Jimbo's Jots

The new year has started!! Many at this time have already broken whatever “resolutions” they promised at the end of last year, including yours truly!! So let’s look at starting 2020 from a different perspective.

marriagehelper.com is a ministry that offers assistance to couples who are really in trouble. Some of the information they present is PIES. PIES is an acronym for the four areas of your life to work on by setting goals – Physical, Intellectual, Emotional and Spiritual. In short, you work on you and this helps your marriage.

So instead of looking at 2020 like “resolutions are made to be broken (again)”, let’s work on wanting PIES.

Here are some tips:

1. Make your goals attainable! Nobody wants to go in to something knowing they will fail.
2. Set goals where you will have to make some effort! It’s the blood, sweat and tears that make it worthwhile.
3. If you mess up, start over! Just like the “Lord’s mercies are new every morning” (Lamentations 3:22-23). Know that today will be better than yesterday.
4. Forget about past failures! (Philippians 3:13-14) The Enemy will use our past to help us stumble and keep us down.
5. Remember your are God’s art work – his masterpiece! (Ephesians 2:8-10) You are created for great things in God. Allow God to continue to work in you through these goals.

Be blessed and be a blessing!