Put on your new nature,
and be renewed~
As you learn to
know your Creator
and become
like Him.
~ Colossians 3:10
I'm not really a fan of making resolutions. For me it's always felt like a list of commandeering "should"s that I could never live up to. So last year I quit.
I decided to try something different and pick just one word to serve as my guide a focus throughout the year. After some thought and prayer, I chose "Victorious" as my theme. But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. ~ Romans 8:37
The theme of victory truly did become the lens through which I looked at life last year and the filter through which I ran my questions and challenges. "Is this decision taking me in the direction of victory in my life, or towards defeat?" Did I always make the right decisions and do the right things? No, of course not. But I did come to the end of the year with a sense of success. I moved in the right direction and ended the year feeling more solid and grounded as to who I am in Christ and fully convicted that "I can do all things through Him who gives me strength."
This year I want to focus on BECOMING who my Father has in mind for me to be. I want my words to be seasoned with love, to be more gentle, patient, and thoughtful to those around me. I want speak the right words, in the right tone of voice, at the right time--and probably to speak less often. I want to seek peace and pursue it.
I want my life to be more BECOMING with His beauty, peace, and grace. And He's going to have to do all the work, 'cause I just don't naturally have it in me.
Thankfully, he promises to bring the "transformation" part; as long as I provide the "willing" part.
Lets see what becomes of me in 2012.
And I will give you a new heart,
and I will put a new spirit in you.
I will take out your
stony
stubborn heart
and give you a
tender
responsive heart.
~ Eze. 36:26
