Well the holidays have come and gone; I bet everyone is sitting full of all the turkey and stuffing you could eat while the bank account is as skinny as you plan on being in the upcoming new year while committing to the most popular New Year’s Resolution there is: that brand new shiny gym membership! I am sure I will be right there along with you as I try to prepare to commit to getting healthier before the birth of my baby boy.
While you are starting that challenge, I want to challenge you and your spouse this month to a different kind of New Year’s Resolution. One that involves your life partner and the weight lifting team that you two are and if you are not than that the team you can become. As December has end and January has made its wonderful arrival, when you find yourself reflecting on the last year, I want you to really stop and think, what are some things you see that you wish could change especially in your marriage? Do you possibly see one of you bearing the weight of the marriage more so than the other? How about your daily routines? Are you spending more time together or more time apart? I know for myself I reflect and admit there are some things I know need to work on. One of my New Year’s resolutions is to spend more time at home with my husband making sure he is taken care of vs working the 9-whenever I am ready to go home schedule trying to ensure that my bosses are happy and that the corporate office is well pleased. If I want to look at the biblical side of it, I know in my heart I am prioritizing my life in the wrong order and God is not pleased with me. You see, work should never come before God, My Husband, and my future child. Maybe for you it’s not work; maybe it’s something different that you are more committed to. Maybe for you its spending countless hours pumping iron at the gym working on your physical physique trying to impress everyone around you while the one person who loves you more than life itself and tries to impress you every day is home changing diapers, cleaning house, cooking, cleaning, etc and you haven’t even taken the time to notice (yeah I said it). instead of neglecting that person, if the gym is so important to you, how about asking that person along; it may mean more to them then you know. You might help them lift a load you didn’t realize they were carrying. There is a saying “Good Things Come to Those Who Lift Weights”; in this case you lift the weight off a loved one and I am sure nothing but good will come out of it! In closing I wish you and your loved ones the best in this new year and just remember the best time to start writing the first blank page of a 365-page book is today!
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AuthorMy Name is Laura Perdue. I am 44 years old and married to my best friend, Brian Perdue and mommy to Carston Perdue. Brian and I reside in Woodstock Ga and serve on the action team of Fivestones Church in Holly Springs. Archives
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