On My Mind
The thief comes to kill, steal, and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. ~ John 10:10
This has to be one of my very favorite verses! Jesus came to bring life. Not just a dragging, gotta-make-it-through-till-I-get-to-heaven life but a full one. Just a look around verifies this for me. In a world full of this much variety of beautiful sounds and sights, delicious tastes and scents, there is no reason not to feel full of life. When we see the strength of human spirit, when we experience love - the love a child, friend, family member, spouse, when we hear laughter and experience joy, courage, hope, peace, we know that life is worth living and it can be full of goodness. Yes, there are many examples of all the opposites of everything I've mentioned, but that is what Jesus came to overcome. We do not have live on that plane of existence. We do have to contend with it, but we do not have to wallow in it. We can choose to tell the thief he has no hold on us or any part of our lives and live in the fullness Jesus provides.
Let's go live a life of fullness!
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. ~ Mae West
In the Kitchen
I enjoyed spending some time in the kitchen today. I made two loaves of bread and a pumpkin dessert. For dinner I made oven baked eggs with eggs from our chickens, chipped beef gravy to eat over toast, sausage and hash browns. Michael cut up some tomatoes to go with it.
Saturday Doings
I took Michael to get a haircut this morning. I think he was pretty happy with it. After his haircut we went and did a little work in our storage unit, and then ran some errands.
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I am Reading
"Self-awareness means being able to critically evaluate your thoughts, actions, and emotions. It requires a person to have a deep understanding of their personal values, strengths, weaknesses, and motivations. This skill is required for personal development, but it also play an important role in how people interact with each other. pg. 17PM
Goals
Today is the last day of August, so that means tomorrow starts a new month. I've had some habits I've been trying for awhile to make stick and having mediocre success with them so I'm going to make myself accountable here in the hope that putting it out there keeps me a little more on track. For the month of September, I am focusing on three specific goals,
Up every morning, Sunday through Saturday at 5:30AM. Why? Because I am at my best in the mornings. If I can push through that initial reluctance to get out of bed, I am always glad I got up and got started. And when I get an early start everything else seems to fall in line so much better!
Exercise. I have very easy and simple routine that I want to follow that focuses on arms Monday, Wednesday and Friday, abs Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and walking every day except Wednesday. It's not hard, I just have to do it.
Writing/Online Work - My goal here is 1 1/2 hour on Sunday and 3 1/2 hours a day Monday through Saturday.
The way I intend to stay is accountable is by posting each evening in this daily post whether I made the goals for the day.
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