Habits that Build Our LIfe

 I believe our lives are built through our habits.

If your anything like me, most of what you do during the day is done with little thought Hahahaha…no seriously, most of what I do throughout my day is done out of habits.  Little thought is given to the routines we follow in life.  

Sometimes this is good...sometimes this is bad! It just depends on if it is a healthy habit or an unhealthy habit.

Everything from how we spend our time, to how we spend our money is largely decided by our habits.  Even our thoughts are created through habits...have you ever met someone who was positive about EVERYTHING? How about someone who was negative about EVERYTHING? These are habits...sometimes we fall into a habit of fear instead of faith.  When this happens we live a life full of anxiety and worry!

So if you say to me you want to change something in your life?  You want to succeed in an area your currently failing or doing really poorly in?  I would tell you the answer is simple, CHANGE YOUR HABITS!

Do you...

Want to grow spiritually? Are you reading the Word of God?

Want to shrink physically? Are you eating well?

Want a great family life? Are you investing the time into your family they deserve?

Simply put, I believe our habits are the building block of our lives…so WHAT ARE YOU BUILDING YOUR LIFE ON?

Goodbye 2011, HELLO 2012

2011 bye-bye...Welcoming 2012 FINALLY!

For a number of reasons 2011 seemed like a year of sustainability.  Many storms (family death, injuries, accidents) blew through 2011…through it all God protected us, healed us, and grew us in spite of these storms!

Now here we are two weeks into the year 2012 and I seem to be doing as much looking back on 2011 as I have been looking forward to 2012!  Today I am changing that...

New dreams, news of family additions, & career opportunities filled 2011.  I can only imagine what God has in store for 2012.

For 2012 I am expecting, believing, & asking God to make it the year of GROWTH!

I am not accepting merely getting by…

I am not accepting barely enough…

I am not accepting less then expected…

2011 is gone, and 2012 is upon us.  I am living each day expecting great things:

In 2012 I will complete things I couldn’t do in 2011!

In 2012 I will focus on grasping what / who God has called me to be!

In 2012 I will GROW!

Theme verse for 2012 

Philippians 3:12-14

¹² Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. ¹³ Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, ¹⁴ I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

What about you, is it time to release 2011 and move into 2012?  Is there something holding you back from welcoming in what God has in store for you in 2012?  Have you set your goals for the coming year?

Growth is not easy, but only happens when there is resistance.  Growth occurs when you fight the resistance, recover, and become stronger for doing so!