I am often amazed by things and am constantly learning from people, scripture, and God (not necessarily in that order, of course). As you may have noticed, I also love blogging about what I learn. However, it's been a while since I went on a "blogging adventure." I went on a blogging adventure two summers ago when I did a 30-day challenge of blogging about the names and attributes of God. It was an amazing and enlightening time for me!
If you missed any of those, you can always sneak back to my past blogs and get caught up (wink, wink).
Recently, I've been itching to do another challenge so I've decided that it's time to go for it, but I'm not going to put a number on it this time (e.g. 30-day). The reason for this is that I want to spend plenty of time praying, meditating, studying, and seeking God about each blog topic prior to actually posting the blog. It might take one day or it might take four days. Who knows? I am just going to let the Holy Spirit guide me instead of forcing everything into a 24-hour period. I am very excited about this, which is why I have written this introductory blog to tell you about it.
The goal of my last "blog adventure" was to answer this question: "Who is God?" The goal of my new adventure is to answer the question, "Who am I?" or better yet, "Who are WE?" I want to know what the Bible has to say about my identity and, of course, I want to share what I learn with you.
Each New Year's holiday brings with it a desire to be better, to learn more, to do something new, or to try something again that was previously a failure. As I mentioned in my last blog, I have chosen a REVOLUTION over the typical "resolution" and this blog series is a part of that. I hope you will join me and pray over each topic, meditate over each scripture, and allow the Holy Spirit to tell you who YOU are to God in 2014.
Do me a favor, though. If you plan to join me, either comment below or leave me a comment on my Facebook page so I can be praying for you on your journey. I'm excited to see what God wants to show us.
How about you? Are you in?
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Thursday, January 2, 2014
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
New Year's Revolution
Ah, New Year's Eve. The time of the year when everyone begins to think about the past year and dream about the new year that is rapidly approaching. At the stroke of midnight, we'll celebrate an end and a brand new start at the same time. Most people make "New Year's Resolutions." Well, of course, I can never do things in a "typical" fashion so I have adopted a new phrase and practice this year. Instead of making a list of resolutions that I may or may not achieve in the course of the next 365 days, I found inspiration in my 9 year old son who, in all of his glorious innocence, misspoke and called them New Year's "Revolutions."
Perfect.
Sometimes there is more wisdom in the mistake of a child than the knowledge of an adult. When that happens, I've learned not to fight it, but embrace it and go with the flow because there is always something amazing to learn.
This time, I began to think differently about planning for the future goals of 2014. Instead of the typical list (lose weight, exercise more, get healthy, make my bed every day, etc.), I began to think in terms of a revolution.
This. Is. War.
In the past, I have asked myself, "What do you want to accomplish this year?" The answer would be the basis of my resolution list. Unlike other people, I have never had a resolution that I didn't accomplish.
HAAAAAA! Yeah, right. Most resolutions are forgotten by Valentine's Day, if we are being honest here (myself included).
Instead of going through the same routine and making the same resolutions based on the same question, I decided that I needed to change my question. My new question looks more like this:
"What do I need to attack this year? What war do I need to fight to take back ground from the enemy of my soul?"
My answer to that question is something that has crippled me my whole life in one way or another, but it has caused more damage in the past decade than it ever has. It was subtle at first and barely noticeable, but is now causing noticeable damage and must be destroyed! It is going down!!
Ooops. Sorry! Got a little dramatic there. :o)
Anyway, my new year's revolution of 2014 is a war on FEAR. The enemy has effectively used this tool (fear) in my life on numerous occasions and, like a weed, it has spread to many areas of my life. But no more. I am more than a conqueror with the help of my Heavenly Father. By even acknowledging it for what it is, I have begun the battle. God has shown his light in the dark areas of my life and given me a chance to act like a child of the King of Kings.
So what about you? Do you want a revolution?
With a question like that, you KNOW I've got to leave you with this:
So what's it going to be for you? Resolution or Revolution?
Perfect.
Sometimes there is more wisdom in the mistake of a child than the knowledge of an adult. When that happens, I've learned not to fight it, but embrace it and go with the flow because there is always something amazing to learn.
This time, I began to think differently about planning for the future goals of 2014. Instead of the typical list (lose weight, exercise more, get healthy, make my bed every day, etc.), I began to think in terms of a revolution.
This. Is. War.
In the past, I have asked myself, "What do you want to accomplish this year?" The answer would be the basis of my resolution list. Unlike other people, I have never had a resolution that I didn't accomplish.
HAAAAAA! Yeah, right. Most resolutions are forgotten by Valentine's Day, if we are being honest here (myself included).
Instead of going through the same routine and making the same resolutions based on the same question, I decided that I needed to change my question. My new question looks more like this:
"What do I need to attack this year? What war do I need to fight to take back ground from the enemy of my soul?"
My answer to that question is something that has crippled me my whole life in one way or another, but it has caused more damage in the past decade than it ever has. It was subtle at first and barely noticeable, but is now causing noticeable damage and must be destroyed! It is going down!!
Ooops. Sorry! Got a little dramatic there. :o)
Anyway, my new year's revolution of 2014 is a war on FEAR. The enemy has effectively used this tool (fear) in my life on numerous occasions and, like a weed, it has spread to many areas of my life. But no more. I am more than a conqueror with the help of my Heavenly Father. By even acknowledging it for what it is, I have begun the battle. God has shown his light in the dark areas of my life and given me a chance to act like a child of the King of Kings.
So what about you? Do you want a revolution?
With a question like that, you KNOW I've got to leave you with this:
So what's it going to be for you? Resolution or Revolution?
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