Every year when we start our calendar anew in January, I can't help but stop and reflect on what I can do to make this coming year better than the last. I'm in constant need of improvement in every aspect of my life: financially, physically and most important, spiritually. I would like to look back in December of 2006 and see that I and my family are better off than we were in January, especially in our relationships with each other and with the Lord.
I have come up with a list of both long-term and short-term goals that I plan to work on through the course of this year. I refuse to call these "resolutions", because the whole idea of New Years Resolutions has become so blase, and people seem to make them with the intention of breaking them as soon as they can. However, I guess if you must, you can call them "resolutions" if you want. :) Here goes:
- Spend more time being a dad and husband, and less time doing "stuff" (including Church "stuff")
- Take the stairs instead of the elevator
- Decrease the importance of food in my life
- Read through the Bible this year
- Continue to foster friendships with Godly men for accountability
- Continue to lower our debt
- Be more faithful in my giving to the Lord
Some of these are pretty vague, but really are an on-going process that may or may not be measurable to anyone but me. However, I feel that if I make progress in these areas in my own eyes, that I've taken more steps toward maturity in every aspect of my life.
Happy New Years to you all, and I look forward to continue blogging at you through the course of the year.
Until next time... -B
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