Fresh Start?

Funny how we set New Year's resolutions and goals so many do not finish them and many don't even start them.

Yes there are big things we tend to focus on: stop smoking, weight loss, money, get organized, make more meaningful relationships. All great things that are not easy to achieve in the time we normally allot for this New Years resolutions. We need to break these things down into obtainable goals and remember each one of these goals are things that are a lifestyle choice not a once a year choice.

Of course we all want to be financially sound, fit and healthy, with lots of meaning relationships living in a house organized my Peter Walsh.  Yet how do we go from where we are to the IDEAL we set up on January 1st?

We could to set up smaller goals to start. Commit to the new lifestyle. Make S.M.A.R.T. goals. Find an accountability partner. List can go on and on.

I would like to challenge you before you set any ideals for next year, you take a day or even a week to pray on what God's ideals for your next year are. I have found all the goals and dreams I set up seem to start out with a bang and fizzle quickly.

When I lost my 50 lbs (and have kept off). several years ago, I had tried everything! Then when I gave up and talked to God about it, something clicked and then lifestyle change started. It was not about the goal it was about the change in my spirit that made all the difference. I let go of my fears and worked toward a lifestyle God put on my heart.

That is how all my lifestyle changes have stuck, I found God's plan. I believe with all my heart that if God is with me in any change it is possible. Not easier, but always with much more wisdom then I bring to the table (or dare I say - even more wisdom than Pinterest can bring)

My prayer for you as we ring in this new year: May God be your guide in all you do. And may God's favor rest on the plans and steps you take this year.