How about this year...

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Have you made a New Year's Resolution yet?

Have you?

No really... have you?

I guarantee that some folks did, because I saw some new faces at LA Fitness this morning.  Of course, one of the most popular resolutions is to get in shape... I'm sure a few of us are looking to clean up our diets, get out of debt, find our dream job, or something like that.  One guy I got into a conversation with at the gym this morning said that 10% of folks will actually keep their resolution, on average.  Seems like a low percentage... and a lot of money wasted on new member fees (I'm sure he was talking about the surge of new suc...errr. members at LA Fitness this year).

That makes sense, because my resolutions are usually about "me," right?  Mine are.  When I noodled mine earlier this week, I said I wanted to get balance in my life.  I set some goals to get down to my ideal weight and stay there; to balance my work and time with the people I love; and I suppose to write more (since I'm writing in "day 3" of 2012 vs. my every 2 or 3 week pace over the last 2 years).  And because it's all about "me," when what I want for "me" gets hard for "me" then "me" decides that I can do without.  And even if I succeed (and I have 2 out of the last 3 years... partially last year), I get a little bit of a big head because "me" was so good.

And it doesn't matter if you lose 20 pounds, get the dream job, succeed at your paleo/vegan/gluten free diet, or get out of debt... if you're heart is bad, it's still bad.  Smaller clothes, a bigger bank account, and a corner office won't change that.

And I got a little bit of a wake-up call.  Perhaps, in addition to my goal of fitting into my clothes and having more margin... just perhaps...  Maybe this should be my real resolution.

I should pray, earnestly, that God transforms my heart.

What kind of difference would that make in my world... to replace a few more big lies with truth?  to view people and my world through the eyes of Jesus vs. my own selfish interest?  to use the Bible as my lens for interpreting what comes to me vs. the messages I get bombarded with daily?  Do you think that would make a difference?  I think it would.

So... that's my resolution... now.

Wouldn't it be cool if more of us did that?

Let God change our hearts to make us more like him...

More courageous,  More loving,  Living like He could come back today.

What difference would that make?

I think it would make a lot.

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