
I remember as an 8 year old, playing baseball in a league for 8-12 year olds, and I had one simple goal. The goal was to get on base, and to swing the bat like I was fighting for my life. As I recall, I did just that. As you can see in the photo below, I was tiny. I am the slugger second from the right, on the bottom. The year was 1970, and I had to face 12 year old boys pitching 200 mph fastballs ( well it sure did seem that way). I did get on base, but by either walking, or getting hit by a pitch, otherwise I struck out . Truth be known I struck out a lot. But one thing for sure, I went down swinging every time.

Well every year, my family and I set them individually and as a family unit. Here is the criteria we use. By the way, it is not original, it comes from Jesus' life and is found in Luke 2:52 Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and favor with God and men.
As you can see there are four areas that Jesus grew.
1.Wisdom... Personal intellectual growth
2.Stature... In the areas of Health
3.GOD... personal relationship with the trinity
4.Men... relationships with men.
In case you are interested these are the family goals we set for 2008
Health
one fruit and vegetable per day
4... 10 mile bike rides as a family
Wisdom
memorize one verse per month from the same passage in Scripture
study about a "raise the bar" person each month
People
know the names of our neighbors from bridge to CR 21
do 2 acts of kindness for neighbors
invite neighbors to a community cookout
pray (for salvation) by name for our neighbors
plan 2 mission outings as a family
God
fast as a family 6 times a year and pray for dreams and urgent needs
fall deeper in love with Jesus
Fun
go to a professional sports game
go to a theatrical show
prank 4 people/ families
Dreams
swimming pool in back yard
pole barn with indoor hoops
own a GMC Denali
Well, we still have some work to do before the year ends, but at least we have something to measure our year by. Thanks God for another year!
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