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A new year...some new beginnings...

to start things off. To begin with, my family & I are a one car family. This should prove to be interesting, but Mike and I have resolved to making it work. I know we can. To be very honest...we cannot afford another car right now. So we will use are time more effectively to say the very least and do more as a family at the most.

My second thought is to continue to cut out the unimportant things in my life. I think that I make this my "resolution" every year, but I am very convicted to get it right this go round. I guess it would be more like prioritizing what is important. I would love to say that I read my Bible everyday, that I pray and spend time with God everyday, but the truth is...I don't. In my relationship with Jesus, I want to spend more time with Him and get to know Him better. I would love to tell you that I know him, but sometimes I think I don't know Him at all. How can I share Jesus with others if I don't even really know him? So my goal is to know him more, to know him better.

As I reflect on 2010 I realize that there was so much that I did not do, and I really did take my laziness to a whole new level. I am wanting to do better, be better and I pray that God will help me be the person that He has called me to be. I pray that as I go through this next year, no matter what may come of it, that I can continue to point to God and give Him all the glory no matter what direction my life may take. So here's to a new year.

~Peace & Blessings~
Jen
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