a new year, a new beginning

First of all I can't believe it is 2011. Time does seem to move faster as you get older. I have no idea what this new year will hold. Its a new year to discover all the things HE wants for our family.

My husband and I have just spent a couple of days alone to enjoy each other and set up the priorities we want to achieve for our family this year. We went over our personal goals, our goals for our marriage, and goals for our children. A book was suggested to me by a friend that we decided to go over as a couple. WOW, is all i can say. it is a book with sound, biblical advice that can actually be achieved.

a new year always seems to give us the sense that we have a new beginning; a chance to start over. we try to get over bad habits, lose weight, or get out of debt. there are a few things that we decided must be done in our home to fully give glory to GOD and his blessings for us. it won't be easy, but the rewards are far more beneficial for us as a family.

one of my idols that i have to let go of is the worry of money. i've realized that this is one of my idols. i worry way too much about it, because of the impending doom that is plaguing our economy right now on the media. i read statistics of inflation, taxes, and medical costs so i worry about what it is going to cost us over the year. i am getting ready to set up the 2011 budget and i have to admit that all of these things i mentioned are going to play a major role.

next to the devil i think money is just as evil. it is the major idol in our lives that controls us. GOD told us not to worry about money that he would provide what we needed. that's hard lesson to learn, because it is a tangible object that we can control to some level. idolatry has got to be the biggest commandment breaker in the world.

"Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry." colassians 3:5.

it is going to be a hard habit for almost all of us to break; i mean all of us. most of us just go out and buy what we want, but the problem seems to be now that the things we could buy at reasonable rate are going up. the bible teaches us to be good stewards of our money; it seems like the world is going have to learn this one. now is the best time of all to cast all your fears and worries on HIM.

“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money." matthew 6:24