Hi. The name’s Joanna, but you can call me Jobe- a nickname my friends gave me in high school. I’m starting this blog because I want to hold myself accountable for the goals I want to achieve. They may be big goals, they may be small goals- but they’re more likely to be small. I’m going to be doing this monthly and at the end of the month/the start of the next, I’m going to be giving myself a grade on how well I did.
The “goal” is not to beat myself up when I do poorly, because that’s not what my Heavenly Father wants for me. The goal is to allow God to grow me through this experience and learn to rest in HIS strength. It might seem a bit silly, but I’m actually terrified of this blog challenge. I’m used to coasting through life on my terms, doing what I want with “my” time. But that’s not the way it works. If I want to get closer to Jesus in my walk with Him and if I want to learn to spend time more wisely (which is not actually mine in the first place, it’s His and He’s free to take it away from me at any point), I need to start practicing time management as if I’m honing a skill. Because, well, it IS a skill.
I’m 23 and in many ways, I still have the mindset of a willful child used to having my own way. I manage to scrape by every week doing just enough work to still feel good about myself and allowing myself plenty of play time in between. It’s time to start growing up. Also, I’m single and I have a lot of maturing to do before God brings a man into my life. Maybe this is the time that I should be focusing on how to serve the Lord better with the time, finances and spiritual gifts He has already blessed me with. And that starts with getting my OWN crap together. So September’s goals are going to directly relate to clearing out the clutter in my heart life, change some of the ways I spend time and try to take better care of my body.
By His grace, I’m ready!