Brittany..Just trying to Serve my Savior!

The Familiar “New Year” Post… December 31, 2007

I decided to post one of those cheesy new year posts that no doubt millions of people have posted or will post.  It’s just nice to write down things you hope to achieve in the new year, etc.  This way, you have something to look back at, in case you lose sight of your goals… So here goes!

First of all, I thought it would be beneficial to list a few things I want to eliminate from my life in 2008. 

• First, I want to eliminate complaining from my life.  I complain entirely too much and it’s time I focus on what I have instead of what I don’t have.  My aunt told me about a book she read that helped her to eliminate complaining from her life.  I doubt that I will read it because it was written by Unitarian Universalist minister (the kind of “church” she attends) and I have SERIOUS issues with their beliefs.  I do, however, agree with the need to eliminate complaining from our lives.  She told me the basic premise of the book and I plan to try it.
• Second, I want to eliminate all forms of entertainment from my life that doesn’t glorify God.  This one will be hard with all the shows on TV and all the movies that are out.  The TV has been a major part of life in my house, and I intend to change that.
• Finally, I plan to eliminate as much ungodly and unholy thinking from my life.  This will be the hardest thing to eliminate because I may profess Christ with my mouth, but who I really am lies in what I think about when I’m by myself.  How I respond internally to a situation I don’t agree with.  What I think about when something happens that upsets me.  It’s hard for me to explain this, so I’ll go to God’s word.  Here are some verses that made me decide on this final and most important decision:
• Job 21:27 states “I know full well what you are thinking, and the schemes by which you would wrong me.”
• Psalm 94:11 states “The Lord knows the thoughts of man; He knows that they are futile.”
• There are others, but basically I take this from these verses: if God knows my thoughts, I want ALL of my thoughts to be pure.  God knows every single thing that goes through our mind.  We always assume our innermost thoughts are private and there is no way others can know what we’re thinking.  God knows.  We might as well yell our thoughts at the top of our lungs into a microphone.

Next, some things I want to achieve by December 31, 2008:

• For the first time, losing weight isn’t at the top of my “to do” list for the new year.  No, this year the top of my to do list is to grow closer to God.  I want to keep growing in the Word and live my life in God to the fullest.  I want to learn everyting I can about my Lord and Savior this year.
• Now the weight thing.  I always have the goal of losing weight at the beginning of the year.  This year is no different.  Hopefully I will actually be successful with this goal, unlike other years.  This isn’t so much about how I look this time though.  I developed high blood pressure this year, which was a big scare for me.  I NEED to lose weight to help keep my blood pressure under control.  When you have wake up call like that, it becomes a big deal to lose the weight you KNOW you need to get off.

These are the only goals I’m setting for myself.  I hope to achieve these and many more things throughout 2008, but I’m limiting myself to these “must do’s” for the year.

I wish everyone a safe and happy new year and I pray everyone will accomplish their goals through the coming year!