Basics

It's the beginning of a new year. I've never been a person that makes new years resolutions. I don't make them because I have accepted the fact that in 3 months I'll be no where near the goal and end up being super disappointed in myself, which then results into a steady, spiraling downfall of picking out every little flaw and sitting in a pool of self pity.

But this year is different. As I laid in bed Sunday morning I began to look back at my journals for 2011. I started to compile a list of highs and lows. It went from betrayal to finding loyalty. From pain and depression to excitement and joy. I went from being a faithless, starving person to a person with extreme faith and hunger for Christ.

Instead of making a new year resolution, I've decided to make a new-day resolution. Each day I will make a resolution and decision for that day. Our walk with Christ is an everyday battle. A daily battle of picking up my cross and realizing that, just as John Piper said, "God created us for this: to live our lives in a way that makes him look more like the greatness and beauty and the infinite worth that he really is. This is what it means to be created in the image of God."

As this new year begins I will getting back to the basics. Starting from the beginning daily. Remembering that I live each day to glorify him and expose his beauty.