Have you made
some goals for this coming year? How well did you do at your goals from last
year?
Joe, the kids and I
have talked about our goals for this year, but we haven’t written them all down
yet (maybe later today!).
Yesterday, my
Mom brought out some of our goals from when my sisters and I were younger and
read off some of them (go skiing, play a family game a week, read the Bible
more, share the gospel with at least one person, etc.). It was fun to hear what
some of our childhood goals were. Sometimes we even wrote goals for other
family members (i.e. for Mom and Dad to have another baby or for baby Mary to
learn how to walk)! 😊
God has a goal for us
to drink less milk and eat more solid food:
Hebrews 5:11-14 11 We have much to say about
this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to
understand. 12 In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you
need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over
again. You need milk, not solid food! 13 Anyone
who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the
teaching about righteousness. 14 But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use
have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.
We eat more solid food from God’s Word by
studying and applying it daily. Reading these devotionals or a chapter of the
Bible daily isn’t beneficial unless we use it and put it into practice (“constant
use,” as verse 14 says). I’ve learned that journaling what I’ve learned and how
I plan to apply it is helpful.
What goals will you and
I set for this year in line with God’s goals?
Happy New Year!
Alice
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