I don't really believe in new years resolutions, people like to convince themselves they will change their negative traits only to be disappointed if they fail and feel even worse. However I do think it is always good to have goals and take stock and look at our lives occasionally and see how we can do better. This year for example I've started a blog. I want to share my thoughts and experiences with like-minded people. I would like to help others and be helped through the difficulties in our lives and also share the joy of life.
I have one simple aim in this world and that is to live like Christ. I take great blessings and happiness from my faith and we should try and tell as many people as possible how good God can be to each and every one of us if we learn how to ask for his love. We should be an example of how great humans can be by putting their entire lives into the hands of Jesus. This simple aim is an incredibly difficult ideal but by having a focus it helps to deal with everything that life throws at us. We will be persecuted as Christians, we will be attacked for being different, we will be abused for having faith. But this is nothing unexpected, Christ was persecuted, the apostles were attacked, all disciples of Jesus suffer abuse. God will give us the strength we need to deal with the hardships in life and reward us a thousand times more with peace, security and love when we stay true to the name of his only son Jesus.
My new years resolution is to try and develop a greater relationship with God the father, Jesus his only son and the Holy Spirit. My goal is to love all those I meet the same way that I am loved by God. This is not an aim for 2012, this is not a diet or a fad that will be forgotten about by February. This is my core, this is who I am, this is the path God chose for me. Please pray that I may be true to myself when faced with temptation, that I may love those who hate me, that I may inspire others to live theirs lives through Jesus Christ.
YCM
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