I cannot believe another year has come and gone. Life is flying by too fast. I start my last semester of college classes this week, which means I am in my last semester of basketball :( I was counting it up the other day and I only have 15 assured games left. On a happy note we are doing really well, we are 12-1 and have started conference play. I love this game so much and really going to miss it. It like when I get to go play in a game for 40 minutes nothing else in the world matters and all my worries, hurt, problems go away and its just so much fun.
I have so much that is always going through my mind constantly all day and when I try to blog about it, I get excited and try to get it all in and in the right words and it doesnt come out how I it does in my head but anyways...here I go. I was sitting in Church yesterday and the preacher starts talking about New Years resolutions and I have never really put much thought into NYRs and as he kept talking I begin to think of so many things that I have been working on being better at in my life and also all these other things that could use more attention and work in my life. I wont name all them bc there are alot but some of them are things like:
1. Having more patience with not only God but with everyone in my life. Slowing down and stop taking things for granite.
2. Having more Faith and really believing that God is going to take care of me no matter what and that even though things may not be going how I want them too at the moment, if I will just give everything to him and REALLY believe he is going to see me through everything in my life. What makes these things so hard is that it still hurts and you still will have those times when you feel like its never going to get better or end. But that is why its called Faith.
3. Concentrating on the little things in life and not let them pass me by. I get so caught up in planning and looking ahead in my life that I forget to live in the present and just enjoy one day at a time. God has so many little things that he puts in our lives everyday that if we will just take the time to see them. The other day on the bus ride to Texas, which had not been a good day for me, I was upset over my knee being hurt and feeling sorry for myself , me and my best friend in the world weren't talking and I was upset on what was going to happen with us. I had been crying and then fell asleep and when I woke up the song on my ipod was "praise you in the storm" and there was one of the most beautiful sunsets I had ever seen, no joke. Just that song and the sunset gave this peace for a moment and its hard to describe my feeling but it was just awesome to see how God and take the simplest things that sometimes we dont even notice and he makes them have such an awesome impact on us. It made me think how many things happen like that to me everyday that I dont realize be I am so worried about other things in my life that I cant control anyways so there is no need to let them take away from my life.
The biggest things in my life that I am committing to and have such a desire to do this year is Becoming a Better Christian. I want everything, everyday to be about and be working towards living my life to be like Jesus and living in his will for my life. I am excited :) Now saying this is the easy part and being consistent and sticking with and working on this everyday is going to be tough but I know I can do it and I will do it. So to help me I have taken 4 things that I think are things that I need to work on doing everyday and things that I believe are crucial to becoming a better christian.
1. Read my Bible consistently and learn Gods words and discover all the awesome things he can reveal to you through his word.
2. Prayer, talk to God and form a relationship with him, taking everything in my life to him big or small and giving it to him. Talking things out with him and asking him to use me in the way he wants. And that noting I do is not through him or for him. Phillipians 4:6-7, Jude 20
3. Minister to other people. Share Gods word, work, blessings, awesomeness with other people. Do Gods work he has for me in my life no matter what it is. God has a place of service for everyone. Ephesians 4:12
4. Rest. Dont try and take on to much and be super woman. realize things cant be done overnight. BE PATIENT JENNY. Matthew 11:28, Isaiah 26:3
I am so thankful for the past year. I am so excited for this year and what God has planned for my life. I see this year being one of the most memorable years of my life bc there are going to be so many big changes. If you happen to read this blog please keep me in your prayers.
God Bless
Jenny Ann
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