A New Year

A New Year

Many times people make lots of resolutions for a new year and some are good and some aren’t so good, some we try to keep and some we forget about as soon as we make them. So what are resolutions for and why do we make them?

Resolutions are something we make on our own initiative; most people aren’t pushed into or talked into making them. No we make them on our own and often with the best intentions so why do we break them so quickly? It would probably be fair to say that most resolutions are made because we feel guilty about something, we feel obliged to do it, know we should, or it is may be an area we need help in. If these are our primary reasons for making resolutions it is no wonder they aren’t kept, honestly they aren’t all that strong and will fail us at the slightest bump in the road. So even though we may have the best intentions at the beginning if our purpose and vision isn’t strong we are bound to give up sooner or later.

So I have to ask, should we make resolutions or is there another way to achieve the things we want to? May I suggest setting goals for your self and in doing so really think through the things you want to work on. A goal is keeps the end result for which we are working in mind at all times rather then just the here and now. So in setting your goals think about not only what you want to work on but why you want to, how you are going to do it, and is it achievable as well as can I do it on my own or do I need help. I myself don’t want to set goals so high that I can’t reach them that will just be discouraging and make it easy to give up.

For myself this year I have thought of a few things I would really like to change. My goals are more areas in my life I would like to see changes in or improvement in.

Area 1. To discipline myself to spent time daily in God’s word. Since having a baby this has really gone by the wayside and I think it is showing in my life. I am still thinking through the how on this but hope to come up with something soon.

Area 2. Quality time with my hubby. It is so easy to get caught up in the every day routine that we often forget to spend good time together even just to laugh and share our thoughts. We are going to try to take time each night after Samuel goes to bed to do this.

Area 3. Ok so this may be one of those areas every one makes resolutions on but it is something I have been trying to work on for a while but only half halfheartedly. I would really like to loose a bit more of the extra weight I gained from being pregnant. My goal is to eat more healthy and work out regularly.

I don't know if any one will read this but to me the thing that is important is to make the goals, figure out how I am going to carry them out and then stay accountable to do them. So if any one reads this and wants to ask me how it is going they are more them welcome to.

A mothers love

Today in church I had a young girl ask me if I loved my son. And my natural reaction was to say yes of course I do, how could I not love him. But it got me thinking about her question, why would she ask this? I think far to often we take our mothers love for granted and don't appreciate it as we should. There are people out there who don't know a mothers love or don't have a mother to love them. If we just stop for a moment and think, how it would be to not have a mother to love us, or for our children to not have a mothers love them?

Having a child of my own now I can't comprehend how a woman could not love her child. That small wonder that you brought into the world is something that is a part of you, a precious gift that God has given you to nurture and cherish as long as they live. When Samuel was born I wept tears of joy that he was here and for weeks after would sit and look at him with awe and wonder at this tiny little baby that has been entrusted into my care. There is just something inside of me that could not help but love my son even before he was born.

It has been said that a mother will serve her children with all she has neglecting even her husband and other responsibilities to meet their needs with out getting any gratitude for it. This is an amazing selfless love that has been going since the beginning of time. (not advocating neglecting your husband by the way) I think we owe more to our mothers then we realize, just think about all those diapers they changed and messes they cleaned up and then realize all the sacrifices they made for us as we were growing up. If you are a parent even of a baby you are starting to understand just a little what it is like. We need to take the time to thank our moms for all they did and continue to do for us and most especially for loving us like they do.

So a big thank you to my mom and all mothers out there and a happy mothers day!