Well, another year has come and gone. My youngest child turned 21 on New Years Eve and now we begin a new chapter in our lives. I don't really understand when people say they cannot wait for a new year to start. It is the same life, you are the same person and probably will have the same people in your lives. Unless you have made some major life decisions, not much will change. But we can change our thoughts and habits. We can decide to do things differently. We are creatures of habit and it takes a lot of self control and discipline to change even the smallest areas of our lives.
I am not big on New Years resolutions. It only makes me feel like a big ole fat failure when I don't follow through with something that I was so passionate about on the first day of January. Especially when it is only the second of January ;) I may have a secret stash in my mind of things I would like to accomplish or change, but I rarely speak them aloud as that would make me more accountable. And, then everyone would KNOW that I am a big ole fat failure when I screw up.
So this brings me to my plan for 2014. I will not make any resolutions or promises that I cannot follow through with, but I will say that my plan is to work on self control and discipline. I believe that these are the actions that control most everything that I struggle with in my life. I will be more disciplined at eating healthy and have self control concerning the things my body does not require. I will discipline myself to exercise more, real people exercise(not that insanity-kill yourself for a week then quit). I will be more disciplined at taking the time for my daily devotions. I will be more disciplined at finishing what I start. And most of all I will be disciplined in asking God to help me with my self control and discipline ;)
Fruits of the Spirit, notice the last line??? Happy New Year Everyone!!
