Vision and Goals for 2012

Good evening friends.. So it has taken some time but I feel that it is time to blog my vision and goals for the new year. As I mentioned in the last blog these have been prayed over and I feel they are practical. In other words I am not trying to change the world in one year.

As I celebrated the new year in prayer the Lord really spoke to my heart. He used simple words.. Service, Servant hood, and relationships. My vision for the year is to truly open myself for more service, more serving and fostering better relationships with women and moms. Helping them, exhorting them, praying for them, serving them and mentoring them.

For this year I have added two more components to "Faith, Food and Fitness" and they are "Family and Friends" I will throughout the year be blogging about all these areas of my life. Why? Not because I have it figured out but simply because I am in the pursuit of obtaining the abundant life God in tented.

So here are my goals:

Faith-
1. Read through the whole bible ( one year bible is the bomb, just simply following along the plan laid out)
2. Inductive bible study for at least two books of the bible
3. Read through one biblical based book ( if you can recommend any good books, I would love your recommendations)
4. More prayer and fasting
5. More dates with just me and Jesus!

Family-
1. Date my hubby again ( at least one date a month)
2. Teach Noah how to read
3. Weekly bible study for Noah & Caleb
4. Serve my husband and children with a joyful heart and not complain even in the hardest of days
5. Serve as a family on missions trip/day etc.

Friends-
1. Make more quality face time
2. Use more than FB and twitter
3. When talking about plan, make them instead of just talking about them.
Example: Friend- lets connect, Me: Ok, lets get a calender, when you want to hook up? Set it and don't forget it!
4. Be that true friend that God desires me to be, transparent, loyal, trust worthy etc. ( please keep me honest on this one, I need the feedback, and I am praying for humility to receive it in love


Food-
1. Take steps to incorporate healthier foods, cutting out all the bad stuff
2. Give up the diet drinks
3. Read a book on nutrition or online course
4. Really learn how to "eat to live" not "live to eat"
5. Journal my food

Fitness
1. Consistency in my training
2. Run a 5k
3. Run a 10K
4. Run a 1/2 Marathon or a mud run ( I never thought Id want to run a 1/2 marathon again)
5. Bring ladies along side of me. I want to create teams to join me on each venture. If it is one or 100 I'm faithful.

My blog, Me and You-
1. My goal is to write at least 20-30 minutes a day
2. Blog at least 3-4 times a week
3. Exhort you, encourage you but most importantly be honest, real and transparent with you.
4. Share my testimony with you all

I am going to be honest with you all. I struggled with sharing my goals. They are personal to me, and there are times that I struggle with writing my blogs. I struggle because I am throwing my life out there for EVERYONE to see. There are times that I pray and ask the Lord if its the right thing to do. Should I go private. It seems like every time I think about going private I am reminding of Melissa. Melissa stubble across my blog, and we have built a friendship that blesses my heart abundantly. I am reminded of a teenage girl, who messaged me about her eating disorder and reading my hot mess life has helped her in her recovery. I am reminded of a lady who is a newly stay at home mom, on the verge of a breakdown who accidentally came to my blog and for that moment she realized she was not alone.

Friends, it isn't easy to throw your bizz out there, trust me. But if my life or story can help, encourage at least one person then it is worth it. God hasn't gifted me with writing, grammar or spelling ( if you read my blog you will see) ,He has gifted me with love and a heart for you. He has changed my life and I want to share it with you. And I am grateful if you want to come along side of my this year with your time and also your thoughts, prayers and comments.

To the new year!
Moni

" I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Phil 4:13