Our church just finished a series on a book called The Circle Maker by Mark Batterson. One theme of the book talks a lot about goal setting. The series tagline was "God honors bold prayers because bold prayers honor God."
It also talks about setting goals. I am so, so guilty of setting goals and then expecting to be at the grand end result before doing anything to get there. I cross the finish line before I even take my first step. Then I get overwhelmed and don't ever get started.
Our pastor pointed out to us that we should start focusing on the 1's instead of the 0's when trying to reach our goals. This is another way of saying to take it one step at a time. Enjoy every one reason for what it is and let God take control of all of the 0's.
My goal is to discover and share 10,000 reasons that my heart sings. 10,000 reasons to feel blessed. 10,000 times of focusing on the positive and being happy.
10,000 is a large number, but like I said before, I am going to take it 1 step at a time and ignore the 0's. Eventually it will all add up and I can't wait to see the path that this challenge leads to. Hopefully you'll join me!
I'm not sure I have the full gist of this, but once you get it going, I'll figure it out!! Right now, I am doing JUST 30 Thanksgiving posts on FB..LOL...a paltry number compared to your 10,000. Is this for a life time? Is there a time limit? I know you will find 10,000 because you are already a positive person!!! Love you kiddo!!
ReplyDeleteThere is not a time limit. This is just an ongoing project. I figured that we could all benefit from a little positivity. :) Thank you!
DeleteI am at Sherrye's house and she has given me a tutorial on how to become a member. Here I am!
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