Day 358

As I get closer and closer to Day 365, I've been thinking, what has really changed in me this past year?  Did I really "give God a year"?

I'd say that my life and personal spiritual discipline has grown.  So it's been a positive thing, even if I didn't win the gold.

Funny, as this journey closes, our church is beginning the "Transformed" series.  We'll have 8 weeks of small group studies that dig deeper into the weekly sermons and work on  our spiritual, physical, mental, emotional, relational, financial, and vocational health.  I'm looking forward to the series.  We will be setting "SMART" goals for 3 months out.

I am already thinking and praying about what some of those goals should be.  For me, this is a continuation of what I've been doing in my life - with the greatest neglect falling to physical health.  I can say, I'm so much better than I use to be with spiritual, mental, emotional, relational, and financial.  I've improved in vocational as well, but not great if you could score negative points, I would at physical.

As I explained to a friend last week, it takes so much effort to keep everything going and running smooth in my life.  I know what it takes to lose weight.  I can change for a short time, but I can't not maintain over time - at least not yet.

The good news is this:  Over time, I've seen the same defeated mentality transform in me with my finances, with my spiritual life, with my emotions, my relationship, etc...so - as long as I don't give up completely, I believe I can start to see consistent positive changes even with the physical.  I'm looking forward to finding out how this journey will help me with this.