What Out, Here I Come
One day before the year 2009 is to us. 2008 provided me and many others with high, low, and intermediaries. However, I am ready to move forward to 2009. We have all the changes it is a new baby, marriage, or a new job, be grateful for. However, there will also poverty, homelessness, and death always in the world. The new year is almost upon us and that is why I make changes and goals for me. I hope we can all think that we can make changes, the help we can give to others, and true grace that God gives us all. So … Here is my list for 2009:
1) Stop chattering as I am working with my co-workers all the time and when I’m with people who do it. I am guilty of membership and "denigration" to my colleagues, so I need to know that God loves them as much as any other, no matter what they are like, how they deal with situations and what happens in their lives.
2) To continue the construction and re-establishment of links: I made new friends here in the region of Des Moines. I also have friends in the Waterloo / CF area. My goal is to continue to build on the relationships that I made here in the Des Moines area and become involved with a Bible study here to continue building my relationship with Jesus Christ. I also wish to return to the Waterloo / CF and continue to re-build and maintain relationships that I have there.
3) Do not drink as much pop: Since I am descended from the region of Des Moines, I was consumming a lot of Mt Dew, Pepsi, Dr Pepper, Coke, Sprite and other POPs. I hope I can finally stop drinking pop on a regular basis, but I’ll have to take small steps in that direction. I will replace pop with more water, tea and sometimes coffee. I’ll try to go to a pop one day, but who knows, it could start with zero.
4) Start recording of music: My Mac Garage Band, so I’ll use this software. I do not know when I’ll start recording, but hopefully it will be sometime in 2009. I’m really psyched to write new songs and put music to it. I became very passionate about this recently and I can not wait to develop some records and really much time and effort.
5) Continue to understand what God wants me: This is extremely difficult for me now because I’m not sure what type of what I want to do in 2009. I do not know if I want to go to graduate school in journalism, working for a non-profit organization, or another so that God opens for me. I just need to trust him, give my thoughts and prayers for him continue to grow and be rooted in His Word, and be patient and hope for the future while taking my life one day at a time .
6) Training for Dam Dam: I decided to run the 13 miles Dam Dam in June. That means I have to begin training in January. I’m exacerbated to do and it takes physical and mental preparation for this, and I am ready for the challenge. The longest race I ran it before the 6.2 miles Midnight Madness in Ames. I am not for the competition and earn the Dam Dam, but I’m here for fun and see if my body can "resist" this punishment.
Well this is my last post for the year 2008. I hope you all a safe and happy New Year and May we continue to put our hope and our trust in God for the year 2009. So I leave you with the artist and that I will have new albums in 2009