A time to celebrate a brand- new year (Hurray!) and a time to set some resolutions (ugh!). You would think my resolution advice would be what you would expect from a nurse. Things like “become more fit, maintain a healthy diet, work smarter and more organized, manage your stress better, get more sleep, learn and participate in something new and become a more positive person”. The model for healthy living consists of the following components: medical, movement, work, emotional, nutrition, friends and family and faith life. Take a moment to review your status on each one and how they integrate to make peace and harmony for wholeness of health. Let’s consider the health of our faith life-perhaps a few spiritual goals you would take hold of this year. Try to focus on “being” not “doing”. Create a clear vision of who you want to become. Here are a few goals to help you seize a look at who God says you can be.
- Live like you’re loved by God. Sit in the middle of that love and soak it into your soul. Nothing can separate you from it.
- Act like you’re truly free. Don’t let anything take this away- not your job, toxic relationships, or other expectations.
- Walk like you’re righteous. You can stop clinging to past failures and mistakes and walk in God’s truth through Christ.
- Be confident like you’re victorious. You can expect battles and trials, but you can step out in the confidence that you are promised victory.
- Endure like you are brave and strong. The God of the universe is by your side. You are strong and brave and can endure because God is your source of strength.
- Rest like your power source is infinite. On days you feel your humanness most deeply, rest in the God of all grace who gives it abundantly. May you know that God is always enough.
- Function like you’re purposefully designed. You are created by the most amazing Designer to ever exist! Go live the amazing you!
- Stand like your faith is unshakeable. Life throws curveballs and the unexpected takes you by surprise. But you have faith! Stand strong in trust and lean firmly on the Faithful one. Take God at His word. You belong to the God who can make all things possible!
Blessings of health, peace, strength and hope,
Ginger Clark, RN, Parish Nurse
(excerpts from Janna Wright/Crosswalk.com)