New Year's Resolution

It’s that time of year again. The time to make a new year’s resolution. Many times it can seem a bit lame to do this. Probably because we know we will end up breaking our resolutions or never even begin to follow one. However, I still feel it is a good tradition to have.

I usually pick out one thing to change or pursue and I may do it for a month. This year my resolution is to blog more. I am horrible about blogging. Maybe because the blogging craze hit the high-schools and colleges after I had already finished my schooling. I used to look at MySpace regularly, but this was primarily when I was single and in a band. Now that I am married and no longer in a band, I log into my MySpace account about once every other month. So, don’t bother writing me there.

Now I maintain this blog. As you can see, I might post on it once a month. Whitney has a blog for our photography studio and tries to get me to write more on there. So, I am going to try to make the commitment to blog more. Hopefully it lasts longer than a few weeks.

If we tend to break or not follow our new year’s resolutions, what is the point of this tradition? I think it is just a monumental mark for us to remember that there are things in our lives that we need to change. One great scripture that sticks out to me is Romans 12:2. It says to “be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is.” If we want to change something about us, we must allow God to “transform” and “renew” us. If your new year’s resolution is a big task, ask God to help you with it. Maybe this task is something that’s even talked about in this verse. Change your thought process. Think the way Christ would think. Do not act or think the way the rest of the world does. What a resolution that would be!

What’s your resolution? Send it to me. If you are a member of TVC Youth, I’ll post it on this blog. By doing this, you will actually be helping me with my resolution! Let’s all help each other out this next year by encouraging each other to renew our minds daily. Maybe we can even see how the other resolutions are coming along.

- Peter