Do you ever get excited about a new season beginning because it gives you the excuse to start over? Thoughts of, this time I will accomplish so much more than last time. I am definitely at that point today. Today is my first official day of Summer. Not only is it the most exciting season of the year, it is full of possibilities and no disappointments, yet. I have already started mapping out what this Summer will entail and how I am going to be on top of it all this year. I have plans for the kids, goals for myself and today, it looks like nothing can stop me.
I think we all need days like this. Days where the future looks bright and the possibilities endless. Those are the days we should write goals and make plans. Who wants to make plans when you are feeling overcome with disappointment and nothing is going your way. I say seize the day and plan away. I was reading today(yes, that was a goal of mine, to read every day) in Mark Batterson's The Circle Maker, and the subject was on goal setting. He reminded his readers of the age old saying, "Where there is no vision, the people parish." Writing goals is putting your vision down on paper. You think it, write it, achieve it.
It takes faith to write a goal, especially if you are a perfectionist and don't want any chance of failing. When you have a vision for how you would like a new season to look, things you would like to accomplish, dreams you would like to see become reality, write it down. Take 5 minutes to jot it down in your journal. I'm always amazed at how quickly a profound thought can leave my mind. I think of something wonderful and amazing, but don't write it down. Then I am frustrated with myself because I can't remember that inspirational thought.
Writing a goal, vision or dream down allows you to remember the moment it came to you, pray over it and revise it as necessary. It is just another step in living on purpose. During this new season of Summer, why not make some goals of things you can do to live on purpose, with your kids, your marriage, in your personal walk with The Lord, in your daily activities. Live with vision, live with dreams, live with goals....on purpose.
