this is a new year

this is a new day to rise,
shine, lift up your eyes...
this is a new year,
this is a new day to rise,
shine and point the way to God's great light
--charlie hall, new year

I've been thinking a lot about the new year, and all it will hold.  2010 wasn't exactly the best, and to be perfectly honest, I've spent the last couple of months wallowing.  There's a lot of questions I have, and I haven't received any answers... so I've just sat back, pouting, and stopped actively pursuing the things I knew I should.  My heart has been continually broken over this during the last week, and I have felt Him drawing me back to Himself.

So in 2011, I want to step it up a notch... to learn and surrender, fall more deeply in love with my Savior.  I want to spend time with Him everyday and memorize scripture.  I want to journal more and recount the things that He is teaching me.  I want to intentionally meet people who don't know the Lord and share the gospel.

These are just a handful of the goals I have set for myself for the coming year.  I have others, in other categories... but I know that ultimately the success of this new year lies solely in the hands of my Lord.  And if I do all those other things, but neglect Him, I will have failed.