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Well, it's 2010. Kinda hard to believe. Seems like all the hoopla over the year 2000 (Y2K and all that) wasn't that long ago. Now another decade is starting.

I think I blogged last year about not really believing in new year's resolutions. They are so quickly made and so easily broken. But I always do think the start of a new year is a great time to look back at the past year and think about what you accomplished or didn't accomplish and then set some new goals or recommit to previous ones. I've kept a journal over the years and the sad thing is, as I look back, many times what I want to accomplish is the same each year. Here is a typical list: lose weight, eat better, exercise, read my Bible more, pray more, be a better mom, be a better wife.

2009 was a pretty good year for me in some areas. The losing weight and exercising actually happened after having that as a goal for many, many years. I've dropped around 50 pounds (praise God!), exercise on a regular basis and feel more fit and better than I have in a long time. You know (and this is kind of a side bar), God gave us our bodies and we really should take care of them. Now, I am still no advertisement for the perfect picture of health and fitness. Not by a long shot. I like food, I still eat tasty, bad-for-me food, just not as much or as often as I once did. And while I am in better shape, I'm still no athlete. But I know that I feel better in general and plan to continue this trend in 2010.

While I did well in that area, others not so much. I started the year with the goal of reading through the Bible in a year. I got off to a great start. Was getting up early every morning to read and enjoying it. But somewhere around April, I missed a few days, then something else happened and then I got involved in a couple of Bible studies at church and my daily reading through in a year just got lost. Now, I will say the women's Sunday school class I teach has gone well and we've done three or four studies. And our women's ministry is picking back up. So those things are good, but I did let down on that morning Bible reading that really was good for me. As for praying more, can't really say I've done that.

Being a better mom and wife, not real sure about that either, though I will say that being in better shape has give me more energy with the kids and anyone with kids (one 8 the other 11) knows you need all the energy you can get. I rode bikes with them this year and that was great fun. Better wife, guess you'd have to ask my husband, though a little extra energy could also help my relationship with my husband I guess. ;)

Now that it's the start of 2010, I'm thinking once again of what I'd like to accomplish this year. Even though it is sometimes discouraging when you've tried to accomplish the same things over and over and feel like you're getting nowhere, the Bible gives us hope. At the start of a new year, I think of the verse about how in Christ we are a new creation, the old has passed away and the new has come. The isn 't just a one time event, it can keep happening as you keep giving more to Christ. And I think of how in Christ all things are possible.

So, tell me about your 2009 and what you hope for in 2010.

Happy New Year!

Pam

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