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Resolved: I will not be making any New Year’s resolutions this year. When you think about it, it makes sense. Why should a tick in the calendar make any difference in our lives? If it wasn’t a priority yesterday, what makes it one today? Besides, how many resolutions really get, well, resolved? Not many. After week two, it’s back to our old ways.
And maybe that’s okay.
Oh, I’m not advocating living with unhealthy habits or a lifestyle that doesn’t fit. I’m just saying that resolutions, however noble, are just a start. They are good intentions, and intentions only take you so far. What really changes us, ultimately, is a journey, once that’s guided by a Divine Force. Only God can change us, and only in Her time. Maybe deciding to change your life on an arbitrary date will get you moving in the right direction. Or maybe you’re not ready yet.
Either way, there’s no sense in feeling like a failure when your “best laid plans gang aft agley,” as the poet Burns would say. (It means “go astray.”) If it’s a journey you’re meant to take, you can take it anytime. July 1st is every bit as good a day to start as January 1st is. Instead of putting energy into feeling bad about failed resolutions, put it into something new: Being open to change itself.
Why not start fresh? Say, with conviction, “God, do what You will with me, this year and always.” By being attuned to God’s will and ready to follow it wherever it leads, you put yourself in better stead than forcing change on yourself, then feeling bad when it doesn’t work out. Trust that the right path will be opened to You. And then, be ready to take it, on whatever day of the calendar year it happens to be.
A new me in the New Year? If that’s what God wants, I’m in. But maybe that’s not the plan. Whatever it is, however, I’m ready.
- Lori Strawn, Prayables
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posted January 1, 2012 at 1:21 am
Brenda, I keep you in my prayers. I know how tough this past year has been for you. Many blessings for a joy filled 2012.
posted December 31, 2011 at 12:55 pm
My goal is much like yours Susan….
I have to believe that God is who he says he is and that he has a plan for my life. My husband of 48 plus years died in August and I am struggling to find my way…..but trusting God that his plan for me is always good!
Brenda J Wood
posted December 31, 2011 at 12:27 pm
Jeremiah 29:11, God says, “I know the plans I have for your life, to prosper you….” As long as God knows the plans that He has for my life, I’m in Good Hands. Praise His name!!!
posted December 31, 2011 at 11:41 am
God’s plan for me remains to be seen. My plan for myself is to listen for His guidance and include God in all of decisions.