Intentional living

I have found that life change doesn't just happen. I have to recognize that I have a problem, then I have to desire to change, and then I have to set about to make the necessary adjustments to my life. How many times in the past, I set goals for myself but didn't achieve the desired results. To be honest, it was because I didn't set about to make any real changes. I just hoped that change would happen without planning for it and counting the cost. I wanted a fulfilling life but I wasn't willing to do whatever it took. I wasn't living intentionally. I went from day to day with too big a list, too much stress and not enough time to get it all done. I was overwhelmed and under satisfied, and yet my life was good...I loved my family, husband, job, home, and friends. What? did I need to do? I finally came to the place that I recognized that if I didn't get more intentional about living my life and what I believed in, it wasn't going to happen. I am and have been going through a process of dealing with my whole self....Body, mind, spirit...integrating who the Lord made me to be and letting HIM live that out in all areas of my life. If God made all these areas of me, why am I not addressing and caring for them? It's a process of change and growth....fully and intentionally enjoying the fullness of life. I'll write more about how in the days that follow...