Goal Update

Now that April is here, I thought I would revisit my goals that I made for the year.

#1:  Read the bible daily -- Kevin and I started reading every night and then we did almost every night the 2nd week when he was out of town and more recently it has been sporatically. 

Last weekend we ate dinner at Sweet Tomatoes and there is a Christian bookstore next door, so we popped in for a quick look.  We saw a cross that we liked for our wall, but if you have been to our house, you would know that we have a lot of things on ours walls already and we have to play switch-a-roo when we get new stuff.  Kevin had found a cross necklace that he bought me laying around the house.  It was yellow gold and I prefer silver, which is why I was wasn't wearing it.  He put it on so it wouldn't get lost and liked it, so I decided to look for a silver one for myself.  I found one I liked and it happened to be 50% off, which was even better.  Kevin wandered over to the bible section and found a bible that he liked and mentioned that we should update our bibles since we had still been using our college ones and we have been out of college for several years now.  We ended up picking up one NIV Life Application Bible and thought we would try it out and if we both liked it, we would go back and get another one.  We used it for bible study on Saturday night and then took it to church on Sunday and were like ok this is awesome.  It has notes at the bottom that explain the scriptures further.  So after church we had lunch and swung by Barnes & Noble to see if they had it.  Kevin initially bought the NIT version, so he had to return it, but then found the NIV version of the bible there for the same price we paid at the Christian bookstore, but with my 10% discount card since I am a B & N member.

Anyway reading the bible daily is still a work in progress...........

#2:  Pray daily....I try to do this when I am in the shower or driving or have alone time and now wait till at night when I am getting ready for bed.  Just like reading the bible, I do good for a day or two and then I slack off again.  Kevin and I decided that we need to be praying with Kileigh before meals and before bedtime, so we can set the example for her and teach her spiritual discipline at a young age.  I know friends that do that with their kids and I think that is really cool and I want to do that with Kileigh too.

#3:  Go to church regularly....we started going to a new church at the end of January at the invitation of friends and have been going for two months now.  We only missed two Sundays, so I would say that's pretty good considering our past history of going for awhile and then not going for months.  Spring is here and summer is quickly approaching and when we are typically busy travelling, so we'll see how we do.  We invited my in-laws to go with us one Sunday.  My mother-in-law went and ever since she's been going to mass by her house.  We are still "working" on my father-in-law.  We even with a friend last night to Maundy Thursday service at her church, since ours didn't have one.  Actually we went more for the free dinner, but it was nice to be back in a Methodist church, since we aren't currently going to one. 

#4:  Join a bible study.......I did, however, it was cancelled due to lack of advertising and I was the only one who signed up.  I was bummed, but am waiting patiently for another opportunity to present itself.

#5:  Read more books........I have read a few Nicholas Sparks books recently (Dear John, True Believer and At First Sight).  I checked a bunch of new books before spring break, but never got around to reading them.  I guess I am going to have to renew them.  Now that the weather is warming up, I would like to spend more time outside reading.  I wish we had a fence, because Miss Kileigh likes to take off and it would be easier to be able to read if I didn't have to have my eyes on her constantly.