more planning

Proverbs 16:3 Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. This is an interesting verse and like so many other verses we can take it completely out of context. Yesterday I shared about my ministry goals, today I want to share some of my personal goals. The goals that I set for 2013 for my family were as follows: 1 - Teach my children to love God, to put God first. 2 - Reach the community for Freedom through the sports and events my children participate in. 3 - Teach teh girls and inforce the importance of getting better every day in the things that you do. 4 - Make sure the girls work hard regularly at the sports they want to play and in school. Those goals sound very one sided but they are goals that Tara and I set for the girls and want for them. The funny thing is they all fall under category 1. If I can raise my children up to love God and to put Him first, to live for Him in every aspect of their lives then guess what the other things take care of themselves. People tell me all the time about what awesome athletes the girls are, about how good of students they are and how driven they are and self motivated, well I cannot take credit for that. It's about God, if our children love the Lord then they do everything they do for Him, and if anything is worth doing for Him it's worth giving 100%. Reaching the community is a fun one, it means the places we go, the campuses we are on and the sports teams our kids are a part of need to know that I am a pastor. That we are Christians and that we love God very dearly. They will know this by our actions, by our attitudes and by the way our children compete. This portion has been the easiest part, but yet the most flexible. Why? Because when I started praying over oru goals for this past year I had no plan for a number 3. Braelynn will be joining us next Wednesday and what a huge blessing she is. And, time to work goals for her new portion of our lives. Committing to the Lord whatever you do means before you act, before you say yes or say no to anything you pray over it. And while you are praying over it watch to see if your attitude towards it changes. If it becomes somethign you are more and more motivated towards then God is taking you there. If it is something that you lose interest in, then with out a doubt God was never in it. Thanks for reading and have a great day!