My Lifelong Goals

I've had many coincidences occur over the last few weeks in my life. Except, they're really not coincidences, are they?  They're real life ways that God is working in my life.  Miracles, really.

One such "coincident" occurred when I wrote an email to a friend last week sharing that I needed to get refocused on what's important in my life.  To become someone that is life-giving, instead of life-draining.  And that while I appreciate, and am even thankful for having emotions, that I have to be able to have a good-strong control of them.  Then, yesterday, I ran across the book Unglued: Making Wise Choices in the Midst of Raw Emotions.   Well, shoot.  I felt like that was exactly what I hadn't done.  Even the cover of the book was like a picture out of my own head - a woman bent over with her head stuck in a purse.  Then I got to thinking - at one point in my life, my goal was to be a "Wife of Noble Character" (Proverbs 31)... what happened to that person? I, personally, think she got lost.   So, I started thinking and reading, and thinking some more... I should read that one book - The Prayer of Jabez ... I had started it a while back - after it was recommended to me by a former pastor; but I never finished it.  Last night, I read the whole thing... and although it scares me to death, I committed to praying it for 30 days...

Coincidence in timing? I don't think so.  Because tomorrow night is my last night in my small group until March 11th.  When I come back to the group - it will be day 30.  I didn't even realize the timing until I woke up this morning.  Then I started thinking, what will this 30 days look like? 

And then there was this morning's sermon... "I don't have time" and "How do I number my days?" and "Life Long Goals"...  So I started thinking... is it a coincidence that I'm hearing a sermon on how to use my time - when I just freed up Monday evenings... what am I going to do in that time... how am I going to accomplish my lifelong goals... am on a path to accomplish them?  So, to all who read this, ask me how I'm doing on my 30 day challenge, ask me how I'm doing in becoming a Proverbs 31 woman, challenge me to grow in my faith. Because I am excited and scared to see how God is going to mold me and work through me over this next month.

My Lifelong Goals
 1. Grow in my faith and relationship with God throughout my whole life.  Remembering that there will be peaks and valleys and that this is a goal not for one day, one week, or one year; but for one lifetime.

2. Raise Godly children by setting an example for them and teaching them good, life-long spiritual and personal habits.

3. Reach others for Christ by being a light for the every day people in my life.

4. Be a Godly wife - become a Proverbs 31 woman - who honors, encourages, respects, and supports her husband.