I love January. I know. I know. I KNOW all the reasons people don't--shorter days, that cold, snowy, slushy thing you have going on in the north. The let-down we feel after the holidays. Credit card blues, anyone?

But JANUARY. Come on. It's not only a new page on the calendar, it's a NEW CALENDAR. It's a chance for me to get it right this time. It's12 beautiful months, unmarked, uncluttered. It's an entire year, stretching out before me. New year's resolution? I write a LIST of resolutions. I've noticed that "resolutions" have fallen out of favor lately, but I kind of like them. When you make a resolution, you RESOLVE to do something, you COMMIT yourself, you DECLARE your intention. I place my list in the front of my journal--glance back over it throughout the year, use it as a sort of compass. Will I check off each item? Maybe. One thing is certain. If I don't make the list, if I don't commit myself to even one thing this year, then I most certainly won't succeed at it.

Some of those goals are private, but one of them I'm happy to share with you--to live with intention. To not LOSE so many moments. If there's anything I've learned from my Amish freinden, it's that they appreciate each day they are given by our Lord. I am resolving to do the same.

2012 will see the release of 3 new books from me. I'll add each to the BOOKS tab above as it releases. In the meantime, I pray for you the very best year ahead--time with your friends, your family, and your Lord.

~Vannetta

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"whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
(Philippians 4:8)

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