Resolutions

Did you make any new year resolutions?  How is that going?

I typically don't make new year resolutions because I am usually resolving every day to try to be better... resolving to be a more loving wife, resolving to be a more patient mother, resolving to be more organized, resolving to be a more caring friend, etc., etc.... Just making that short list makes me feel totally inadequate, and since I struggle with that, I figure I won't add any extra pressure on myself ;)

As 2014 was unfolding, I found myself thinking this was not going to be a very good year.  Three out of five of my immediate family were stricken with the flu on New Year's Eve, including myself.  My dad was hospitalized with pneumonia, my mom had to travel quite a distance as they do not live close to town, and where they live was in the grips of the now infamous polar vortex.  On top of that, their furnace started acting up.  All of this was completely out of my control and I realized that the one thing I could do was the MOST important thing I could do, pray!  Praying gave me a sanctuary of peace, that peace that passes all understanding.  We live in a sinful world and ALL of creation is affected by sin.  I was reminded that we are to keep our minds on good things.  Colossians 3:1-2 says ....set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.  Set our minds on things above, not on earthly things. 

This will be my daily, life-long resolution:  To work on trusting God no matter how I feel, no matter what I see, no matter what!  I will pray daily that if doubt and fear creep in, God will remind me He is in control.  This is a resolution that won't leave me feeling inadequate.  This resolution will keep me firmly in relationship with our Heavenly Father, and I can't think of any better place I'd rather be.