pick it up tomorrow and continue on. Another list might be, pass out 5 tracts today, talk to someone about the Lord, visit a shut-in, etc. The lists change daily and we can see our goals scratched off daily.
As I close this writing I would like to ask you to pray for me as I go to MD Anderson on January 8th for my year check-up. I give the Lord all the glory for healing me of cancer twice.
Recently we visited a lady we use to work with Becky Eastep who has gone through breast cancer and it is back. She has already had a couple of surgeries to remove tumors on the brain and will be going through radiation treatment soon. Please pray for her. We have seen many others going through this awful disease of cancer. A pastor friend, we got to see a family in Missouri that the man had cancer and is doing well now. We immediately bonded with this family.
As we travel we try to encourage those families going through cancer. We know what they are going through and can share our hearts and prayers with them. If you think about the different things in your life, there are things that you have been through that can help someone else down the line. We may not know why or how come we go through certain things in life but be assured you can help others going through the same thing.
Each Day is a New Goal!
