New Year...New You(s)

As the New Year rolls around we are ready to make those changes. Those things that have been on our hearts and minds ..sometimes it's the woulda shoulda couldas...and sometimes it's overwhelming to me. I'm a planner. I like to see what's coming and plan the outcome before it happens. Of course, that doesn't always work. When the outcome that I don't plan happens frustration often sets in.  This year I want to focus on Gods plan for me...for us! Often times I have a word for the new year. Something that I want to be intentional on working on. This year it's more of a phrase...."Be Open To Change". I don't necessarily like change. As a planner I'm not great at deviating from the plan. This is something I often struggle with daily. I feel God urging me and telling me to be open to change. Be ready. Embrace it. Encourage it. Honestly change scares me. So I guess this is a growth period. A time of putting faith in God and know that whatever change comes our way I have to trust Him. I have to know that he is able...Not me. I have to fully trust that he sustains me...not the other way around. I have to truly seek Him...to be close to Him...to hear Him and most of all...I have to listen. I have been good at dismissing the urges God often places on my heart. It's not the right time. It's not the right place. Not now God. I can't do that God. Don't change the plan...please! When I am sure I have missed many blessings by being unwilling to deviate from "my plan". I want to embrace Gods plan whether it's a hard situation or an easy one. I want to be intentional in seeking his will in everything and when he answers...whether good, bad, scary, exciting or challenging ...that I embrace it. That I run with open arms saying "what's next Lord"... My prayer is that we seek Him but that we also allow Him to seek us in 2016. Boys this life isn't easy. It's not a gravy train. We fight hard for what we have and fight even harder to hold onto what we've got.  But, it's by Gods grace we are who we are. We are a family of 6...doing things a little different than most. We are in this together...thick or thin...good or bad. Embracing the time we have with you and making the most of the days we've got...because they are numbered! Life is short....and everyday needs to be lived intentionally. Let's Be Open To Change...spiritually, mentally, physically, emotionally...as a family!