With only a few days left of 2010, it’s time to make New Year’s resolutions. I love doing this, and I’m pretty sure I started at around the age of 3, when it was my resolution to collect as many stuffed animals as possible. In my excitement, I assumed everyone did this, and was a little shocked to learn over the years that a great many people do not.
The reason so many people don’t make resolutions is a valid one, I suppose. They assume that they won’t keep them and will just be disappointed in themselves. Or they assume it will just be too much work. However, this has not slowed me down one bit. And I usually go for bold, outrageous resolutions, as well as smaller things I really must do, like taking my make-up off every night (what a chore!).
The thing is, the year is going to pass, whether I’m aiming for something or not. And I love the idea of the impossible, and I’m surrounded by the impossible actually occurring. The forgiveness of sins, the ability to start each day new, the fact that I’m married to Philip, the fact that two children like Callie and Justus not only exist, but they are mine.
So many things about being a Christian should be impossible, but by the grace of God they are not. That’s why I love the idea of the magical, the unattainable, the ridiculous. With this in mind, no day could possibly be boring. Just the fact that God is revealing Himself to us daily, in so many places, is miraculous and confounding, and worth getting out of bed for.
So I’m compiling my list of resolutions carefully, with great excitement over what 2011 will hold. My list will be posted shortly.
What about you? What are you going to aim for this year?
