Dec. 31st - Jan. 1st
Happy New Year!
You've counted down the minutes, you've watched the ball drop, you've toasted the health of all your friends and family...now what?
Like most people, you've probably made a list of resolutions that you are confident and determined to stick to this year so your next course of action will probably be to start making good on your promise to follow them.
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You want to go to the gym more...but it takes so long to get there and that donut just looks so good.
You want to put more into saving...but that blue purse would look so good with your favorite pair of jeans.
You will call your parents every Sunday...but the game is on and if you don't watch your team could lose.
You will travel more...but it's so much easier to travel via your coach and remote and here you have snacks.
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So maybe it's harder to stick to your goals than you thought and you may waffled on a few or all of them but don't worry, that's the thing about resolutions. They're tough and hard to keep up with (especially if you're trying to break an old habit) but most of the time resolutions are good things that will have long term benefits if you can stick to them. That's why you wanted to start them in the first place.
So don't give up on those goals even after you slip up. In fact, your ability to start again after failing defines just how important those changes are and how committed you are to actually improving your life.
So why not commit to being intentionally Pro-Life this coming year? Or (if you've been Pro-Life for a while) recommit to the work?
It's not going to be easy, especially with the Pro-Life/Death debate heating up all over the country but, as mentioned above, your willingness to commit to something hard and keep at it really will improve your life and, in this case, the lives of those around you and those of the millions of children who might not see tomorrow.
This resolution is a thousand times more important than going to the gym, or saving money, or even calling your own parents because, unlike the others, this resolution has barring on the future of our world. If we don't commit to saving children this year they won't be around to improve the world next year. They will never get the chance to fix the mistakes we've made. They won't get the change to make their own resolutions. Our world will continue its slide into selfishness.
If we don't care enough to save children now when will we? When it's already too late?
What You Can Do
- National -
Sign up for a Pro-Life event in the upcoming year
Keep up to date on Pro-Life news and legislation
Write to your state representatives asking them to support the Pro-Life cause
Read Pro-Life books and recommend them to your friends/family
Start a hobby and pray for the Pro-Life movement while you do it
(example: crocheting with a prayer for every stitch)
- Personal -
Commit to volunteering at your local Pregnancy Resource Center for the next year
Commit to regularly sharing Pro-Life content and resources on your social media and with your family/friends
Invite a single parent or expecting mother to your New Year's Eve Party
Have a kid friendly New Year's Eve Party
(for a month) Donate the money you would normal spend on wants to a Pro-Life organization
As the ball drops, pray for a new year full of Pro-Life progress
Pray for a total end to abortion and for changes of heart for those who support it
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