Pressing toward the mark

Good afternoon! I don't know about all of you but it's COLD here in Maine :) I'm not complaining by no means because I do live here after all :) As we make our way into 2016, what are some of the marks you are pressing towards?

Philippians 3:13 and 14
"Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and the reaching forth unto those things which are before,
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus."

As I was reading this passage this morning I thought back on last year as well as towards this year. God has been so good to us, he has allowed us to be a part of a work that is going forward. I'm so grateful for that privilege I have, and I know God has great plans for my husband, my family and for myself. See, God gave us things to press toward -
A closer relationship with him
A better prayer life
A better relationship with your spouse
A healthier body
and the list goes on and on.

What is your mark?
What have you decided you need to press toward?
Friend, with God's help and with determination You Can and Will reach that mark that has been set before you.

Happy 2016!! Reach for that mark and have NO regrets!

Consider not things of old

Isaiah 43: 18

Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

As we all know today is January 1, 2016! Hard to believe that we're in the 21st century let alone in the 16th year of the century.

What will we do with our life during this year?

Will you dwell on the bad of last year?

Will you let bitterness and anger set in on what didn't go your way?

OR

Will you look to the Lord for a better year?

Will you grow closer to the Lord?

Will you begin new friendships?

Will you Pray more?

Will you Read your Bible more?

What exactly will you do?

I'll not share ALL that I plan to do but I because many of you have followed the events of the last 13 months for us, let me say, I plan to go forward. With the Lords help I will put the past behind me. Why should I hold onto that which is no longer. See, although I don't understand past events I know that I can, have and will learn from it. Not only will I learn but I can, have and will grow because of it. I have a God in Heaven who cares for a little sparrow that falls and he cares for me to!

I have lots to look forward to in this year anyways why dampen that excitement by dwelling on the bad of the past. So as the Bible says, "Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old."  So 2016 I'm ready for you! Who will join me?