I am beside myself that the first month of 2014 is over! I can remember when I was younger, how time seemed to stand still, now it seems to fly by -- why does that happen?
As we enter February, I had to take a look and re-evaluate my goals. What have I stuck with, what have I given up on, what am I stuck on? As determined as I was at the beginning of January, I am determined at the beginning of February, but I just needed to look to see if my goals were truly realistic! A few of my personal goals were for health reasons, some were for spiritual reasons. We set goals as a family, some of those goals were for a deeper level of "family", some were just for fun. Also, Ted & I set goals for our marriage, some of these goals were for strengthening our marriage, some were for financial growth. Goals are set for a reason, and I know that for me, I needed to see some change in a few areas of my life, my family and my marriage -- so instead of just hoping for the change I set my personal goals, talked with my family and we set our Family goals together.
I learned from my Pastor, to write my goals out, for my eyes to see, daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly, and as I reach my goals to check them off as completed, and the date I completed them. If for some reason, I drop a goal, write out why I dropped it, and when. Also, to re-evaluate my goals to see if they are realistic, still, every month. We wrote ALL of our goals out, everyone has a copy!
Although I am struggling with a few goals, determination is a word that has been ringing in my ear throughout the month of January. As I look over this list, I am beginning to see a growth pattern of a deeper determination to meet these goals. I have not given up on any, nor have I changed any. That is not to say that I have been perfect in my walking through them during the month of January, but I am still determined to meet those goals in 2014!
I am not perfect, but a lapse in my walk is different than a relapse, and they are both different than a collapse -- I am praying for a perfect walk, but I am DETERMINED that I will not relapse into old ways, nor will I collapse in defeat!
Walking into February, determined and pressing through with perserverance!
Happy Hearts Day!
