That was Quick!

Done so soon?

It's been two weeks of holding fast to my "resolutions" yet this morning I was on auto-pilot.

Eyes opened, realized I was up late, jumped out of bed, changed, fixed the children breakfast, pulled out their sandwiches from the fridge, cut up some fruit for their lunch, let the dog out to poop, kissed the boys goodbye, drove my  high schooler to school 

and

 on my way home I  suddenly realized that I had already forgotten about my goals and my resolutions.

One I made was to write  e v e r y d a y  after I read this article by Jeff Goins.

I'll admit that I know why this morning didn't start out how I wanted it to-

I didn't prepare last night. 

I didn't set the dang alarm to get me up early to have some quiet time with God and to write.
 :-(

I messed up.

Yup, that quick. Snap!

 I began thinking about how I could still do those things,
that I could go to the gym first, 

do my devotional
then write, if I had time.

Just then, a green Honda drove by me. 

I noticed the license plate of the car and the older blonde driving it. 

The license plate had this on in it, " CRE8 APG".

When I read it, ( I LOVE these kinds of things) I said to myself,
 "Create a page,
just

ONE page..."

For all I know, she could have meant entirely something else, 

but I believe that was the message...

from God....

to me.

But why did I need that reinforcement?

I need to write everyday because I know it will help me with this craft.

I'm pretty disciplined, 

but I'll admit that writing was slowly falling d

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my list of priorities for today.

Epic fail......

I did not give up on the entire rest of the day!

So, I did what every woman who has to regroup does,

I put my Big Girl Panties on
and

 I got back up!

Thank you, God for that message.

It was a promise I made for myself that You want me to keep.

"Keep on beginning and failing.
Each time you fail, start all over again,
and you will grown stronger until you have accomplished a purpose-
not the one you began with perhaps,
but one you'll be glad to remember."
Ben Stein


What about you?
Have you given up on any of your resolutions already? 
( I'm not judging...)

Give yourself some grace and forgiveness 
(God does,so why are we often so hard on ourselves?)

and start all over again,
and again,
and again
and 
again.

Isaiah 43:19 says:

"Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert."

So, here it is,
my one page.

When failure knocks you over today,
put on your BIG GIRL panties 
or your
BIG BOY undies
and
get back up!!!

Living The Best of Your Life!

I am so grateful for each new day!

I've been pretty good so far regarding taking small steps each day

towards my goals for the year.

But one question for you -

are the goals that you have set for yourself going to add positively to your life, 

for the rest of your life?

After going to church this weekend,

there was talk about resolutions-

actually

LIFE CHANGES.

One of my favorite words ever:

transformation.

One of my very favorite verses:

Romans 12:1-2

New Living Translation (NLT)

A Living Sacrifice to God

12 And so, dear brothers and sisters,
^[a] I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all 
he has done for you. 
Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. 
This is truly the way to worship him.^[b]
2 Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world,
but let God transform you into a new person by 
changing the way you think. 
Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, 
which is good and pleasing and perfect.

Instead of making resolutions for 

this year,

what about making

resolutions that will add to the 

rest of your life?

For some reason, 

I was able to see this differently this year.

 My vision 

E     X     P     A     N     D     E    D. 

As I made my resolutions/goals,

I was able to see how each one of them will benefit my

growth, change 
and 
transformation

to the person God wants me to be.

I am able to see my life in a 

life long

perspective

vs.

year to year.

Here are a couple of my goals and how I'm looking at the lifelong benefits:

 I yearn to grow in the Lord and learn more about and absorb his word and we (as a family)

will be memorizing more verses.

We will be starting with Ann Voskamp's memory practice sheets for 

"The Sermon on the Mount".

I desire to stay fit and increase my running times/speed,

so I'm training for the Huntington Beach 1/2 Marathon 

                                                       and will do the OC 1/2 Marathon.

My goal to write a book....

someday,

(with this guy's guidance)

which will be the result of writing everyday of this year

if I could just win this battle:

I've got to write..

one word or 500, 

or something in the middle!

(I think I had previously posted 500 

which is a lot more than I thought it was!)

and realistically, 
I could do at least one word every day,

right?

:-)

I will focus on loving people

not things,

prioritizing my family and friends.

I've actually purchased note cards and will send at least one card out a week.

Send me your address and I'll write you 

a

hand-written note!

I even signed up for this!

Imagine receiving a letter through snail mail!

Imagine!

What IF God could really transform you this year?

He can

if 

you

let 

Him.

Let him.

Have the best day ever!