I'm all for resolutions. Starting fresh. New beginnings. Strategic plans. I love it.
As I began thinking ahead to 2013 and the things in my life I want to be different, I kept circling back to the same theme - dying to myself.
I know, that sounds kinda morbid but follow me here.
I do want to:
- read my bible more
- pray more
- serve my husband
- be a more patient mother
- exercise (at all)
- eat better
- and a long list of other things!
But first, I must die to myself. In order to truly do any of those things well, I must put aside my selfish desires and guilty pleasures. I can't put my husband ahead of myself if I always want to be right. I can't show my kids the love of Jesus when I am grumbling at them.
I want to give of me until it hurts. My heart. My finances. My patience. My time. Myself. I want to give it all away to the glory of God because I think it will get me closer to Jesus.
I want more of Jesus and less of me.
Jesus came to die but first he served. He healed. He broke bread. He partied. He wept. He laid down his life for you and for me and I think if we are to truly know Him then we too must lay down our lives for the sake of others.
For our husbands, wives, kids, family, friends, neighbors, orphans, widows and the poor.
Laying down your life is really giving it away. It's saying "Here I am Lord. Use me."
So my word for 2013? Dying. Dying so that I may truly live.
What's your word for 2013?
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