That is my prayer for the new year.
I hope to be a little more active here again this year than I was in 2012…many of the struggles of this past year are so painful and private, that it is difficult to properly process them. I struggle between the need to be discreet and the need to honestly evaluate what is going on inside of my head. I haven’t been able to put it into words, so I often found myself staring at my computer screen, paralyzed. As a result, my thought life has been a mess, and those closest to me have borne the brunt of my emotional instability.
In general, I want this year to be the year that I receive a breakthrough in my emotional well-being. Specifically, I am praying for the grace of God to overhaul my thought life, my prayer life, my marriage, and our finances. I have so much to be thankful for, and with that, I feel a great responsibility to care for and nurture what is given to me. Like any mortal, I get stuck sometimes. I fall. I fail…often. But in the middle of success or failure, I want to have a deep assurance of the love of God for me. I want to keep an eternal perspective on the temporal things of this world that is not my home.
That’s the extent of my “resolutions” for the year. I resolve to pray. I welcome the camaraderie and accountability.
Happy New Year!
It seems that you are trying to open up… I always love the thought of “baby steps”…a slow but, sure process…It also takes trust…and can be so liberating…Best to you this coming year…mkg
Thank you, mkg. Happy New Year to you, too!