{"id":1101,"date":"2018-01-08T15:11:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T15:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/safeplacewithruthgraham\/?p=1101"},"modified":"2018-01-08T15:11:27","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T15:11:27","slug":"new-year-ole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/safeplacewithruthgraham\/2018\/01\/new-year-ole.html","title":{"rendered":"New Year, Same Ole Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you noticed that we all have great aspirations at the New Year to turn the page, get a brand new start, start over&#8230;however you want to phrase it&#8230; Maybe make resolutions to quit drinking, loose weight, exercise more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Well&#8230;this year I thought I would focus on Bible memorization. Spend more time focusing on God&#8217;s Word. Fill my mind with it. I had great intentions but I&#8217;ll be honest with you, I&#8217;ve gotten off to a bad start. I was away from home at the New Year so that threw me off and once I did get home I got busy packing up the Christmas decorations, getting groceries, writing thank you notes&#8230;In other words, I did not make provisions for it.<\/p>\n<p>I should have decided when I was going to do it, how I was going to do it and what scripture I was going to tackle first! <\/p>\n<p>My first mistake was that I was not intentional about it. That let all sorts of things crowd it out. So&#8230;now I will make my plans and be intentional so I can do what I set out to do.<\/p>\n<p>I will keep you posted on my progress!<\/p>\n<p>Happy New Year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you noticed that we all have great aspirations at the New Year to turn the page, get a brand new start, start over&#8230;however you want to phrase it&#8230; Maybe make resolutions to quit drinking, loose weight, exercise more&#8230; Well&#8230;this year I thought I would focus on Bible memorization. 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