This year I'm striving for growth and continuous improvement in all areas of my life.  In 2008 I joined my current church and began tithing regularly, then last year I began to attend bible study regularly. These things are good, but I realize I am back to doing exactly what I grew up doing. As a child, my father always made us attend church every Sunday and Wednesday. Most of the time we didn't want to go, but the topic wasn't up for discussion with my Dad. When I went to college, I stopped going to church and was just happy to have my Sundays to myself. It took some personal tragedies to bring me back to church and now I want to grow beyond the things that are just life-long habits and strengthen my personal relationship with God.

My current spiritual goals are:

• Have a daily devotion in the morning - I'm not sure if this should just be prayer time or if I should use some type of devotional book. I will try a both again and see which one works.
  
• Be on time for 8:30 AM Sunday service - I struggle with being late every Sunday. Even if I go to the second service, I'm still late.
  
• Attend Sunday School after the morning service - This shouldn't be a problem because by this time I am already at church.
  
• Volunteer for the women's ministry once a month - This one is a question mark. I'm not sure if they have a big need for volunteers in this ministry, but this is the one I'm interested in serving in.

 I plan to blog on each type of goal individually so bear with me.