Looking ahead

"If you aim at nothing, you will hit it." 
So, here I sat recently.  I was writing out my goals for the year. Mind you, I won't call them resolutions because I know full well that there are so many, and some are big, that I won't finish them all. So, I am sticking to the quote,

"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." 

I will tackle as much on my master list as possible and, hopefully, hit quite a bit of it. The rest will be further along, closer to accomplishment, for the next time. That is, unless it is something that falls away as unimportant. I was reflecting on and looking at that list last night.  I got re-energized again about all the things that I can achieve this year.

Today, however, on the way home from Bible study, I had another thought. We had each said a prayer to God for ourselves, whatever was on our hearts. One of the things that I asked of Him was to help keep me on track with His goals and to help me accomplish, not just this week or this month, but this year, what He would want me to do. Wow. That flashed me back to the church billboard I passed on my way to taking my son to school,

"What would Jesus have you do in 2016?"  

It's humbling to take it out of your own perspective. Here I had created this big long list of "Do's" and, now, I wondered what His list actually looked like. I'm sure that some of the things are the same. Some of my items, I'm sure, are not a priority for His list. How many would not even be there? Hmm. Food for thought. Tonight, I will reflect on the list but also with this question:

"Lord, what would You have me to do in 2016?"

;) This blog is definitely one of them. I keep flitting back and forth on the why or how. However, I know now that He has plans for it and for me, too.  I don't know how many will actually read it or how many will keep coming back but whomever you are, I look forward to meeting you.