Obviously a year later I will finally begin my blogging :) Better late then never right!
This has been inspired by my awesome life group leader Alex! He wrote a blog and challenged our life group to come up with 3 words for 2012 instead of creating new years resolutions that never really stick. I personally LOVED the idea and for the last week I have been in prayer about what I wanted my three words to be. I finally decided my third word today, so I am ready to share them!
*Drum roll please*
They are Temple.Discipline.Joy
I will explain why I have chosen each of these words! Also for each one I have assigned a verse to help remind me of their importance along the way..
Temple:
Verse: 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 "Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies."
My body is a temple of God and I want to start treating it that way. With this thought I what to encompass my fitness, nutrition, and sleep goals to help create an overall healthier lifestyle. I want to be more conscious of how I treat my body in order to become more successful with honoring Christ.
Discipline:
Verse: Proverbs 5:23 "For lack of discipline they will die, led astray by their own great folly."
I feel like in the past I have always had good intentions but I have had that lack of discipline in my life. For 2012 I want to be intentional with becoming disciplined in my walk with Christ, my health, and my relationships with others.
Joy:
Verse: John 15:11 "I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete."
It is not a secret that I tend to be more of a pessimist than an optimist in most situations. My desire is to find the joy in each in every situation through my walk with Christ. I want my joy to be complete through Christ! God has blessed and continues to bless me each and everyday, therefore, I should be joyful in Him and let they joy overflow from my heart into my life!
While reading Alex's blog I was taken to another persons that I do not know and given another idea that I really LOVE to go along with picking the three words. It was to have 12in12. The idea behind this is each month to commit to consistently trying something new, find something that I want to be better at, or give up something to see if I can live without it. Each month I will add a new thing to further execute and focus on my words. At the end of each month, I will reflect on the previous thing and decide whether or not to continue it and add on the next thing or realize that it was not effective and let it go. Here are my three things that correlate to my three words:
Temple: I will wake up 30 min earlier and go to bed 30 min earlier everyday in the month of January.
Discipline: When waking up and going to bed earlier I will consciously give that time to God to intentionally start and end my day focused on deepening my relationship with Him.
Joy: I will write down 1 experience that I was able to find joy in each day before I go to bed in order to positively reflect on my life.
If you know me then I would like to ask you to be in prayer for me as I begin this new journey for 2012! Like I was reminded in church this morning... "Let go of the GOOD to grab hold of the BETTER!"
Lastly I would like to express how thankful I am that God blessed me and brought me to an amazing life group. It has provided me with awesome friends and great encouragement as I continue to deepen my relationship with Christ! Go God!
Let's do this!
