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Melanie - December 29, 2008

I hope y'all had a very Merry Christmas full of plenty of fun with your families and friends. Ours was great, although I finally had to throw out the rest of the gingersnaps last night to make the eating stop.

It saddened me to see them go in the trash, but I knew in my heart it was time for us to part ways.

So now, as hard as it is to believe, it's almost time to bring in 2009. I'm not sure where 2008 went, but it's out the door at this point.

I've never been one to make a lot of New Year's resolutions, mainly because if you don't make them then it's much easier to not break them. See how that logic works for me?

But this year I'm making a few. I really do want to work out on a more consistent basis, not with the specific goal of losing weight, but just knowing that as I hit my late-30's I should make more of an effort to be healthy.

And if I happen to look better in a swimsuit come summertime, I won't complain about it.

The other thing I'd been feeling led to do was to make a better effort to memorize scripture. I'm really good at paraphrasing a verse or two, but sometimes saying, "You know that verse where God says that He removes your sins as far as the east is from the west and then blah, blah, blah" just doesn't have the same impact as really knowing the verse by heart.

Anyway, over at the Living Proof Ministries blog, they're doing a really cool thing where you can commit to learn two new scriptures a month. It's awesome to think of all those women learning two new verses every month of the year.

And if you do the math (which I hate, by the way) that adds up to learning TWENTY-FOUR new verses this year. That's not too shabby.

So if you're interested, click on over and sign up in their comments.

And while you're still here, I'd love to know if you have any resolutions for 2009.

Category: Thoughts

Comments (2)

Joanne (The Simple Wife):

Hey Melanie,

I’ve also been doing “Memory Monday” over on my blog for the past couple of months. A bunch of us are memorizing verses every week—if anyone wants to join with a weekly accountability as well as the twice monthly thing with Beth!

Here’s the link: http://thesimplewife.typepad.com/thesimplewife/2008/11/announcing-memory-monday.html

Joanne

Posted on December 29, 2008 8:19 AM

MooBeeMa:

I resolve to be “in the moment” with kids and grandma and husband. And to flee from “future-tripping” with the devil.

Posted on December 29, 2008 6:52 PM