Thought for the Day

I love New Year’s Resolutions. Yesterday the sermon was about resolutions and how only 8% of the people keep their resolutions. Yes, I hardly ever keep my resolutions but I still like to make them. The preacher suggested that if you were going to make a resolution to do it as a “hope”. For example, I hope to lose weight. The reasoning is that if I state the resolution as a hope that I would not be as disappointed if I failed. I will have to think about the hope idea.

Then later I was talking with a friend and she was talking about 2020 being a new decade. I thought a new decade. That puts a different spin on my resolutions. How do I see the next decade? I will be in my 60’s. I need to work on my bucket list. Have I been living a meaningful life? All sorts of stuff was going through my head.

This morning I was reading and eating breakfast. The quote above is from the book I am reading. What a thought to ponder! If I experience situations in my life that are worse or the things in my life stay the same and I feel silence from heaven will I be happy with what Jesus did for me? Sobering thought.

Reflecting back I would say no. Okay time to confess. I’m a grumbled, whiny, complaining person. I complain about just about everything. Obviously, I have not been happy with God’s daily gifts. If I were I don’t think I would be a whiner etc.

So maybe my first resolution should be – stop being a whiner or stated more positively to practice thanksgiving every day.