Still, I do have a few resolutions to work on:
1. I resolve to clean the toilet more often. I don't know about you, but cleaning that toilet is something I dread. So I resolve to embrace that bowl and be a better Mom and wife in that area. Part of the issue, I realize, is that I am a mother of sons. My youngest two, twins with autism, just don't always hit the mark. So I resolve to do better in working on some sort of reward system for them when they manage to put things where they go -- so to speak.
2. I resolve not to take myself so seriously. I tend toward melancholy and manage to worry and stew over things that I should just turn things over to Jesus. I have got to start seeing the funny things in life the way my friend, Jennifer always seems to. She always sees things in such a positive light. Whenever I think, "Oh no, I'll never get that done." She thinks, "Oh, that won't take any time at all!" And she is usually right!
3. I resolve to get more sleep. (Please ignore the time I posted this blog.)
4. I resolve to go to bed earlier and to get up earlier. I had this one last year, and I didn't do so well. (Again, please ignore the time I posted this.)
5. I resolve to exercise more. (That's a yearly one.)
6. I resolve to listen more: to my God, to my husband, to my children, and everyone else. I tend to be more task oriented than people oriented, and that is just wrong. God has called us to love -- to be human BEINGS not human DOINGS.
7. I resolve to work harder on organizing and following through with my time. Time is so precious. I have so many things to do before I die!
8. I resolve to give my family to the Lord and quit analyzing what I should do especially in the area of my grown children. It is so difficult not to worry, isn't it? But I really, really need to let them go and let God deal with them. I have let go in many ways, but I was convicted tonight that I wasn't letting go enough. It is so hard not to keep wanting to mother them!
I have many more resolutions -- some are too private to share here. Some are too shocking and I don't want to sear anyone's eyebrows, so I will leave them between God and myself.
My scriptures for the year:
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. Proverbs 9:33
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands. Proverbs 14:1
A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. Proverbs 16:9
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands. Proverbs 14:1
A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. Proverbs 16:9
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