Getting started...

So, it is January again. Millions of people around the globe are excited and begrudgingly going into 2009 with the question in the forefront of their minds, "how will this year be different from last?" What will the goal be this year? Make more money, excercise, diet, find "inner peace", be nicer, time management, attend church regularly, pray before every meal, do devotions # times a week, or just become a better ____________ (you fill in the blank).

For most of us as soon as the pencil hits paper, or the mental decision is made... we almost immediately feel the pang of our concience diving deep asking if THIS YEAR we will acutally make it past February 19th! My answer... I need to. Years have flown into one another in my life. At first I was newly married to the man I befriended 8+ years before. Trying to figure out how to do this whole family thing with me not being the "kid" in the equation. Now suddenly there is no time to feel like the "kid" of the family -- I have 2 more that constantly remind me that my name is "MOM"!!! How, I ask myself, did 7 years pass by so quickly, and what have I to show for it.

Not that a wonderful loving (and adorable :) family is nothing, but personally... what have I done in this time to show the world who I am? How have I shown the love of God to more than those in and out of my life on a regular basis? Why can't I be the one to reach a soul in Africa, Asia, or the Dominican Republic? What is God really calling me to? What am I here for if not to make a difference?

But where do I begin? The one thing I must admit is my lack of energy and drive. How can I change the world if it takes all my strength to drag butt outta bed? Granted I normally don't eat breakfast and linger starving and tired all morning until around 1ish. Some would call that a diet -- eating less thru the day right? I don't think you can call it that when as soon as all the kids are down for naps the chocolate comes a callin' and gets u thru till the end of nap time. Many days it seems as though my time and life are not my own.

So here I go! Into the new year. I am going to Go for it in 2009!!!! Starting with breakfast every morning. Hight fiber, protein and iron meals. And only ONE BITE OF CHOCOLATE a day -- or less ;) Knowing myself well, I have decided to start smart. I will do excercise for 45 minutes a day for 20 days. Along with the new "dietized thinking", we will see what can happen!

So here I come January 24th!! This just so happens to be a Bible quizzing day in Tigard and I hope to feel a bit better by the end of the "always on my feet and using energy for a week kind" of day. My dear hubby is in full support of this and has said he will NOT let me fail or quit. Man I love him!!! His hope is that the change in me in the next weeks will be the drive needed for us to become an amazing healthy team!

Again... this is not just about diet and excercise. Not about finding the inner me. Not about "being better". It is about getting to the place that God can use me and bless others thru me. My job is to prepare myself to be the best sanctuary for Him to use, and to gain the strength and energy needed to follow the path that He will show me this year.

GO 4 IT 2009!!!!

God bless you all!