New Year: New You

On New Years Eve I promised myself that this year I would be different; I would be happy and stress free, I would not care what other people thought of me, I would not ruin my relationships, and most importantly I would be close to God and stay that way. But instead of going straight to fulfilling these "resolutions," I almost broke one of them on New Years Day, found myself breaking under stress in the first week, cared more about what people thought about me than I usually did, and found myself relying on stress-reduction measures other than praying. How does this relate to a Christian blog, other than the God resolution? Well God has been pressing it on me that I can not do anything without him. "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me," Philippians 4:13 shows this exact thing. I was astounded at how easy it was for Satan to permeate my life and break me down because I thought I could deal with it alone. Even now I am still fighting with the problem of following God with everything and trusting in him always.
This post is not for you to go "look at how many problems that chick has," but rather to show you what mistakes not to make, to show you that we are not perfect, and to teach you what can happen when you stray from God.