the future is bright and exciting

I've never been much for making resolutions when a new year rolls around-mostly because I break them within the first month...okay the first week.

Recently I was listening to a podcast of a favorite speaker of mine, Christine Caine. She is a power-house of a speaker and I so admire her passion for Christ. She was talking about what she liked to do at the end of a year to prepare herself for the coming new year. At one point in the podcast she began to reflect on the events that occurred during this past year, which made me begin reflecting on my own past year.

Let's be honest, 2013 had some real high points, but also had some very trying moments as well. It was when I got to thinking about the low points that Christine read Philippians 3:13 which says, "Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is a head...".

What an incredible verse at just the right time! I love the way God works. His timing is not only perfect, it is precise.

2013 seemed like a year of taking two steps forward and taking one giant step back. Not this year. 2014 is going to be a year of "straining toward what is ahead". What's ahead you might ask? I have no idea, but God does.

In 2013, the vision of my past became so much greater than my vision for the future. Because of it, I kept myself from being used to my full potential. Not this year. In 2014, I want the vision of my future to be ten times greater than that of my past.

During the podcast, Christine mentioned that in the coming new year that those listening would keep their eyes open for those precious moments when God lavishes His love on us-and to acknowledge Him for it.

In 2013, I was all about me-my schedule, my time, my wants, my, my, my. When God lavished His love on me, I reacted as if He owed it to me. Not this year. I want 2014 to be about His will and His way.

I've never been much for making resolutions when a new year rolls around-mostly because I break them within the first month...okay the first week, but not this year.

Akunamatata 2013. The future is bright and exciting!