New Year, Not so New You

'Tis the season for resolutions, changes, and promises for a better year than the last. Honestly, I think I've made too many of those empty promises and resolutions that don't even make it through January in the past. This year I want to be real with my hopes for 2010. I vow to make only one resolution/change/promise. I believe that all other things will fall in line if this one resolution is followed.

Sure I want to lose weight, spend more time with my family, and complete the thousand half started projects around my house. And those are all attainable goals, if priorities are in the right order. And one very big thing I want this year (and it's BIG, but not in the literal sense) depends completely on a portion of this resolution.

And what is this one, simple yet so large resolution? One simple word: church. Get there. In a town with very literally 15+ opportunities to get to a Mass, I have NO good reason to not get there. And hopefully you can see now how doing this one thing should make 2010 better than 2009. What a tough year 2009 was for me. While my relationship with God was a large part of it, it was not the focal point.

So for me it's simple. Church--get there.

And I pray each night that I follow the path set before me, with an open mind and loving heart. I have full faith that my Lord hears that prayer and will do all He can do to show me the path HE wants for me. And I will trust God that I am exactly where I need to be.