P365-January Recap

One month into Project 365- does this year already feel like it's flying by to anyone else?

I don't have an accurate update on my progress, mostly because I wasn't thinking clearly enough to track it. Lesson learned for February. I can say that January revealed to me that my three goals are exactly what God intends for me to pursue this year. And I know this because of how much resistance I faced in meeting them.

I certainly know God better than I did one month ago. I learned that even when I avoid him, reject him, scream and yell, pout, close my eyes and plug my ears- I can't avoid his voice, or his love.

I've discovered that any efforts to become myself apart from God are futile. There is no "me" apart from him.

I learned that praying for others not only opened my heart to them, but it opened my heart to God as well.

This month I'm going to be more intentional about a few things on my list. First, I learned from Allison that it helps to plan out who I'll be praying for that week. Second, I discovered a new podcast, Pray As You Go, and I'm a little obsessed with it. My plan is to spend the first 10 minutes of my day listening to each day's prayer, remembering that in all I do in the remaining hours, it's in vain if not spent aimed at knowing God more. Third, I've decided to do something specific on my list of "becoming myself" everyday, and I'll probably need to choose what it will be ahead of time. And finally, I've started a Google doc where I can easily track my progress each day.

At the very least, I'm going to try it this way for a month and see how it goes. The nice thing is I still have 11 months to figure out the best system.

Overall, I'd say January was a win for me with Project 365- I can hardly wait to see all I will have learned when I get to look back on February.