New Year Resolutions

New Years resolutions are always a great thing and I think most people always set their resolution to be a classic get into shape. It’s funny how every year in January all the gyms are packed full of people who have set a new year’s resolution to get in shape. As the days pass then weeks and months you find the gym slowly get less and less busy as people lose the determination they once had to get in shape.

Whether the resolution is to get into shape, or learn a language or to get straight A's it is always hard to continue to do the resolution throughout the year. It’s hard not to fade off as the months go by like the people at the gym. My question is what can we do to keep the determination going throughout the year on our resolutions that we have set? What can we do so we don't fade out after a couple months?

I have thought and pondered about this and I have come up with a few of things and hopefully they will help you.

1) The first thing is we need a desire to reach our New Year resolution. When we have that desire we will be willing to sacrifice. This will be easy at first but the natural man will come into all of us and after a while when we are tired we will want to go back to our old easier way. So to get over this problem we need to change things up. So if you have a resolution to get in shape you could change what time in the day you work out. You could change the kind of work out you do, so instead of always running on a treadmill you could take a yoga class something like that. This way it will be like you are changing your goal but really you’re not.

2) Another way is to set smaller goals that will help you accomplish your ultimate goal. You can work towards multiple small goals that over time will help you get to the end that you are working for. For example if you are learning another language you could set at smaller goal to learn maybe 5 words a day. Then over time you will be able to speak the language.

3) Remember that if your goal is there to uplift, edify, strengthen, or help you or others in anyway the lord is going to be there to help you. I can promise he is going to help you help yourself and others.

Hopefully you are able to take something away from this that will help you to be able to accomplish your new year’s resolutions and help you reach your goals.