How to Invest in YOU 2021
Published Jan 5, 2021
By Becky Kopitzke
2020 has been crappy in lots of ways. I don’t need to list them all; you’ve lived it, too.
But it has also been an awakening of sorts, to our rawest priorities and the soul’s craving for quiet, for relationships, for peace. My family has built a stack of precious and unexpected memories this year that might not have been planted nor bloomed under our typical routine of busyness and noise.
And I’m grateful.
So when I think back to the goals I set my for myself and my family this time last year, and how COVID caused many of them to scatter or halt, I wonder if it makes any sense to set goals again this year at all. I mean, if we’ve learned anything it’s that plans are best held loosely. Pivot is the word.
Yet there are some goals you and I can establish and pursue regardless of our circumstances. Goals to grow closer to God, to know Him better, to teach His wisdom to our kids. Those kinds of goals are far different from my 2020 list (build a house, book more speaking engagements, take a spring break vacation—ha! thwarted, thwarted, and thwarted). Personal development isn’t always a tangible, measurable achievement. Yet it is perhaps the most valuable goal of all.
So this new year, I want to encourage us all to choose growth, even in the midst of a stifling situation.
What does that look like for you? Maybe it’s a personal Bible study, or a family devotion, or hiding in the closet with a prayer journal and a bag of M&Ms. {What, is it just me?}
No matter where we are or what the world looks like outside, God is WITHIN us, and He will never leave us. He doesn’t quarantine, amen? We have access to Him every moment of every day. And investing in ourselves—the people He thought up and loves unfailingly—and in our relationship with Him and with the people He gave us… that’s just smart planning. No matter what the year may bring.
Today I want to share some opportunities to invest in YOU and your family this coming year.These are activities I’ve either created or been personally involved in and highly recommend. They all have a similar purpose: to encourage and equip you to face 2021 with a renewed hope. Jesus is already there, after all. We can move forward with confidence, unafraid.
- Intentional Parenting Bundle: Let’s not allow another year go by in a flurry of activity and reactions to the people and circumstances around us. Discover how to be a proactive, intentional, HAPPIER parent with this special bundle of my most popular resources. The total cost of these products is $95, but in the Intentional Parenting Bundle you’ll get all four resources for only $37. That’s 60% off retail price! The bundle is only available for a limited time. Click HERE for all the details and benefits.
- Equipping Goldy Women Conference: Would you like to read your Bible more consistently, enjoy God’s Word more, or get more out of the time you do spend reading Scripture? Here’s a chance to learn how. Equipping Godly Women is a free online Christian women’s conference coming to your computer January 18–21. Over the course of four days, you’ll hear from twenty speakers {I’m one of them!} Learn more about this year’s conference and grab your free ticket HERE!
“Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” (Hebrews 4:14-16)
If I had a latte in my hand, I’d raise a coffee toast to a new year, a new focus on family and self {for all the right reasons}, and a renewed passion for following Jesus in everything we do. And on those days when everything falls apart and we mess up? Praise God for grace. It covers us every time.
Happy New Year, friends. I’m praying God will bless you BIG TIME in the coming year.
Much love,
Becky
