A month into the new year and I am still trying to figure out what 2013 will be for me. I have been trying to come up with all the things that I want to work at this year and all of the things that I hope to accomplish throughout the year. So I guess today is as good as a time as any to finally put down what this year is going to be about.
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I want to learn what freedom looks like. The freedom to love God and spend an entire year with Him is a beautiful thing. I've realized lately that there is so much freedom in this commitment.
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Helping put an end to Rape Culture and victim blaming. I sometimes wonder why God puts people through terrible things but this year, I am beginning to see how my voice and my experience can change the world we live in.
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Loving the unlovable. I was reading Blue like Jazz last night and this quote came up:
“…to be in a relationship with God is to be loved purely and furiously. And a person who thinks himself unlovable cannot be in a relationship with God because he can't accept who God is; a Being that is love. We learn that we are lovable or unlovable from other people…That is why God tells us so many times to love each other.”
I want to love those who have never felt loved. I want to show people what God's love looks like. Not just on the race but in my everyday life as well. I want to learn to love like God.
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Learn to use chopsticks and increase my spicy food tolerance. Yes, this one is less serious but I feel like it could be just as important to my ministry in the next year. So for now, hello hot sauce and goodbye forks.
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Getting into shape. I want to run with the orphans, climb volcanos and mountains, and be able to jump for joy for Jesus. I know it sounds cliche but this year, I don't want my body to put any limitations on the work I can do for God. I want to be all I can be for Him.
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Dig deeper into the word. I've been craving it lately, wanting to know what all is in there and what all God has to say to me in those words. I want to learn all that I can about why things were said, who they were said to, and what that means for me and the people today.
- Do some follow up blogs and dive deeper on the 6 new years resolutions above.
So for now, those are my "new years resolutions". I know that I am 25 days late posting them but it is better late then never.
