Friends! I’m here, I’m not dead. I got sucked into the Christmas break hole, but I’m back. Christmas is packed and the new year is here and I’m feeling…overwhelmed? Discouraged? A little lost? Anyone else in that boat? As many feel the new year is full of promise, I’m clinging to 2016 and my Christmas break. I want to be motivated in 2017, but I can’t even find a starting place. 

I decided that my new goals or resolutions can’t begin on January 1. I need some time to pray and seek the Lord, to process and vision cast. So this week I’m praying and asking some deep questions. 

• What is one thing I want to accomplish this year?
• What is God asking me to do this year?
• What needs to change in my life to grow closer to God? To my husband? To my girls? 
• What vision does God have for our kid’s ministry this year? How can I accomplish that? 

2016 was full of change for me. I left a job I loved to stay home with my girls and be more involved in our church plant. I also started this ministry and website (which I’m pretty sure no one on my 10th grade web team would believe I could do). Things haven’t gone exactly as planned, but God is still using me and that’s the most important part. I think I’ve been dragging my feet this past week back into blogging, but I think everyone has some grumpiness heading into their normal routine. I’m praying this week I can find my motivation through prayer and God’s Word so I can get really excited about what God is going to do this year! 

Thanks,