As I read the Resolutions of Jonathan Edwards, I feel a fleeting inspiration to draft some resolutions of my own. Mostly original, a few borrowed, no better place to share than here I suppose.
Resolution 1: To write at least a single resolution a week from now until I am satisfied with my progress (being long winded, that could be well into the 100's. Also, this was the easy one, one and done?).
2: To redeem every moment of time from here until death. That moments spent in imagining, relaxing, and even sleep would conjure up thoughts of the glory and enormity of God.
3: To please the Lord Jesus Christ in every action, seeking never the accolades nor the affirmation of men. But living solely for the satisfaction and glory of the Father in Heaven.
4: To genuinely connect with and meet at least one new person daily, forever growing in my relationships and friendliness towards the souls of this world.
5: Learn something new daily. Whether as simple as a word or the most complex of tasks, continue drowning in knowledge until my breaths are quieted.
6: To treat people with the utmost reverence and respect as if they were created in the image of God.
7: To daily be a compass fixed on the cross of Jesus Christ so that all who cross my path would find themselves there.
8: The Word of God would be taken as sufficient and life breathing and to never live a day without meditating on it. That, like the Psalmist, I would be like a tree planted by streams of water; dwelling in Scripture every moment.
9: To fear nothing but damnation and the Lord. That His supreme rule and govern over my life would be strictly obeyed as if each moment brought the coming day of judgement. (June 4, 2007).
10: To seek not accreditation for myself, but to honor God by giving Him the glory and praise due His name for His grace in my life.
11: To fill each day with laughter. May I never be ashamed to laugh louder, sooner, and longer than the rest. Whether joyous or sad let my presence be saturated by laughter.
12: Devote my entire life to unveiling the weight and the glory of Scripture.
13. To preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to the best of my knowledge and in the hopes of a miracle of God occurring in the hearts of listeners.
14: To never doubt the grace and acceptance of Christ in the lives of sinners so as to not make any single person feel unwelcome in the presence of God.
15: Never be satisfied. Contentment comes to the proverbial sluggard so continue to strive for the glory of God while alive on this earth.
16: To never fail to be myself. Realizing that God created me in His image and formed me for a very specific purpose, that my own self-actualizations and additions to this life are as much needed as those of people I look up to and admire.
18: To forgive others as Christ as forgiven me. Not holding on to grudges and bitterness but resenting the urge to be human.
19: To abhor sin in all fashions.
20: To conquer the blackness of my heart and completely destroy the lust that controlled me for years.
21: Whenever I falter in sin, to trace back to the root of my failure and temptation completely and snuff it out.
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