Growing up a Spartan…

          It’s New Years Eve! Can you believe it? 2007 has already come and gone and we are about to embark on the 8^th year of this brand new 21^st century deal… I love it… The fact that time never stops and no matter what we choose to do with out time we are forced to look ahead to something beyond us. I heard a preacher say that hope can not exist in the past, it may only live in the future, where we should be looking. I agree mostly with that thought, and as we move forward I hope that all of us will remember to set our hopes in the Lord first and foremost as we walk through that door, into 2008.

          I have been thinking a lot about making a new years resolution, but have finally decided against it. Don’t get me wrong, I believe in setting goals, but doing it at new years is pretty typical. I think that as I enter 2008 my only thoughts will be on doing what I have never fully done before… Selling out 100% to Christ. Lately I have allowed myself to become completely distracted my a myriad of things- friends, women, work- and now I know how wrong I have been. So I am making this year about personal growth and about creating a foundation and a life for myself that will eventually serve as a cornerstone for future endeavors. What does this mean? Well I have been dating steadily from the time I was 16 to now and I think I need a break from that whole world for a while. I have also been working since I was 16, and that greatly hindered my school from high school to college, so I plan on focusing on school and church while this Spring Semester is in session. And believe me, I will get enough of work when I am in Florida for 4 months… 50-70 hr. weeks during my whole stay down there will satisfy any desire I have to be employed!

          So what does 2008 hold for me? It is really hard to grasp that my year has pretty much been planned out, but I know it will be much more in-depth that the outline below.

Jan. 14^th - May 5^th- Semester 1 at MTSU…

May 6^th-October 5^th- Working for Service Pro Pest Control in Florida

October 6^th- Dec. 31^st- Mucho Mucho Traveling! (This is tentative of course)

          I pray all of you have an incredible and blessed year… And instead of making a million resolutions I encourage you to just live your life day to day, tackling the small things in your life as they come, and giving God all the glory. Talk to you all soon!