Friday Five: New Year Resolutions

Sally writes...Well it had to be didn't it; love them or hate them, I bet you've been asked about New Year resolutions. So with no more fuss here is this week's Friday Five:

1. Do you make New Year resolutions?

Nope. The only one I've ever kept was to use hand lotion more often, a rousing and life-changing resolution I made when I was about 15 years old. Other than that, I've never kept one and gave up on them a long time ago.

2. Is this something you take seriously, or is it a bit of fun?

Since I don't make them, it doesn't really matter. They can be fun, though.

3. Share one goal for 2008.

To work more diligently on my prayer and devotional life - a goal I've had for quite some time (so not a resolution, per se).

4. Money is no barrier, share one wild, impossible dream for 2008.

Successful in-vitro fertilization process - maybe even twins! (Not impossible, but definitely expensive...)

5. Someone wants to publish a story of your year in 2008, what will the title of that book be?

I'm choosing "Good Courage," a piece of my favorite prayer (below) and the title of the publication from one of my very favorite places in the whole wide world, Holden Village. It's certainly the year we're moving, and if we're really, really fortunate, it might just be the year we become parents (or at least get pregnant). Here's hoping God sends enough good courage for both!

This prayer will appear in the front page of the book:

Lord God,
you have called us, your servants,
to ventures of which we cannot see the ending,
by paths as yet untrodden,
through perils unknown.

Give us faith to go out with good courage,
not knowing where we go
but only that your hand is leading us
and your love supporting us
through Jesus Christ our Lord
Amen.