{"id":17556,"date":"2010-01-01T14:14:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T20:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=17556"},"modified":"2020-01-01T14:19:15","modified_gmt":"2020-01-01T20:19:15","slug":"a-new-years-resolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/a-new-years-resolution\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Year’s Resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\tby Kelsey Harris\n

This year I want to…<\/h2>\nWrite something worth reading
\nRead something worth sharing
\nSay something worth repeating
\nGive something worth getting
\nChoose something worth keeping
\nSacrifice something worth giving up
\nGo somewhere worth seeing
\nEat something worth tasting
\nHug someone worth holding
\nBuy something worth treasuring
\nCry tears worth shedding
\nDo something worth watching
\nRisk something worth protecting
\nListen to something worth hearing
\nTeach something worth learning
\nBe someone worth knowing.\n

“Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going<\/em>” (Ecclesiastes 9:10).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\t

About the Author<\/h3>\n

Kelsey departed this life in April 2009, at the age of 16, after a long struggle against a malignant brain tumor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Kelsey Harris This year I want to… Write something worth reading Read something worth sharing Say something worth repeating Give something worth getting Choose something worth keeping Sacrifice something worth giving up Go somewhere worth seeing Eat something worth tasting Hug someone worth holding Buy something worth treasuring Cry tears worth shedding Do something…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[1127],"class_list":["post-17556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-resolutions"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":80126,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-do-you-believe-about-your-worth\/","url_meta":{"origin":17556,"position":0},"title":"What Do You Believe About Your Worth?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"by Terry Wane Benton How you feel about yourself is related to what you truly believe, but there is an underlying premise that determines the direction of thought, and that premise is crucial. 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