Friday, January 9, 2009

Resolutions and such!!!

I don't know about you but I always make New Year's resolutions only to break them about as fast as I make them. Well 2 days into this year I had already broke one I had made. I need to apologize to my family already for being such a bear!! Soooo sorry guy's (sleep depravation is REAL by the way). Anyways have you ever noticed when you set a goal to be better and you work real hard at it the adversary works even harder on you? In October I set a goal to read the Book Of Mormon by Christmas, it was about 7 pages a day. I really stuck to it and some nights I even read a little bit more cause I was at a really great part. I finished on Christmas eve, then the next goal for the new year was to feel closer to the spirit this year, continue reading 5 minutes a day in the Book Of Mormon and the rest of the time in studying the Doctrine and Covenants for our Sunday lessons. I also set the goal to be nicer to my family which mostly consists of Josh and Scott. I have a really bad habit of speaking very loudly when I get irritated which some people think is yelling. So I set the goal to not raise my voice to the level that might be confused with yelling. Well, in marches you know who to thwart all my good intentions. I exploded at Josh and I wasn't very kind to my dear hubby, already. Thank goodness for my Savior who knows my weakness and who can help me. I love the scripture in Ether 12:27 "And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them". The part that gives me hope is the part that if I will humble myself and have faith in the Lord, His grace is sufficient and he will make my weakness into strength. That is my goal to Come unto Him so I must recognize my weakness, humble my self and He will make me the weak thing strong.
I hope as you make goals and stumble as I have, you can turn to this scripture and find comfort and encouragement to pick yourself up, brush yourself off and get busy again.

3 comments:

Jennie said...

I know what you mean. It is easy to get frustrated with ourselves when we stumble. And... we all stumble. Thanks for the reminder.

Sara said...

This is so nice, Diane. I'm glad I'm not the only one who breaks resolutions within weeks. I've gotten to the point almost of giving up on them. It is a wonderful reminder that our weaknesses will become our strengths, although at times it's hard to believe; but I guess that is where the faith comes in. :)

Evans Family said...

You are a great example! I loved reading the Book of Mormon. We challenged all of our family to read the Book of Mormon before Tanner leaves on his mission. I think it is a great goal. Thanks for all you do!