Some thoughts.....

So I finally gave in and decided to start blogging.....I thought it would be a great way to share my thoughts with whoever wants to read them. So here goes!

Here recently I have been thinking about my New Year's resolution. I want it to be good this year, and better than "This year I would like to lose weight". So throughout this holiday season it came to me. You know how we go throughout the holidays and thanksgiving comes around and you have to spend time with the family that drives you crazy, the depressing aunt, and the Grandpa who because he is getting older snaps at everyone about everything? Then you hit Christmas which is solely about everything you want and what people are going to give you or about the things you have to get done to entertain the people you don't really like. We get so caught up in the hustle and bustle of life, we worry about small things that really don't matter and we get upset about things that are not important. This year I decided my New Year's resolution was to be wholly aware and present in life. This may sound funny but let me explain....

As a Christian I strive to live my life for Christ right? Well at least that is what I should be doing. So what does this entail? To live your life like Christ? I think when we become a Christian we are choosing to die to ourselves and become like Christ. Now dieing to ourselves may sound easy but really think about dieing....does it sound fun? Does it really sound easy? To truly live your life as a Christian we have to wake up each morning tell Christ that our life is His, our desires are His, our passions are His, and everything that matters to us is now His. When we do this we give up the "right" to want, to be angry, to get upset, or to feel like we are entitled to anything. So many times we walk through life angry at this situation, upset because somebody didn't do something the way you wanted, we snap at the people we love, and we don't notice situations around us because we are too wrapped up in our own life's. As a Christian we should put all of this aside. We should pick up the desires of Christ, notice those around us that are hurting, speak life into the people we love, and realize that maybe the thing that is upsetting us isn't that important after all. So many times we feel like we have the "right" to react a certain way or to be upset. In reality we don't!! We are servants for Christ and as a servant we have no rights.

This year I want to be aware of the people around me, I want to speak life into everyone I come in contact with, I want to be present in every conversation I have, and I want to realize that my desires, my passion, my "rights" are not my own. I want to wake up every morning and put on Christ, casting myself aside. I hope I never turn someone away from Christ because of "rights" I feel I may have. If we all could realize this...if I could realize this and truly live it I believe that would be the year I truly lived for Christ.