Through Stained Glass: A Mid-Week Reflection-Stalled

Stalling

I hate to be that person but I'm going to be.

Be ready to make an eye roll in my general direction.

Okay.

Enough stalling.

You ready?

We are just over 2 weeks into the New Year

and I have to ask...

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How's that resolution going?

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Are you still getting up early to read your Bible before work?

Are you still making out to the rec center for that 30 minute walk?

Are you still choosing water over corn syrup and carbonation?

Are you still __________________________(insert your resolution here...)

Someone recently told me they don't make New Year's resolution because it sets them up for failure. 

I understand that. I hear that. 

But with an attitude like that, isn't there already an expectation to fail?

So consider this post your 2 week "check-in" where you evaluate your goals and assess how you're doing. 

Don't give up. The year is young. It is pregnant with possibilities. Not all is lost. 

If you didn't make a resolution, may I ask you a question inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose birthday we celebrate today.

"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'"

Resolution or no resolution, it is my hope your year has started off well. And whatever it is you decide to do, you do it for you; you complete tasks as well as you can; and you take your time doing it.

Or as it is said in Latin, festina lente. [“Make haste slowly.”]

May the beauty of the New Year continue to be revealed to you. As the sun rises higher and light remains with us longer, may you be warmed by the hope of spring, the return of Robins, and the greening of grass.

You're more than enough. And you are loved!