Some "goals" I have for the year (really, more like "aims". Not strictly just faith things but in a all encompassed way) Last year one of my biggest focuses was archiving, analoging. I write so much, like essays in comment sections, long winded opinion pieces, and I also needed a way to basically start cataloguing things, just for sake of doing so. I used to document literally everything and anything for years and years. I was a big journal and planner girl for a long time. It took a long time to start really exercising that muscle. I missed the ritual of keeping a personal database and daily analoging and stuff, so I just started copy pasting, archiving links, documenting things. This year my intention is to finesse my system digitally and also start doing everything that I can by hand, and ideally, find ways to transpose between the two. I want to be the 4-5am girly. Thats really the part of my plan that everything else builds off of, and the one that i couldn't consistently accomplish or consistently pull off in 2024. My best most productive, cognitively active and uninterruptible time is way before the sun (I'm virtually a vampire, but make it a disciple version lol I don't sleep much, and I operate differently and better. I have an adrenal issue, supposedly its a thing 🤷) I followed along Heart Dive both years but not completely "intentionally" all 365 days (x2); I created playlists of sections and used it to supplement my own things. Kanoe and Holly are seriously some of the best narrators to wind down to and to also really help stay engaged. I had originally planned to start 2025 with them for round 3 and actually participate in real time, but they've started something new for year 3 and so far I am observing but undecided if I will catch up and start up and participate in real time yet. My "ducklings" (a young couple in their 20s that I had the honor of "adopting" this year as the formal Mom friend, theyre now expecting! I make quilts, by hand. I haven't in a long time. But I know i must, im the surrogate Meemaw after all lol. So that's been added to the top for the year. And lastly I have been working towards pursuing my music and singing in a more serious way for the last few years, but recently it's come to life that I've met some amazing local Christian musicians folks that are so incredibly generous they've offered to give me a real camera and also theyre so kind that they have offered to share and teach me more about producing and performing, which is something I've been praying for for many years. I'm a self taught vocalist and an armchair musician (musical education is my jam, second only to my faith, like it's up there with my calling and sometimes, I wonder if its one in the same and I've just lacked the opportunity and means to combine the two).. so my prayer to God has been thanking Him for so much grace and patience and also such an amazing generosity He has for me to help me thrive in my musical endeavors despite that sometimes it hogs the spotlight, and I pray that God continues to be merciful enough to help me not lose my footing in his glory with my attempt to use my gifts to glorify Him. Like i mentioned I know God planted music in me as a grace and that it's such a powerful love from Him, but I sometimes inadvertently give it more of me than I remember to give to Him. My other plan for study is to complete Seamless, and also the Elijah study by Priscilla Shirer (Elijah's story is still following me around) and I've been going through the Gospels a lot. However I still really strongly about following a plan and studying in depth, but undecided about how I'm going to approach it. I found a brand new MacArthur bible study on Amazon that just came out this week and I dont know why I feel so inclined to give it a try but sitting here contemplating, I think I might.
These are some great goals! Will be praying 💛 I have a ton of written things I would love to organize too! Especially all my church notes and papers from over the years. That's something I would love to accomplish this year. Babies are so exciting! I'll pray your finish your quilt in time. I crocheted blankets for my friend's 3 year old and newborn last year. I need to send them off to her 😅
Happy new year! I am several days late to my plans but I'll get there. Ive been feeling some sort of way about prayer too, I also struggle with praying out loud or even openly at all. Last year for an entire year i managed to stay like, 60% Christian content and the rest music related Recently I've been going through a hard time and ironically keep finding myself turning to music and things, which is a gift to be so passionate, but when you get down to it, it's taking my focus from God. I imagine this is some sort of warfare cause its almost laughable how on schedule and also severe, like after a year of such discipline and making a commitment to more discipline is when I literally went backwards? Lol so I am pivoting. If you can, please pray for my focus 🥹
@@musicandmania Happy New Year!! I will definitely be praying!! Nothing wrong with using the gifts he’s given you as a tool for worship! Prayer is a hard one, but I’ll be praying for you this year 💛 Something I had to learn was not to compare myself to my old self - me a couple of years ago was so on it - up at 6am, reading/studying Gods word for minimum an hour, eating great, exercising - all the things. If I focus too much on how disciplined I was then, I wouldn’t be able to move forward now when life looks so different. Pivoting is good. Find a new Rhythm that works with your life now. Audio listening to the Bible has always helped me when things feel off. I’ve even focused on just one small book of the Bible or Psalm for a week or two. Just reading that over and over whenever I had a moment, listening to it, praying to God to give me more understanding on that small passage. Sometimes stepping back and doing less can sometimes help reignite that fire in us! ❤️💛❤️
I use the Belivers commentary and moody
The Believers Commentary
I'll have to give that one a look. Thanks!
Some "goals" I have for the year (really, more like "aims". Not strictly just faith things but in a all encompassed way)
Last year one of my biggest focuses was archiving, analoging. I write so much, like essays in comment sections, long winded opinion pieces, and I also needed a way to basically start cataloguing things, just for sake of doing so. I used to document literally everything and anything for years and years. I was a big journal and planner girl for a long time. It took a long time to start really exercising that muscle. I missed the ritual of keeping a personal database and daily analoging and stuff, so I just started copy pasting, archiving links, documenting things. This year my intention is to finesse my system digitally and also start doing everything that I can by hand, and ideally, find ways to transpose between the two.
I want to be the 4-5am girly. Thats really the part of my plan that everything else builds off of, and the one that i couldn't consistently accomplish or consistently pull off in 2024. My best most productive, cognitively active and uninterruptible time is way before the sun (I'm virtually a vampire, but make it a disciple version lol I don't sleep much, and I operate differently and better. I have an adrenal issue, supposedly its a thing 🤷)
I followed along Heart Dive both years but not completely "intentionally" all 365 days (x2); I created playlists of sections and used it to supplement my own things. Kanoe and Holly are seriously some of the best narrators to wind down to and to also really help stay engaged. I had originally planned to start 2025 with them for round 3 and actually participate in real time, but they've started something new for year 3 and so far I am observing but undecided if I will catch up and start up and participate in real time yet.
My "ducklings" (a young couple in their 20s that I had the honor of "adopting" this year as the formal Mom friend, theyre now expecting! I make quilts, by hand. I haven't in a long time. But I know i must, im the surrogate Meemaw after all lol. So that's been added to the top for the year.
And lastly I have been working towards pursuing my music and singing in a more serious way for the last few years, but recently it's come to life that I've met some amazing local Christian musicians folks that are so incredibly generous they've offered to give me a real camera and also theyre so kind that they have offered to share and teach me more about producing and performing, which is something I've been praying for for many years. I'm a self taught vocalist and an armchair musician (musical education is my jam, second only to my faith, like it's up there with my calling and sometimes, I wonder if its one in the same and I've just lacked the opportunity and means to combine the two).. so my prayer to God has been thanking Him for so much grace and patience and also such an amazing generosity He has for me to help me thrive in my musical endeavors despite that sometimes it hogs the spotlight, and I pray that God continues to be merciful enough to help me not lose my footing in his glory with my attempt to use my gifts to glorify Him. Like i mentioned I know God planted music in me as a grace and that it's such a powerful love from Him, but I sometimes inadvertently give it more of me than I remember to give to Him.
My other plan for study is to complete Seamless, and also the Elijah study by Priscilla Shirer (Elijah's story is still following me around) and I've been going through the Gospels a lot. However I still really strongly about following a plan and studying in depth, but undecided about how I'm going to approach it. I found a brand new MacArthur bible study on Amazon that just came out this week and I dont know why I feel so inclined to give it a try but sitting here contemplating, I think I might.
These are some great goals! Will be praying 💛
I have a ton of written things I would love to organize too! Especially all my church notes and papers from over the years. That's something I would love to accomplish this year.
Babies are so exciting! I'll pray your finish your quilt in time. I crocheted blankets for my friend's 3 year old and newborn last year. I need to send them off to her 😅
Happy new year! I am several days late to my plans but I'll get there.
Ive been feeling some sort of way about prayer too, I also struggle with praying out loud or even openly at all.
Last year for an entire year i managed to stay like, 60% Christian content and the rest music related
Recently I've been going through a hard time and ironically keep finding myself turning to music and things, which is a gift to be so passionate, but when you get down to it, it's taking my focus from God. I imagine this is some sort of warfare cause its almost laughable how on schedule and also severe, like after a year of such discipline and making a commitment to more discipline is when I literally went backwards? Lol so I am pivoting. If you can, please pray for my focus 🥹
@@musicandmania Happy New Year!! I will definitely be praying!! Nothing wrong with using the gifts he’s given you as a tool for worship!
Prayer is a hard one, but I’ll be praying for you this year 💛
Something I had to learn was not to compare myself to my old self - me a couple of years ago was so on it - up at 6am, reading/studying Gods word for minimum an hour, eating great, exercising - all the things. If I focus too much on how disciplined I was then, I wouldn’t be able to move forward now when life looks so different.
Pivoting is good. Find a new Rhythm that works with your life now. Audio listening to the Bible has always helped me when things feel off. I’ve even focused on just one small book of the Bible or Psalm for a week or two. Just reading that over and over whenever I had a moment, listening to it, praying to God to give me more understanding on that small passage.
Sometimes stepping back and doing less can sometimes help reignite that fire in us! ❤️💛❤️
Happy New Year
Thank you for the fun video. Your supplies look wonderful. Does the Kindle Paperwhite play audio to listen to audible books?
@@Emiley.Montes107 Happy New Year! I believe it does. I haven’t tried out that feature though!