[New Year's Values] – Every year I choose a three values and make them my anthem. Think of them like a really, really, really long house or trance song that plays into the night with the same beats, but a different mix throughout.
I encourage you to find your own for 2010!
1. Trust: Trust in me (God) and my plan for you.
Key Passage: Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?” And Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!” Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him. And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation. But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year.” When he had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him (Genesis 17:17-22).
2. Intimacy: I wouldn’t know if love hit me between the eyes with a rubber band because it’s been stretched and broken into a limp noodle. God how can I reclaim you as my 1st love without holding on to the lie that I’ll be alone forever? I’m so lonely and desperate for You.
Key Passage: “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love” (1 John 4:18).
3. Mindful: I want to be mindful of my boundaries in my mind, body, and spirit (heart).
Key Passage: “What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him” (Psalm 8:4).
