A New Year!

Yes, I love it when the new year comes around. I have a chance to let my type A personality come out in force...everything gets a fresh start, budgets, Bible reading plans, running goals, family goals, and even a hope of cleaning the garage. Unfortunately if I don't maintain what a start here this week it will all be for naught come December 31, 2008.

Basically, where there is no effort placed on the long term goal the beginning hype just doesn't last. (Kind of sounds like our journey of faith) The daily investment of time and energy into the God stuff is essential and worth it. If we just rely on the hype of the moment it will only take our roots so deep.

So here I am again, a new year.... new location, new friends, new job, new school and yes, new daughter... may this year be as faith building and blessed as last, without the move, please.

For the record, 2008

- Read through the Bible front to back again

- Run every week (at least 1 mile) preferably 5 out of 7 days

- Get farther out of dept

- Run 1000 miles (520 this year)

- Run Marathon number 5

- Stay in the budget

- Pick up after myself more

- Be a bit more childlike with my kids

- Get at least two A's