2014.

Alright so normally I am not one to really get into the whole "New Year's Resolution" thing but this year I thought it would be fun to give it a try. I read somewhere that only 8% of New Years Resolutions are achieved. But it will be fun to look at this list in a year and say "I did that", or "Oh yeah, I forgot I wanted to do that ".

Christopher and I got our pictures taken for Christmas, by a lovely photographer (http://www.amandamariephotography89.com/) and this is my chance to show them off.

My List (not in any particular order):

1. Read my Bible more.

2 Timothy 3:16

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

2. Write a Post at least twice a month. (I did horrible last year)

3. Not only get organized but staying that way. Its never been hard for me to get organized. The hard part is stay organized has always been a problem for me.

1 Corinthians 14:33

For God is not a God of confusion but of peace...

4. I want to be an encouraging wife. Christopher deserves encouragement!

Proverbs 31:26
She opens her mouth with wisdom and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.

5. This year I need to handle stress better. "It's life Allie, deal with it".

Hebrews 13:5

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

6. I need to be thankful for small blessings. A blessing is a blessing. I want to appreciate all of them.

James 1:2

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

This year is going to be wonderful! God has so much in store for us.

(This is the song stuck in my head at the moment.)

Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Come, thou Fount of every blessing, 
tune my heart to sing thy grace; 
streams of mercy, never ceasing, 
call for songs of loudest praise. 
Teach me some melodious sonnet, 
sung by flaming tongues above. 
Praise the mount! I'm fixed upon it, 
mount of thy redeeming love. 

Here I raise mine Ebenezer; 
hither by thy help I'm come; 
and I hope, by thy good pleasure, 
safely to arrive at home. 
Jesus sought me when a stranger, 
wandering from the fold of God; 
he, to rescue me from danger, 
interposed his precious blood. 

O to grace how great a debtor 
daily I'm constrained to be! 
Let thy goodness, like a fetter, 
bind my wandering heart to thee. 
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, 
prone to leave the God I love; 
here's my heart, O take and seal it, 
seal it for thy courts above. 

Many Blessings and a Happy New Year!!

-Allie