Another year is coming to an end. A friend told me he intends to actually stay up until midnight on December 31st this year; not to welcome the New Year, but to make sure this one is over. In many ways 2021 hasn’t been much better than 2020. I’m not as pessimistic as my friend. I know that as long as God is in control of my life, I will make it through whatever the enemy or the world throw at me.
I am making a drastic change in my New Year’s resolution list for 2022, Instead of concentrating on my physical appearance and health, I intend to concentrate on my spiritual health. It might be because of the predictions that the rapture and Jesus’ return are at hand; or it might just be because my age puts me closer to the end than the beginning of my life. I tend to believe it is neither of those reasons. I simply believe the Holy Spirit has witnessed my holiday diet and we both know increased exercise is never going to happen with these bad knees. He has decided I should work to improve something that I can have a positive effect on. Anyway, in the words of an old country song, “That’s my story and I’m sticking to it”.
The first, and most important, thing on my list is to continue writing this blog for another year, Lord willing. I get such a spiritual uplift as God gives me a topic; guides my fingers on the keyboard as I write about it and then helps me edit it before posting. God has given me a gift of communication and called me to share that gift and my Christian experiences with you.
The next thing is have a more structured prayer life. I am in an out of prayer all day long so it isn’t that I need to pray more, just in a more structured way. There will still be the usual “fox hole” prayes, “Help me Lord.” As I am about to stand to get on my walker; followed by “Thank you Lord” when I arrive at my intended destination. When I receive a prayer request from my pastor or our church office, I will continue to drop whatever I’m doing and pray for that need. I do want to spend more time in prayer at the beginning and end of each day.
I plan to sign up for another through the Bible in a year app. This will be my third time through the entire Bible; not counting the research I do for my blog. I can’t emphasize enough the importance of reading and applying God’s word to your daily Christian life.
Do you make New Year’s resolutions? Keep them simple and important this year. If you keep the list short you will have a much better chance of keeping them. Just don’t forget the health and well-being of that newly born spirit God gave you when you first believed in Christ.