New Year's Resolution

New Year's Resolution

I've never been one to make resolutions for the new year but I do have some areas that I'd like to see strengthened in the new year. So I decided to make a list of things that I'd like to focus on in the new year. So here goes!

1. Transparency
You've probably heard this buzzword recently. Transparency means easy to perceive or detect. Basically I can be hard to read at times. I think that transparency comes in handy when it comes to our love walk. We want to love generously so that our love for others can remain transparent. The bible says let your love be without dissimulation. Dissimulation means concealment of one's thoughts, feelings, or character; pretense. Sometimes we can build up a wall of protection around ourselves that causes us to push others away without even realizing it. Transparency is needed when you're showing love to others. Have you ever heard someone say, I can tell you don't like me. When in fact you do? That shows that your love is not transparent. As christians, we have to show our love for one another openly or we may give off the wrong impression. I'll leave you with this verse from 1 Timothy 1:5 which reads, "Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned."

2. Punctuality
Blame it on personality or on your laid back mentality, but some of the world's population has difficulty with being on time. Being on time is a strange phenomena when you consider all of the obstacles that may occur on any given commute, but nevertheless if you plan ahead you can be on time for just about any occasion. I unfortunately haven't learned this habit, but this new year I want to start arriving early or at least on time for my engagements. I have already started to a certain degree to do this and it has been a success and it just feels great to be able to arrive on time for events.

3. Serving Others
I will continue to serve others, but I would love to serve others in a greater capacity by sharing what God has shown to me with others and start to disciple others. In addition to being mentored, I would like to mentor others and maybe make some dreams along this line become a reality at school if it is God's will and timing. I also understand that in order to do this I will have to become flexible with my time and remain open to the Lord's leading on a daily basis. If I have a schedule that I'm going by, most likely I won't be willing to change it at the last minute, but if it becomes a tentative schedule I will be willing to stay open.

4. Grow in God
I want to grow in the grace of God this year as I become molded into the image of his Son. 1 Corinthians 1:5 reads, "That in every thing ye are enriched by Him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge. I want to be enriched by God in my speech and in my growing knowledge of Him.


5. Greater Love for People
I want an even greater love for people. I want to have compassion for people like Christ has. I want to feel even more connected to the body of Christ and treat brothers and sisters in Christ like my blood brothers and sisters. I want to give of myself to others and naturally put the needs of others before my own.

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