We are using Natalie Bacon's plan to reflect on 2019 and plan how we can make 2020 a great year for us personally and also for our family as a whole. You can read her post here. So day 2 we are to write down our visions for our life. She lists 8 areas to focus on those areas are health, relationships, finance, career/business, personal/spiritual development, recreation/play, environment, and service/contribution. last night we rated how we did in each area and so tonight we thought about our dreams and goals for each of these 8 areas.
On a persoanl level I loved doing this with the kids, it was so interesting and sweet to hear some of their hopes and dreams for their lives and to get a glimpse into their hearts and minds. I think I can get caught up in the day to day raising of them that I forget they are real people with their own hopes and dreams for the future. Which is so important becasue one of my jobs and privledges as their parent is to try to help them identify and reach their dreams. I want them to dream big, think big. I can't encourage you enough if you have kids, especially older kids or teenagers do this with them. It will open up so many topics for discussion.
So my vision for my life in these 8 areas are
Health- To be healthy (obviously), to be at a healthy weight, eat a healthy diet but not be on a diet, to be active , to take care of my mental health as well as my physical health by being less worried and stressed and to be more positive.
Relationships- Be closer to my family, mend my relationship with my parents.
Finances- Get out of debt, lower my bills
Career/business- publish a book this year, future goal become a successful author. I haven't pinpointed what will be the measurement for success. I'm working towards becoming a husky breeder so my vision for that is too raise beautiful, healthy, happy puppies and (hopefully) make a profit.
Personal/spiritual- Be a better Christian, define in my own heart what a good Christian is and strive to become that. Have a closer walk with God.
Recreation/play- be more spontaneous, take a vacation.
Environment-have a clean, organized home, yard, car. To start paying attention to global environment. It wasn't until I talked with the kids that I saw our need to be mindful of the world that God created as they pointed out God did give us charge over the world, over the plants and animals and we should be mindful of that. I was surprised by Lily and Renee's passionate advocating for us to take better care of the world we live in.
Service and contribution- to do my part to make the world a better place, to think of the homeless, hungry, sick, the orphans the elderly and the lonely.
Matthew 25: 35-45
For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me. Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you? “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
“They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
“He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
We talked about these verses and how we can make this commission part of our life, how we can actively fulfill this call to action that Jesus issued to us in the book of Matthew and here are some of the ideas we came up with.
Volunteer at a food bank, collect money or food for a food bank, visit people in nursing homes, maybe adopt a grandmother or grandfather, write letters or send cards to sick or wounded soldiers.
Tomorrow night we will start setting goals to help us reach our dreams.
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