Why I'm Writing Mommy Resolutions

I like the word Resolution. 

I realized the other day though that there may be some negative associations with the word. When it is paired with the phrase New Year’s for example, the word Resolution may bring feelings of guilt and failure. 

So I’d like to explain a bit about why I’m writing Mommy Resolutions.
 

Jonathan Edwards is my inspiration for writing resolutions. He wasn't the only great man in history to write and incorporate resolutions into his life, but he is the one that comes to my mind first when I hear the word. 

Mr. Edwards “is considered now, by secular and evangelical historians alike, to be the greatest religious thinker America has ever produced.” 

Before Jonathan Edwards was even 20 years old he needed “a compass for some direction. So he took to writing. He kept a diary and he penned some guidelines, which he came to call his ‘Resolutions.’” 

{Go here to read his resolutions}

Mr. Edwards
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For me the word “Resolution” brings feelings of challenge & encouragement. Even if I’ve failed at the resolution, there is something about having it that makes me think 

“I can do this. I can get back up, dust myself off and try again.”

A resolution can be taking an idea about what I want for my life that has been floating around in my head and defining it. Putting it into words seems to solidify an otherwise abstract goal.

A resolution gives me a target to aim at. 

Maybe I don’t hit it every time, or even most of the times, but it is so much more concrete & measurable to have a target to aim at than to aim at an abstract vapor of an idea.

That’s why I’m writing my Mommy Resolutions. 

To have something to measure my progress as a mom who is trying to improve her profession, her calling, on a daily basis. 

To have something to aim at.

To take my desire to be the best mommy I can be to the Glory of God and define what that actually looks like in real life.

What I've written so far