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Just to know you and to make you known, we lift Your Name on high, shine like the sun, make darkness run and hide. We know we were made for so much more than ordinary life. It’s time for us to more than just survive. We were made to thrive.

Every New Year’s Eve, my best friends and I go to the Adoration Chapel at my church and sit in front of the Blessed Sacrament and ask God what He wants for us for  the new year. And then I set my goals, my persepective and my motto for the year. . . .or rather God does.

But this year, entering that Chapel, I already knew. God had already been working on me. In fact, I had sat in that Chapel a few days earlier and began hammering out my goals.

See last year was about letting go and moving on. Letting go of my ideal, my ideas of what my life should look like. . .letting go and accepting reality whether I liked it or not. It was about moving beyond my suffering. Because although my suffering had once been my path to holiness, it was now to the point where it was holding me back instead–where I basked in it, waiting for it to change instead of taking the road carved out in front of me–my path to holiness.

So last year was about letting go, accepting and moving on and being willing to take steps. Maybe it would only be 20 steps not the 200 I thought it should be. But like my confessor told me, it was still 20 steps. I was still moving forward.

But this year . . .this year it’s time to stop walking.

That’s right. Because this year, I am running into Jesus’ arms. This year, it’s time to THRIVE.

I think I’ve said it before, but my suffering is only a small part of my otherwise very blessed life. So this year it’s time to focus on my other aspects! So I made quite a lot of goals this year, goals that will help to make me the best version of myself as Matthew Kelly would say and to help me grow closer to God. I’m reclaiming areas of my life that I have lost focus on!

My goals include things like losing weight, getting better organized, spending more time with my kids, making sure my kids and I get to Adoration every week, helping my kids to be more responsible, getting better control of our finances, saying a family Rosary every week, writing more, and reading 10 books that will help me better myself.

Am I doing all those things right now? No. And I’m ok with that. I recognize that it’s a process. and I’ll get there–little by little as my spiritual director always says.

But for the first time in  a really long time I’m ready–I see beauty and I’m ready to thrive.

JOY UNSPEAKABLE

FAITH UNSINKABLE

LOVE UNSTOPPABLE

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE

Some side notes:

The song I quoted at the beginning at end of this post is called Thrive by Casting Crowns, my theme song!

I have gotten a good jump on some of my goals. I’ve lost 7 pounds and I’ve begun reading my first book of the year called a Mother’s Rule of Life which hopefully will help me get better organized too.

Lastly, as you can see, I’ve updated my blog. I have some ideas for my writing that focuses largely on saints. So I’ll use this blog to explore a lot of those ideas. I am hoping you’ll hear a lot more from me this year!