A New Year!

Happy 2015!

I brought in the new year with a stuffy nose & a few friends.

I'm really excited for this year & our new home!

Our lease is up in April and I'm literally counting down the days until we are out of this apartment!

Looking back on 2014, I think I did pretty good on accomplishing the things I had hoped to do.

I didn't make any new years resolutions for 2015, however I do have a couple goals for myself.

- I'm still pretty bad at comparing myself to others, so I really need to work on that.

- I need to drink more water. My mom is in the back of my mind telling me that EVERY DAY.

- The most important, which could always be improved, is my relationship with God.

(These are all carried over from 2014, whoops!)

I feel like I did good okay this year.

I found a church I love, some of my very favorite songs are songs of worship,
& I've had a few really powerful conversations about Him with some of the friends I have here in California.

So I've got a pretty decent foundation, but I know that I need more.

I've been told that there is a place in our hearts that can only be filled by Jesus.

I believe it. The more God I get, the more that I feel like I need Him.

Sometimes it is easy to place Him on the back burner, to set Him in the corner of our minds while we go through the motions of day to day routines.

One of my very favorite songs has a lyric that says:

"When I'm standing in between all is right & all is lost it doesn't cost me anything to believe."

It's easy to remember God when you are praising Him when everything is right & seeking His guidance when everything is wrong.

It's those times of calm where we are content that we have to remember that He is there & we still need Him even if all our hope is not lost.

I started a resolution for this year to read the whole Bible within 365 days.

The SheReadsTruth app has a whole plan that you can download here!

I thought about buying another plan that they had to study the Book of John.

And I thought "I don't think I'm going to buy a second devotional because I don't want to be that committed."

PAUSE.

I just said that I don't want to be "that committed"..... to God.

The God who is there for me every single day and every single tomorrow. 

The God who saved my life. The God who my eternity rests with. 

I don't want to be "that committed."

Out of all the things to be committed to, God should be number one. He should not be an additional part of my daily routine. He should BE my daily routine. I have fallen into a terrible pattern of pushing God to the back burner and focusing on things that mean WAY WAY WAY less than Him.

I spend a significant portion of my life staring at screens & not enough time living in His grace & creation.

So, if I DO have a resolution this year, it is to be more present in my relationship with God and all that He has here on this earth for me to enjoy.

I live in freaking San Diego, California for crying out loud!

I need to enjoy it while I still can because a year and a half from now, who knows where we will be!

Here's to a year of growing relationships, embracing what is to come, & being present in a God centered life!

Cheers, friends!