Personal Commitment for......2003

Upon reading my morning devotional, one of them, which really caught my attention, was in regard to personal commitment in today’s generation.
It reminded us that on the eve of a New Year, that a lot of promises and New Year's resolutions are being made. These are a worthy way for evaluation and redefining our New Year and the priorities we choose for change.

The only problem is that for most of us the promises of today will soon be forgotten. We have good intentions, but we lack the commitment that will cause us to form new habits. I.e. lose weight, quit smoking, be calm, save money, etc.
My Southern Mom used to say....”The jail house if filled with people with ’good intentions’!

The generation we live in now is by and large a short-term commitment generation. We often begin our projects etc. with a definite idea of how we can excuse ourselves if things get too difficult.
Even newlyweds begin their marriages with the understanding that there is a legal backdoor that will allow escape when the relationship gets rocky!

.......Good solid relationships are based on love and often made stronger by.....trials. Each person gives and receives support in relation to the other.

I am going to be very careful this year about my commitments.....
to myself and to others....when I wish YOU a....Happy New Year....and I say that ...may “Your Dreams Come True”....I have promised a commitment to the place in our relationship by which I can do all that is within my means in order to ......pray for you, your dreams, your happiness etc. ....and when we have a personal contact.....to make the atmosphere and attitude of that relationship be one of which....you and I both......are.....HAPPY!!!

It is to this that I am committed.....God, Family, Friends and...... America!

.......HAPPY NEW YEAR.....2003