My New Year’s Resolution

This time of year it seems that everyone has a new goal, a resolution.  Sometimes I get conflicting directions about how to develop a goal. Make it big! Shoot for the stars, and if I miss my goal, I may still hit the moon! Others say the opposite: make the goal small, reasonable, manageable, attack the goal in tiny bits and pieces. So I now have two issues to wrestle with: 1) what should my new goal be, and 2) which strategy - the big approach or small approach - affords me the optimal chance for success?

Kent Kimball

My goal: This year I want to be more like Jesus. I know; that goal is so huge that I'm not sure how I even begin to wrap my arms around it. But this post I found online should help, so I'm going to adopt this Christian's strategy:
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• Hang out with sinners.
• Upset religious people.
• Tell stories that make people think.
• Choose unpopular friends.
• Be kind, loving, and merciful.
• Take naps on boats.​

So, this is my New Year's resolution for 2021. I'll have to wait awhile to implement at least one of the strategies; after all, it's not quite boating weather on Lake Coeur d'Alene. Here's hoping as I shoot for the stars that I get a little closer to hitting the moon.

In His Service,
​Kent