Finally, A Resolution
Remember when I posted a few days ago about the fact that I’d yet to post my New Year’s Resolutions? I was stagnant. I went through all the usuals related to health and wellness — and a few related to personal growth and my priorities. Nothing was resonating.
Until today. Sometimes things happen that force your hand, or move you down a certain path, whether you want to go there or not. Sometimes decisions aren’t made … they just happen. That’s God’s will, don’t you think?
As of today, my resolution for 2008 is to take my writing career where God wants it to go — even if I don’t know where that is. See, I know that God gifted me the ability to write. What I don’t know is how He wants me to be using my gift. So I resolve to figure it out. I sound so Christian when I quote the bible, but from Jeremiah 29:11 … “I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. “ So, I resolve that in 2008 I will write in accordance with His plan for me. And I’ll trust that whatever that is, it is what is best for me. That’s life as a Christian woman for ya!
So … I’m still processing some of the events taking place in my professional life and I will keep you posted on where I’m going with all this!
Happy New Year!
January 7th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Well said, Karen. I, too, had been flirting with the idea of making traditional New Year’s resolutions, but after my husband recently ended up in the hospital (detailed extensively on my blog), I realized that all I really wanted to do was focus using my God-given gifts and talents to do the most amount of good. Great scripture passage, btw - I’m putting that on a sticky on my laptop!
January 14th, 2008 at 8:37 am
Glad you like it Lesly — God given gifts … I might start a post about that!