Things I hope to accomplish in 2008:
- Lose lots and lots of weight
- Get my completely unconstitutional FOID card back from the crappy state of Illinoguns
- Purchase at least one new handgun dependent on the above
- Read through the Bible three times
- January - April–NIV Archaeological Study Bible (Christmas Present From Dear Old Dad)
- May - August–NET (New English Translation)
- September - December–ESV (English Standard Version)
- Smoke some good cigars
- Purchase a few well chosen LPs from my growing wish list
- Read a few good books starting with
- God’s War by Christopher Tyerman (A Gift From My Sister-In-Law’s Family)
- Classical Music for Dummies by David Pogue
- Global Warning - Are We On The Brink Of WWIII by Tim LaHaye (Another Gift From Dad)
- Finish preaching through the Gospel of John
- Preach through another book of the Bible, perhaps Genesis, perhaps not
- Watch several movies at the theater…Batman, Iron Man, and Get Smart for a start
Of course there are other things related to spiritual and physical health of a more personal nature, and with any luck I won’t accomplish most of the things I want to accomplish (just being as optimistic as possible), but it is a new year. Day one went fairly well with reasonable eating habits and a good start on Genesis (along with several interesting and germane archaeological side notes). Basically I hope to bring more glory to God in 2008 than I did in 2007–which admittedly shouldn’t be a difficult task, but inevitably will be. Well, all that is left is (as my nephew says) Go!