One's Enough

This is from our New Year's card

I do New Year's Resolutions differently every year. One year I had one resolution per month, one year I had a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly resolution, and one year I had a resolution I knew I could keep (get married). This year, I have one resolution that encompasses every aspect of my life. Be more intentional. What does this mean? What does this look like?

In my relationship with Father:

• Intentionally take the time to spend in the Word and in prayer. Make it a priority instead of an after thought.
• Go to church with a purpose. Not just to say I went and check it off my weekly To Do List.

In my relationship with Eric:

• Use the time we get to spend together wisely. Not always sitting beside each other on our respective laptops, sometimes (embarrassingly) chatting with each other online when we're sitting one foot apart.
• Think about what he needs and wants. 

In my relationship with my kids:

• Spend time WITH them, not near them.
• Enact some rules that should have been in place all along.
• Teach them about Jesus at any possible moment.

In my actions:

• Speak kindly, wisely, and encouragingly.
• Spend free time in a constructive manner (mostly reading).

I'm not entirely sure how this is going to work out, but at the end of 2014 (assuming Jesus hasn't returned) I want to have been a productive, constructive Christian wife and mother.