MOVING ON IN 2021

If you're like me, you were tremendously hopeful that the new year would be completely different than 2020. Of course we're only a few days in the new year, but don't feel like you're alone if 2021 already feels like 2020 on repeat. But again, we're only a few days in.

2021 may feel more like deja vu instead of a fresh new start, but I don't want to come to the end of this year having just gone through the motions of life. Despite all that may be up ahead, my main goal this year will be to LIVE:

L--I want to LOVE the Lord with all my heart, mind, and soul.

This can be difficult for me sometimes. Keeping my focus on Christ is a constant battle of mine, and I'm my #1 distraction. But the value of keeping my life in step with the life God has planned out for me is worth the battle.

I--I want to INVITE the Holy Spirit in every part of my life.

Again, this can be just as difficult for me to do. I'm my own worse critic, plus there are too many times that I think that my way of doing things is the best way. I'm thankful that the Holy Spirit shows me when I'm wrong and leads me back to the place that I need to be.

V--I want to VIEW life from a spiritual perspective.

God constantly uses the good, bad, and the ugly to stretch and mold me into the person that He desires me to be. Do I always like what I experience? Nope. But I've learned to stay the course because I'm gaining more of godly view as each hurdle is conquered.

E--I want to ENJOY God's blessings, not just accept them.

I'm finally at a place where I've learned to accept the gifts that God sends my way. Now, I'm learning to enjoy them. A lot of times it's hard for me to believe that I deserve all of the blessings that God sends my way, but who am I to accept a gift and not fully appreciate it?

Yep, it's true that 2021 may be just as bad or maybe even worse than 2020, but as the moments allow I want to live to the fullest that God wants me to. Life may look completely different than what I planned and expected, but life is still worth living. So Lemonaders, I'm encouraging you not to just go through life or just exist....go and LIVE!!!!!!

Romans 8: 15-17 (MSG) This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It’s adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike “What’s next, Papa?” God’s Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are. We know who He is, and we know who we are: Father and children. And we know we are going to get what’s coming to us—an unbelievable inheritance! We go through exactly what Christ goes through. If we go through the hard times with Him, then we’re certainly going to go through the good times with Him!