Woo! The first post of the new year, 2018 is going to be quite an experience! It is becoming so real now, and I am starting to get nervous! I am so glad that I am not doing this alone though. First, the Lord is always with me. Secondly, He has blessed me with a great team of girls, and I am excited to do this thing with them. Lastly (but not least), I have an amazing support team here at home! I feel pretty covered.
For the last few years I have come up with various resolutions to work on throughout the years. This year as I was writing my list of resolutions, I thought it would be a great idea to share them with all of you. All of my past resolutions have been typical like to save money or start new habits, but this year all my resolutions require me to get outside of my comfort zone.
I have been working on a real and intimate relationship with the Lord for about a year now. I have been a Christian my whole life, but it wasn’t until my last semester in college where the Lord really got ahold of my heart and showed me the difference between religion and relationship. I actually have a relationship with Him now, and it is the best decision I have ever made.
I want this year to be a year of vulnerability, growth, boldness, and power. I am really excited that the Lord has given me this opportunity to really grow in my relationship with Him. I know I am exactly where I am supposed to be.
This year I want to really walk in my identity in Christ. I have the knowledge of what this is now, but I haven’t really walked it out much. I want the knowledge of who I am to travel to my heart and to take it over. I want to walk fearlessly and powerfully in this identity. I am a daughter of the Most-High King. I am a co-heir with Christ. I have been given God’s power. I am God’s handiwork, created to do good works. I am redeemed, adopted, and loved immensely.
I want to step out more and have faith that the Lord will show up in ways I can’t even imagine.
I also have a tendency to love and receive love at an arms’ length. I want my walls to come crashing down. I want to love well and without fear of goodbyes.
I want to think positively about any situation and hold my thoughts captive. This is a new one for me to put into practice, so I have to be extremely intentional about it or else it won’t happen. I read Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyer, and dang, it was awesome. 10/10 would recommend.
Above all, I want to grow in my relationship with the Lord. I want to walk away from 2018 better than how I am entering it.
So, that is my list for now. I think it will be awesome to see all of these things manifest over the next year on this blog.
I believe this year is going to be an Ephesians 3:20 year. God is going to do some powerful things, and I am so blessed to be a part of it.
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us” – Ephesians 3:20
Also, I started a YouTube channel! I am going to be vlogging my race. Here is my first video. Check it out!
– A
