Living each day, purposely, proactively, thoughtfully,
that’s what I’m thinking about today. Why am I thinking this way? Because I’ve
spent many days moving from one task to the next, sometimes at breakneck speed,
without even noticing a single thing going on around me. I don’t remember what
I did those days, except to mentally check off some project or chore. Yet with
all my past accomplishments, most of the time, necessary responsibilities and
commitments remained unfinished leaving me always in a catch-up mode.
So long catch-up, hello “willing to become.”
Today, I’m choosing plans and goals. I’m choosing to look at
one year as a length of time in which I will accomplish something BIG. I’m
choosing this journey knowing a simple, healthy and manageable life are
attainable if I am willing to accept responsibility for this commitment.
This is a step of faith for me, maybe even a leap of faith, and
although not the first time I’ve challenged my faith, it is certainly one of my
most deliberate moves so far. Leaving my well-worn path for a new route, I’m
expecting to see some awesome sites, to meet new friends and learn new things.
I also expect to make wrong turns, to need help and to have to change
direction. But I believe this is the right choice, to live on purpose, to have
a positive influence on those around me, “to be willing.”
So, I’m choosing to pray to God as my friend, to talk with
Him instead of at Him, to share what I’m doing and thinking, what I’m trying to
decide and desire to accomplish. These two-way talks between us will be the
foundation to lead me where I am to step next. A firm foundation based on truth
and filled with the grace that God gives to me constantly.
So long catch-up, hello God, here I am and I just wanted to
tell you I’m grateful for new beginnings. But they scare me too. You know my
past record, LORD. Should I put myself out there again? Should I try and hope
and put my faith in living deliberately?
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