Resolutions

I make resolutions every day. I break them also every day. So what makes a resolution stick? My being resolute. My being intentional. My being convicted that what I plan, need and desire is worth sticking with longer than it takes to utter.How can I think something is so important to think... and so not important to do? We have good ideas, we make good lists and then we get out of the store without what we came for. That's like the resolutions we seem to make this time of year. So perhaps I should continue the "grow" list I have rather than making resolutions I will fail to carry through on. I will make an effort to finish what I start rather than start another project. I will be intentional about loving rather than making an effort but not making contact. I will not be making New Years Resolutions but I will be making intentional steps in doing what I know I should be doing anyway!!! I will pray for intentional moments, I will pray for intentional situations and I will pray that I intentionally follow through when God puts the obvious in my lap!!