The last couple of days I have been sick with some sort of flu bug so it has given me time for reflection (and sleep). The "in" way to state what you want to do in the New Year is called New Year's Intents. I guess intentions are different from resolutions because intent gives you the grace if you fail and resolution is more defing. I'm not sure that I like either term. We can sometimes have the best of intentions but fail at the result. We also know the saying "The road to (you know where) is paved with good intentions". With intentions we never seem to feel we need to "get around to it". Resolutions, on the other hand, are more defining but there again, we set ourselves up for failure. How often do you hear of someone making New Year's Resolutions, only to break them within days of January 1.
I guess there are things that I think about improving all of the time. Since being a child of the King, I am supposed to be conforming into His image day by day. God awakens me to the need for change when I'm most likely to receive. I love and look forward to these little awakenings that He reveals to me. It is my special time out with the Lord in some respects. These times of revelation are precious to us both.
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