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Introductions
Justin Redekopp, Steinbach, CMC
Work with Joseph Froese.
Engaged to Madison Friesen, Daughter to Bob and Gail Friesen
If no one is offended, I will give a devotional
Hesitate to say “sermon” >
“Nice try” story
Opening
Survey (by hand raising)
> How many of you have made NYR’s this year?
> How many of you can confidently say that you have up till this point have kept your NYR?
> How many can say that despite some hiccups, you are still trying to keep your NYR?
> How many have thrown your NYR to the wind already?
> How many think that NYR’s are silly and unobtainable?
Suggestion
NYR’s are extremely hard - if not impossible - to keep
Now half of you are saying “See, I knew it.”
The other half are saying “Really?
Well I am going to prove you wrong, mister.”
NYR’s: Cons and Prose
I done a lot of thinking about our typical NYR resolutions.
This means: IT’S NOT HARD RESEARCH
Topic has been on my mind for a week and a half
Narrowed down to 3 main reasons why NYR’s are by large set up for failure
Hear me out and decide for yourselves
Reason One: They often are nothing more than wishful thinking
Clarify:
Wishful = very vague or nebulous
People say things like:
eat healthier
exercise more
be kinder
take more family time
These are good things, but too broad
these are all good things, but too broad.
To effectively accomplish these goals, you need to set one or more small and specific targets.
Specific, Well Organized Commitment
There are little steps involved in performing such a broad goal
Example: “Exercise More”
“exercise more”
First you ask why?
Less weight?
More strength?
Both?
Looking good?
If your goal is less weight, you need to know more about
How many calories you need in a day.
How many calories you take in a day.
How many calories you burn in a specific exercise
Which exercise is right for you as an individual
Bad knee?
Running probably won’t work
You need to carve out a time for it
What will be some things which could get in the way of me carrying out my resolution
Am I willing give these things up to keep my resolution?
Who can I ask to help me keep my resolutions?
All of this is to show that any type of resolution, to even be remotely well conceived requires considerable amount of forethought.
Of course, you could just say “I’ll just exercise more, using any free time I have.”
Or you can say, “I’ll just remember that I decided to eat healthier and make decisions accordingly in the future”
Perhaps you have the fortitude to remember and hold yourself to a lofty and vague ideal for 2 weeks.
If you can do this longer than two weeks, come talk to me afterwards.
I’d like to know your secret.
Conclusion:
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
You may be able to muster up some sort of adherence to a broad un-mapped commitment of self-betterment for a few weeks.
You can say “I’ll just remember that at New Years I decided to eat healthier.
Going forward I’ll make my dietary decisions accordingly” But the further time and your mind travels from that date and decision, the more likely the old habits and presets will take precedence.
So unless your resolution is specific, strict, well planned, and micromanaged, AND supported not just by your own will but also by those around you, I doubt it will have any lasting value beyond a month.
Reason 2: Society works against you.
Personal observation
Everyone knows that the Christmas holidays are the time when we over indulge a bit at the table.
Our usual response is to take up a diet into the new year.
Nothing wrong with that.
Jesus himself notes this as a human tendency.
15 And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them?
The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.
Matthew Matthew 9:159:15
I think it is very appropriate to recognize when we need to cut back and discipline ourselves.
For me it is sugar.
(Story of the French Vanilla and the Tim Hortons flyer after New Years)
Society is no one’s friend but it’s own
Not interested in fasting
Or h
Not interested in saving
(note how the interest rates are so low)
Do you need more proof?
Walmart product placement
Study on exercise, weight loss, and Coca Cola
The Ridiculous role models
Movie/sports stars
Each are paid big money to fit an ideal of beauty, triumph, and athletics.
Not to mention that their salaries could probably feed small nations
And the places in which we go to admire and learn from them?
Movie theaters?
Sports stadiums?
Selling those things (junk food, alcohol) which should be avoided to be like them personally.
Even close friends
Your friends want to go out, but you have made financial, dietary, or time intensive resolutions
Conclusion: The world broadcasts its own set of resolutions which are confusing at the best, destructive at the worst.
In short, the world is not aiming to make us better people.
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