Giving Our 2016 to God

I love the start of the movie, The Notebook when the narrator says,

“I am nothing special; just a common “wo-man” with common thoughts, and I’ve led a common life…But in one respect I have succeeded as gloriously as anyone who’s ever lived: I’ve loved another with all my heart and soul; and to me, this has always been enough.”

I used to think that was Ian….my children, my parents…my friends

But, I know that in actuality, that means God

I love God.

And, He is, always has been, and always will be enough

As I head into 2016 with my family, for the first time in my life (that I can remember), I am NOT setting any New Year’s Resolutions.  I am not making any promises to myself or to anyone else.  I am not setting high and lofty goals

I am not

And, here is why…..

Rather than do all the above….I am choosing to do only one thing

To love God

Because what the past few years has taught me is that when I love God, make Him first in my life, make Him my priority, all else in my life happens according to His plans, His will, and for my greater good.

I say this as a woman who, oft times, has taken it upon her business-like, organized self to take control, to make lists, to make promises….to make…to make…to make….

And you know what I learned?

That all of my planning, making, taking, organizing, scheduling, etc. mattered not on whit if I didn’t have God in my center, as my first love, as my One and Only.

He is my one and only

He was my one and only before I even came to be

He was my one and only during my good times and my bad

He was my one and only when I was being Godly and when I was not

He was my one and only when I was lost into this world, and he was my one and only when He left all you other sheep and came to find me and bring me back into the fold

So, as I hit the midnight plus one second mark of 2016, I want to end the old year and start the new year by sharing that I have learned without Him….I am nothing, I have nothing, I know nothing, I can give nothing….

But, with Him……I am everything, I have everything, I know everything important (He loves me), and I can give all of myself to others

That is my prayerful hope and desire for 2016….

I grow in Him, for Him, and closer to Him

I pray to “be a blessing and be blessed”

Amen, Amen, and Amen!

Blessings,

Lesa