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<p><a href="http://www.witnesspath.com/2013/01/02/one-year-to-glory-january-1st-2013/happy-new-year-2013/" rel="attachment wp-att-1011"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1011" alt="Happy New Year 2013" src="http://toddkmarsha.com/s/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/01/happy_new_year__2013-300x2301.jpg" width="300" height="230" /></a>I’m just going to start from square one and see where this takes me. I had this idea come to me a couple days ago. I’m giving myself one year to go from where I am now to where God wants me to be in the following five areas of my life…</p>
<p>Faith</p>
<p>Health</p>
<p>Relationships</p>
<p>Career</p>
<p>Finances</p>
<p>Not such an original idea, I know. How would I make it different? By sharing every single day of my development with you on <a title="The Witness Path to Spiritual Growth" href="http://www.witnesspath.com">WitnessPath</a>. By giving this journey a unique spiritual context. Plenty of people have made changes in their lives following their own plan. I’m determined to make my plan consistent with God’s plan for me. I want to listen to what He’s telling me, like I never have before, and take massive action.</p>
<p>I’ll falter along the way, I’ll make mistakes and I’ll be conflicted about what God is telling me to do. I&#8217;ll be afraid and I may procrastinate. But through it all, if I keep my eyes fixed on Him – I will succeed.</p>
<p>So what happened on New Year’s Day?</p>
<p>We started by taking Jenny to the airport for an unplanned trip out of town to see family. That meant I’d be home from work taking care of Jack. Just the boys hanging out all week. So many thoughts going through my head…all the things I wanted to get done and still spend time with my one and only son. Time to prioritize and make sure God and family came first.</p>
<p>At the same time, I wanted to make sure I wrote something for WitnessPath. I hadn’t posted since Mexico and I’d barely posted anything in the 3 months since Jennifer broke her leg. I could tell not expressing myself through writing on a regular basis was having a negative effect on almost every area of my life. I was keeping too many of my frustrations inside and not sharing them with Jennifer as well. Not exactly how a loving husband and wife should communicate.</p>
<p>I had accumulated plenty of material but I was worried I wouldn’t be able to get all these thoughts out of my head without losing a few. Turns out I had little to worry about. I wrote 1800 words on New Year’s Day. I was back!</p>
<p>One day down, 364 more to go. Plenty of questions to answer and plenty of progress to make. I’m energized and I feel mentally more engaged than I have in months. Keeping the momentum going has always been a struggle for me. I’m determined not to let down this time. I’m here for a reason. I may not completely understand what that reason is but I’m going to figure it out, through Him.</p>
<p>Amen!</p>
<p>Blessings,</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.witnesspath.com/about" rel="author">Todd Marsha</a></p>
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