Resolved

Resolution:

a) The act of resolving or determining upon an action or course of action method, procedure etc.
b) The mental state or quality of being resolved or resolute, firmness in purpose.

This time every year people decide to make a change. We see the new year as a blank slate, a fresh start. Honestly, the “I want to lose ___ amount of weight” or “I want to save ___ amount of money” resolutions are seemingly overplayed and under obtained. Why? Is it unattainable, no. I don’t think so. I do think it is a mishap of our mindset. We are so good at staying motivated January 1- maybe March? Then it fades. For this reason, some people don’t make resolutions at all. I read the book “The Resolution for Women” by Priscilla Shirer and she makes so many good points, but what I found most remarkable was her profound thought that if you don’t make resolutions, you’re resolved to stay the same. YIKES who wants to be resolute on staying the same?! This goes beyond New Years. In your February- December who are you resolving to be?

“Right now whether you recognize it or not, you’re choosing to treat people a certain way, to stay committed to certain activities, to a certain life, to be a certain kind of person, to not be a certain kind of person, to not be a certain kind of person. Either way, you’ve made a decision. A spoken or unspoken declaration. A defining banner hangs over your life, written in ink of your choices. Others can read it, even if you can’t” (page 2).

So the goal is to make resolutions so that the banner over your life is what you want it to say. How do you want to be known? What word do you want to mark your life in this 2017? My word is “ENOUGH”; I am. You are. There will be voices that tell you that you aren’t, don’t listen to them. 2017 I declare that I’ve had enough believing the schemes of the enemy on my life. ENOUGH of fear and anxiety. ENOUGH of overthinking and underwhelming disappointment. I also will CHOOSE to believe that God’s more than enough for me; enough peace, enough joy, enough provision, enough love, enough affirmation, ENOUGH.

What’s your word friends? Share it, with at least one other person. They can support you and believe with you; there’s power in ME TOO.

There’s nothing magical about a New Year that will change your life. Yes, it is a new opportunity but you have to change what you’ve been doing if you want different results. Perspective. Sometimes when you can’t get a good look at something, you go to higher ground to gain better perspective. When our situations don’t change, we have to start looking at them with new lenses. Lenses of gratitude, lenses of fresh vision.

I’m sitting here writing from Maui- my favorite place on earth. Drinking our morning cup of Joe staring at the horizon. Why? Because it is whale season. We know they are out there, so we have our hearts set on seeing them. If we didn’t know it was whale season, we wouldn’t know to look for them and would miss the wonder and beauty of them breaching. Hey guess what- there IS goodness in your life, go look for it. There IS joy in your life, go look for it. There IS peace in your life, go look for it. Train your eye to search for it. We don’t always go searching for goodness though. Lenses of hurts, disappointments, fear- they shape our perspective. In the natural eye, when you focus on light, you see clearer. When light illuminates our vision, we see objects clearer. That is how we overcome our dark lenses. Spend time in the light. See the truths. Let God illuminate promises that you can stand on- because they’re there.
Happy New Years Lovelies, What’s your word?!