Monday, January 7, 2013

Resolution 2012

So do I have New Years Resolutions?   Hmmm, what did I resolve to do in 2012?  
I do know the year ended up being a whole lot different than I would've planned for it to be. It's been a busy year, a year of growth, some pain, some joy, some disappointments, some changed plans and a lots of emotions.   Wow, it's been quite a year!   
Thank you Jesus for the year 2012! 

As far as resolutions...not sure if I wrote much down in the line of resolves for last year but the the biggest goal I had that I carried around in my mind for the year was to READ MORE:   Pretty sure I succeeded.  I even kept track of the books I read.  So just for the record let it be know that in 2012 I successfully read:
  1. God in a Brothel  - by Daniel Walker
  2. I'll Cross the River - by C. Hope Flinchbaugh
  3. Jonathan Goforth - by Geoff & Janet Benge
  4. 97 - Random thoughts about life, love and relationships -by Justin Lookadoo
  5. Preparing to be a Help Meet - by Debi and Michael Pearl
  6. Amy Carmichael - by Geoff and Janet Benge
  7. The Beauty Book - by Nancy Rue
  8. Silent Tears - A journey of Hope in a Chinese Orphanage - by Kay Bratt
  9. Castaway Kid - by R.B Mitchell
  10. Choosing to SEE - by Mary Beth Chapman
  11. A Time for Peace - by Barbara Cameron
  12. Bo's Cafe - by John Lynch, Bill Thrall & Bruce McNicol
  13. How to Get a Date Worth Keeping - by Dr. Henry Cloud
  14. His Needs, Her Needs - by Willard F. Harley Jr.  
  15. Changes that Heal - by Dr.  Henry Cloud
  16. By Ones & By Twos - Jeanie Lockerbie Stephenson
  17. Five Little Questions - by Dannah Gresh
  18. All She Ever Wanted - By Lynn Austin
  19. I Have to be Perfect - by Timothy L. Sanford
  20. Only 13 (The True Story of Lon) - by Derek Kent, Julia Manzanares
  21. Healing the Wounds of Trama (How the Church can Help) - by Margaret Hill, Harriet Hill, Richard Bagge and Pat Miersa
  22. The Great Buddhist Stories - by Omnibus
  23. My Prince Will Come - by Sheri Rose Shepherd
  24. Grace Givers - by David Jeremiah
  25. Spiritual Journeys of Success - Today's Christian Woman Magazine
  26. TrueFaced - by Bill Thrall, Bruce McNicol and John Lynch
  27. How to Be a Best Friend Forever: Making and Keeping Lifetime Relationships - by John Townsend
  28. Single:  The Jesus Model - by Heather Wraight
  29. Inside Out - by Larry Crabb
  30. Today is Your Best Day - by Roy Lessin
  31. Take the Risk - by Dr. Ben Carson
  32. Shattered Vows - by Debra Laaser
And I almost finished A Year of Biblical Womanhood by Rachel Held Evans before 2012 ended.  

So 32 books in 12 months.   That's not so bad.  

Why read more?
 Because reading can make you smarter!

What's my favorite book from the previous list?
I think I'll have to say TrueFaced.  Pretty sure it's a must read for 2013 as well.
Changes that Heal is a pretty close runner up. 

And now it's 2013.  
What's gonna be new in 2013?  
 

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