{"id":1577,"date":"2022-01-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/2022\/01\/04\/root-your-resolutions\/"},"modified":"2022-01-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T07:00:00","slug":"root-your-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/2022\/01\/04\/root-your-resolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Root Your Resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Did you ever stop and ask yourself <strong>why<\/strong> we take <strong>this time of year<\/strong> to make resolutions for ourselves? I think it\u2019s because the beginning of a new year serves as a good <strong>checkpoint<\/strong> and <strong>marker<\/strong> <strong>in our journey <\/strong>to start over with a <strong>clean slate<\/strong>, as we move out with the old and in with the new. It\u2019s a popular time for us to <strong>pause<\/strong>, <strong>reflect<\/strong>, and hit the <strong>reset<\/strong> button on our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But therein lies the problem. Our <strong>resets don\u2019t last <\/strong>very long. In fact, eighty-percent of New Year\u2019s resolutions <strong>fail<\/strong> by mid-February! We vow to improve ourselves: eat healthier, be a better parent, be a better spouse, stop smoking, or be kinder, to name a few. <strong>Most of these fail in just a few weeks!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many studies and analyses that give us reasons as to <strong>why our resolutions fail<\/strong>. Here are just a few:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Your resolution wasn\u2019t specific enough<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Your resolution was too specific<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Your resolution takes up too much time<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>You need more dopamine<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>You aren\u2019t believing in yourself<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Your resolution is too expensive<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>You didn\u2019t anticipate other external conflicts or setbacks<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Personally, I do not find this list of \u201creasons&#8221; to be the main factors as to why we fail to keep our resolutions. I think we fail because <strong>we<\/strong> <strong>need<\/strong> <strong>a<\/strong> <strong>new<\/strong> \u201c<strong>root<\/strong> <strong>system<\/strong>\u201d and \u201cour trees\u201d are in desperate need of some deep<strong> pruning by our Holy Father<\/strong>. Have you ever taken care of a plant that didn\u2019t have healthy roots? It might look okay at first. The branches look good; the leaves are colorful and bright. Over time, you might prune off a few dead branches to keep it looking nice, but eventually, no matter how much pruning you do, that tree will <strong>wither<\/strong> and die because<strong> it cannot survive with a failing root system.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are we really any different than a plant with a <strong>poor<\/strong> <strong>root<\/strong> <strong>system<\/strong> when it comes to our New Year\u2019s resolutions? So often, we commit to improving ourselves with only short term success because we are operating<strong> from a place, or root system, that is not basally healthy. <\/strong>Until we secure that <strong>foundation<\/strong>, it will be difficult to meet and keep the goals we have set for ourselves\u2014no<strong> matter how great the resolution might be<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For myself, the new year is a time to <strong>check<\/strong> <strong>in<\/strong> to make sure that I am <strong>rooted<\/strong> <strong>in<\/strong> <strong>Christ<\/strong>, because anything I try to do, relying on my own power, will just result<strong> in more dead branches!<\/strong> Sure, I have goals, and dreams, and things I would like to see happen this year\u2014 and you likely do as well. Let\u2019s promise<strong> to commit these goals to the Lord <\/strong>and <strong>ask Him to help us<\/strong> become the person He wants us to be this new year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; <\/em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John+15%3A5-6&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John 15:5-6 NIV<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:4px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Devin Almonte<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Evening Show Host<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>STAR 99.1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you ever stop and ask yourself why we take this time of year to make resolutions for ourselves? I think it\u2019s because the beginning of a new year serves&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":1578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,23],"tags":[46],"class_list":["post-1577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-fitness","category-inspiration","tag-archived"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-16 01:24:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}