Relationship with God, personal life and priorities.
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- by Virginia Logsdon
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I haven't written down my new years resolutions yet, although I do have three things in mind which I want to
make them on. So, I will make this journal about the very most important things I want to resolve to do this year.
First of all, I want to get my priorities straight, by putting God first in my life. My intentions are very good, but I
often let too many things interfere with praying first. That is a serious error, because God is the most important
One in my life, and should be in everyones life, as well. He IS the most important Person in the universe..the
Creator of all things, including the Creator of the universe and of ALL the universes out there that we just aren't
aware of yet.
Sometimes we can't help it. Sometimes we are compelled by our schedules, or by emergencies to do other things
first before we pray. Even then, we can still whisper a prayer to God, "Lord, please fill me afresh with You presence and be in all I do.. I'll pray and talk to You, as soon as
this gets done." We can and should ask the Holy Spirit to fill us each morning and offer ourselves and our lives to
God, through Jesus. Then, as soon as we are free from other constraints, we should run to our dearest Lord and
talk with Him, praise Him and worship Him.
One day a week isn't enough. We need His life flowing through us every single day!Without Him, our lives
become disordered, and joyless. You really can have peace in even sad situations, as contradicting as that sounds,
if you'll stay in communion with our Lord. You can have joy while doing mundane taskes, if you abide in Christ.
Joy and happiness are not quite the same thing. Joy and fun are not the same. If you've ever got into abiding in
Christ, where you felt His refreshing and peace and joy, then you know what I mean. If you let Christ abide in you
and you abide in Christ, then you can 'do all things through Christ, Who strengthens you!'
So, my first new years resolution is that I am going to get closer to God then I have ever been, through prayer,
praise, worship, bible reading, communion, etc.. and, I am putting my relationship with Jesus, my fellowship with
the Holy Spirit, my honoring God the Father by prayer before all else and before everyone else. Whatever has been
distracting me is going to be eliminated. I have decided to let the Holy Spirit guide me and draw me into prayer,
instead of trying to use my flesh to pray. Saint Paul said that, "I know that in me { that is, in my flesh, dwells no
good thing.}
I 've decided to even say "No!" when asked to social gatherings, if it interferes with my praying. If this makes
someone mad at me, that is just too bad, because God is more important than anyone else. If I don't have a good
relationship with Jesus, my other relationships will not be right, either!
My second resolution is to take better care of my physical self, by going to physical therapy for my bad back,
losing more weight, and walking more..and also doing other kinds of excercise as soon as my back is better. I am going to
eat more healthy foods, and read more about nutrition and fitness. That's enough on this suject.
Next, I intend to improve my writing skills and do more artwork. I love oil painting, pastel painting, drawing with
pencil, conte', charcoal, etc. So, I'm going to do more of that, as well. I want to do something totally new to me, too.
I am not sure what yet. Perhaps I'll take a foreign lanquage.I also hope to get something of my writing published.
I'm not sure what yet.
Well, these are my new years resolutions! I'm going to look at them once or twice a week, to see how I'm doing,
because, otherwise, I'll probably get distracted and forget some of them. I am SO easily distracted. I really have to
work hard at punctuality, because I can always think of one more thing to do before I go somewhere. My problem
is that I think of two many things at once, and that's unrealistic. Perhaps I should make a new years resolution
about being more realistic? NAW! That would just distract me and I'm a dreamer anyway. I love writing poetry and
chlidren's fantasy because I'm not realistic. I'm a dreamer! So, instead of trying to be more realistic, I'll just be
myself!Happy New Year everybody!
Virginia Logsdon. Copyright 2010. Written on January 12, 2010.
make them on. So, I will make this journal about the very most important things I want to resolve to do this year.
First of all, I want to get my priorities straight, by putting God first in my life. My intentions are very good, but I
often let too many things interfere with praying first. That is a serious error, because God is the most important
One in my life, and should be in everyones life, as well. He IS the most important Person in the universe..the
Creator of all things, including the Creator of the universe and of ALL the universes out there that we just aren't
aware of yet.
Sometimes we can't help it. Sometimes we are compelled by our schedules, or by emergencies to do other things
first before we pray. Even then, we can still whisper a prayer to God, "Lord, please fill me afresh with You presence and be in all I do.. I'll pray and talk to You, as soon as
this gets done." We can and should ask the Holy Spirit to fill us each morning and offer ourselves and our lives to
God, through Jesus. Then, as soon as we are free from other constraints, we should run to our dearest Lord and
talk with Him, praise Him and worship Him.
One day a week isn't enough. We need His life flowing through us every single day!Without Him, our lives
become disordered, and joyless. You really can have peace in even sad situations, as contradicting as that sounds,
if you'll stay in communion with our Lord. You can have joy while doing mundane taskes, if you abide in Christ.
Joy and happiness are not quite the same thing. Joy and fun are not the same. If you've ever got into abiding in
Christ, where you felt His refreshing and peace and joy, then you know what I mean. If you let Christ abide in you
and you abide in Christ, then you can 'do all things through Christ, Who strengthens you!'
So, my first new years resolution is that I am going to get closer to God then I have ever been, through prayer,
praise, worship, bible reading, communion, etc.. and, I am putting my relationship with Jesus, my fellowship with
the Holy Spirit, my honoring God the Father by prayer before all else and before everyone else. Whatever has been
distracting me is going to be eliminated. I have decided to let the Holy Spirit guide me and draw me into prayer,
instead of trying to use my flesh to pray. Saint Paul said that, "I know that in me { that is, in my flesh, dwells no
good thing.}
I 've decided to even say "No!" when asked to social gatherings, if it interferes with my praying. If this makes
someone mad at me, that is just too bad, because God is more important than anyone else. If I don't have a good
relationship with Jesus, my other relationships will not be right, either!
My second resolution is to take better care of my physical self, by going to physical therapy for my bad back,
losing more weight, and walking more..and also doing other kinds of excercise as soon as my back is better. I am going to
eat more healthy foods, and read more about nutrition and fitness. That's enough on this suject.
Next, I intend to improve my writing skills and do more artwork. I love oil painting, pastel painting, drawing with
pencil, conte', charcoal, etc. So, I'm going to do more of that, as well. I want to do something totally new to me, too.
I am not sure what yet. Perhaps I'll take a foreign lanquage.I also hope to get something of my writing published.
I'm not sure what yet.
Well, these are my new years resolutions! I'm going to look at them once or twice a week, to see how I'm doing,
because, otherwise, I'll probably get distracted and forget some of them. I am SO easily distracted. I really have to
work hard at punctuality, because I can always think of one more thing to do before I go somewhere. My problem
is that I think of two many things at once, and that's unrealistic. Perhaps I should make a new years resolution
about being more realistic? NAW! That would just distract me and I'm a dreamer anyway. I love writing poetry and
chlidren's fantasy because I'm not realistic. I'm a dreamer! So, instead of trying to be more realistic, I'll just be
myself!Happy New Year everybody!
Virginia Logsdon. Copyright 2010. Written on January 12, 2010.