Comments on: Goals For The New Year http://www.jeanwelles.com/198/goals/ Chistian Guitar Lessons blog Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:44:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Ian http://www.jeanwelles.com/198/goals/comment-page-1/#comment-1229 Ian Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:55:05 +0000 http://www.jeanwelles.com/?p=198#comment-1229 Thanks for your response. I'm afraid that I'm one of these weird people that you may have read about in books such as George Barna's "Revolution". I attended quite a few different denominational groups and also home groups over a long period of time and eventually ended up in a charismatic church. It just got to a stage where I could no longer connect with ordinary people in the community and live a normal life. I made some decisions a bit over 4 years ago to leave and to be honest it has been a really productive time. I understand that this sounds just plain wrong to many people but there is just no comparison to how I think today and what was happening over 4 years ago. Thanks for your response. I’m afraid that I’m one of these weird people that you may have read about in books such as George Barna’s “Revolution”. I attended quite a few different denominational groups and also home groups over a long period of time and eventually ended up in a charismatic church. It just got to a stage where I could no longer connect with ordinary people in the community and live a normal life. I made some decisions a bit over 4 years ago to leave and to be honest it has been a really productive time. I understand that this sounds just plain wrong to many people but there is just no comparison to how I think today and what was happening over 4 years ago.

]]> By: admin http://www.jeanwelles.com/198/goals/comment-page-1/#comment-1228 admin Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:08:55 +0000 http://www.jeanwelles.com/?p=198#comment-1228 Cultivating a thankful heart makes a HUGE difference. Sounds like you have lots of healthy goals with your biking and diet. Ian, may I encourage you to get plugged into a local church. It's a perfect place to discover and use your gifts. Plus as you do use your God-given gifts it blesses others and gives you a new purpose in life too. Blessings to you, Ian. Cultivating a thankful heart makes a HUGE difference. Sounds like you have lots of healthy goals with your biking and diet.

Ian, may I encourage you to get plugged into a local church. It’s a perfect place to discover and use your gifts. Plus as you do use your God-given gifts it blesses others and gives you a new purpose in life too.

Blessings to you, Ian.

]]> By: Ian http://www.jeanwelles.com/198/goals/comment-page-1/#comment-1227 Ian Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:38:20 +0000 http://www.jeanwelles.com/?p=198#comment-1227 Hi Jean, Thank you for asking. I started moving away from a SAD (standard American, or in my case Australian, diet) towards more fruit & vegetables. I found an excellent resource in www.drfuhrman.com and have lost weight and feel generally much better. Also, I would like to look at exercise options and in about 2 months will begin to commute by bike to and from work (around 1/2 hour each way). Other goals are related to music and I would really like to learn a little bit of Mandarin this year. My spiritual walk may be different to yours as I don't attend a church but I would like to continue to learn how to care about other people and also to relax in knowing God more. Pretty ordinary activities but with gratitude I think they make for a great life. The major thing I need to concentrate on in 2010 is to a little every day. Hi Jean,

Thank you for asking. I started moving away from a SAD (standard American, or in my case Australian, diet) towards more fruit & vegetables. I found an excellent resource in http://www.drfuhrman.com and have lost weight and feel generally much better. Also, I would like to look at exercise options and in about 2 months will begin to commute by bike to and from work (around 1/2 hour each way). Other goals are related to music and I would really like to learn a little bit of Mandarin this year. My spiritual walk may be different to yours as I don’t attend a church but I would like to continue to learn how to care about other people and also to relax in knowing God more.

Pretty ordinary activities but with gratitude I think they make for a great life. The major thing I need to concentrate on in 2010 is to a little every day.

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