I guess the question that continues to buzz around in my brain this morning is this: What will I become in 2012? Not what will I do this coming year, but who will I become?
When I woke up this morning, my first thoughts were of my schedule for this coming week. Not that my calendar is full by any means, but what was there? What I discovered was that they were all "good things", things that belonged on my Christian "to do list".
There was church this morning with a couple of responsibilities to take care of, a financial counseling session on Tuesday, a Bible Study on Wednesday, and a Prison Ministry meeting on Saturday, all good, but if I am not careful, they will just be good things to check off on my list. They can make me look good, but they can just become "things".
Will I be any different when January 1, 2013 rolls around, providing I'm still here of course? Will I grow in my faith, in my relationship to God and His Son Jesus, in my attitude of service, or in my daily walk?
God has allowed me to give some close examination to my life as I have written this blog throughout 2011, but, as I have put down several times, it is far easier to recognize things and write about them than to actually try to live them.
I want to become the man, husband, father and grand father that God wants me to be. I not only want to know what God wants, I want to want what God wants, not for my glory but for His. I want to not only write about this journey, I want to live it out also.
My wish list sounds kinda long, but I want it to be His, too.
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