With a new year, comes a fresh start. But really, fresh starts are DAILY, actually they are more often even, when we are made new in Christ. That is really my focus this year (as it should be every year, month, day...etc.) is to be made new in Christ!
Just as many of you have, I have been thinking a lot about my goals and dreams for 2013. Within the realm of being made new in Christ, a more specific theme keeps coming back to me: "Family". Not just my own immediate family (although they certainly are a priority), but this year I would like to do something that I haven't been very good at for a while, which is to connect with my extended family, specifically MY SISTERS!!!
Maybe it's because I am now raising sisters of my own, but I truly see the value in the sister relationship and I am sad that I haven't invested in those relationships as much as I should have over the years. But like Revelation 21:5 says, "I am making everything new" and it isn't too late to start.
My sisters, through blood and marriage, are going to have a HUGE year in 2013: Two are about to (or just did) enter motherhood for the first time, one will become a wife, one might be moving across the country, one has decisions about college and her future...and those are just to name a few!
The challenge to growing my relationship with my sisters, is that we live all over the country, rather, the world, from Arizona to California, to Australia. But, if you know me, you know I'm a 'Doer', so naturally I had a game plan to facilitate my goal and my sisters and I started a Bible Study on-line through Facebook. We read the same Bible Study and scripture (www.shereadstruth.com) and then we discuss what we've read on a private Facebook page.
The first day of our study we read Geniuses 1 and one thing I took away from the story of Creation is that God made us to be relational. He himself is relational, having three parts; father, son and spirit. He also made Adam and Eve for each other. I don’t believe we are meant to be alone.
So, this year I want to let Him make all things new with a priority on my relationships; My relationship with Jesus, my relationship with my husband, my relationship with my girls and my relationship with my family, specifically me sisters.
I am super excited to study God’s word alongside these wonderful girls as I know it will build each of our relationships together, and ultimately our own relationships with Jesus!
I can't wait to see what 2013 brings for us!
What is your focus this year?
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