What Will You Do With 2007?

Wow! Time flies! Where does it go and why does it have to go so fast? It seems like it was just yesterday that I was sitting here be-moaning the fact that I had not accomplished all my goals from the year before. Now I am sitting here thinking I should set my goals a lot lower.

The reality is that 2006 has been a great year. I wish I could have accomplished a few more things but I can not complain. This year has been blessed!

Now, just a few days before 2007 rushes in, I am asking myself the hard questions about what I want to accomplish this next year. I am setting goals and taking some faith leaps that will stretch me some. Then I am setting one BHAG! One Big Hairy Audacious Goal that will be God sized. That is the one that will only happen with the hand of God blessing me and His Favor shining on me.

So, what are your plans? What are you hoping to accomplish for God this next year? What areas in your life will you take some steps of faith to see greatness revealed?

Look What We Have Done With Christmas

What ever happened to the Christmas of my childhood? I mean, it seems like everything is way to different now. Everything Christmas shows up in the stores the middle of August and stays until after New Years. Even the schools are getting into the action.

My wife and I were invited to enjoy a special “Holiday Lunch” with our son at his school. I am not sure who they were trying to fool because the only thing special about it was the fact that we had lunch with our son. They served Chicken Strips that were more like eating squirrel flavored leather, green beans and INSTANT mashed potatoes.

We all got to sit at the tables where the kids normally have lunch. That is fine if you are an 8 or 9 year old but when you are much older and your back side can take up two or three of those seats, let’s just say it was a bit uncomfortable for the hour we sat there.

Well now, here I sit after the fact wondering when I will get into the Christmas Spirit. Hopefully by this time next year.

Christmas Memories

There is something about this time of year that makes me reminisce about my childhood. It doesn’t take much to travel through time to those days of childhood and engage the senses in a way that makes me feel as if I am there.

I can smell the cookies baking. I can feel the cold air sneaking under the door and through the gaps in the window. I can hear the Christmas carols being played on the piano by my Dad. I can see the fire in the corner that my little brother David just started.

WAIT! We don’t have a fire place! What was he thinking?

As I think back about the traditions we had as kids growing up the one I cherish the most is the fact that my parents always kept us focused on the reason for the season, Jesus. I hope that each of you will know the reason in a person way this season. Let me know if you have any questions about how to know Jesus in this way.