Hello, my friends!
We have several posts in progress... I won't tell you what they are about, but it's taking a little longer to finish them. :)
But meanwhile, I'd like to talk about goals. I am a planner, I like to write out lengthy lists and go into details about every little thing. I like the satisfaction of checking things off my to-do's. I enjoy spending the time to think about what I need to do or want to get done.
I also get really stressed out if I didn't finish something I wanted to do. (And I know, that's not good!)
So lately I've been thinking about goals in general. Not specific goals that I may have, but what goals are in of itself.
I've decided that goals are sometimes hard to get. I'm a Hockey fan (Go Redwings!!) and it's not always easy to get the puck into the net. It takes several tries, teamwork, creativity and perseverance.
Real life goals are often just like that. We might fail to finish a project one day, but we can work on it again and try to finish it the next day. We might need encouragement from friends. And we definitely need to add a lot of hard work in there.
The real teamwork though I think in real life goals is between us and God. We're a team. He's the captain, we carry out the orders. We work together. It's not always easy, but it's the only way to accomplish things.
Too often we charge right ahead by ourselves, leaving our Captain behind. We try to do what we think is right, give it our all, struggle again and again. We feel like failures. And then we yell behind us, "hey, Captain! What have You been doing? Why aren't You helping?"
The answer is really simple, although sometimes humans fail to get it through their head (finger pointing at me... :^) well, hello! We didn't listen to the boss, we didn't let him take charge. How is he supposed to help us when we're blocking him out?
Our choices effect how our goals are accomplished, how our progress is made. If we choose to give it a go by ourselves, we're going to end up stressed and wore out, and an attitude of pride will come up about the things we did finish.
Like a three legged race, we need to stay close to God in order not to fall. If we stumble, He will be there to pick us up. He can guide us and we can win the race! And we will know without a doubt that it's through nothing of our own we can win.
Ask The Lord to help you make the right choices today so your tomorrows can bring glory to God!
Have a wonderful day,
Love in Christ,
Victoria
