Responsibility: Be Intentional

As you know, I like to choose a character trait to focus on each month, and I've chosen the theme "Responsibility" for this month.

Being responsible myself, focusing on responsibility as a character quality for my kids.  Throughout January we will be discussing ways that we can help instill responsibility into our kids- and ultimately, that requires a pretty serious commitment to be responsible ourselves.  Isn't it always that way?

Do you remember back in high school when the cheerleaders would do the cheer "Be, Aggressive, B-E Aggressive, B-E- A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E, Aggressive!" at the footbal games?  No?  So it's just me, then?   Oh well, anyway, it helps me to remember what I have chosen to be an overarching theme for the whole year.  It's not Be Aggressive- but it's (can you guess?) Be Intentional.  (Doesn't have quite the same ring when you try to spell it out, but it's a much more useful reminder in life than "be aggressive!")


God has given us some extremely valuable things- time, talent, treasure, temple (our bodies), and of course, our children and other relationships.  If we do not choose to be intentional about what we do with these- then they will be swallowed up by circumstances.  We want to happen to life, not let life happen to us.