Looking Back
It's quiet in the house this morning. It's Friday, my day off, and as usual I got up grabbed a mug of joe, and spent some time with God . . .and Lucy (the tailless cat). Then I checked out some blogs I like to read, replied to some email, and surfed the net.
This morning I found myself looking back at another blog I used to write called In the Midst of the Valley. It's about two year's worth of lessons, confessions, discoveries, and travails in my own life. God used this time to remind me of some of those lessons. Some of which I still remember to this day. Others that I have long forgotten, but no less valuable at the time. He showed me how He led me through some of the darkest valley times of my life.
Don't know about you, but I'm kinda like that Boston song Don't Look Back. I don't look back very often. It's one of my quirky flaws. I deal with something, learn something, try something, then move on. I like looking forwards and at what's ahead. Rarely do I stop to look at where I've been. It's not that I don't do it, it's just not something I do on a regular basis or very easily. Then again, those who know me know that I'm also a self-daignosed A.D.D.-er
I'm learning to slow down, maybe even stop, and look back. . .to enjoy special moments, to re-learn forgotten lessons, to be reminded of God's hand on my life. I'm glancing back in my journal more at past prayer requests and seeing how God has or has not answered them and at truths He has revealed to me.
Maybe I'm just getting old. OK, that's a given (no comments from the peanut gallery). But maybe I'm learning to appreciate my past more than I used to. What about you? Are you a move-ahead person or a stop-and-look-back person. Whether you're one or the other, let me encourage you to take some time every now and then to look back at what God's been teaching you and where He's been leading you. You may be pleasantly surprised at how far you've come in your walk with God.
Looking back. . .
Mike
This morning I found myself looking back at another blog I used to write called In the Midst of the Valley. It's about two year's worth of lessons, confessions, discoveries, and travails in my own life. God used this time to remind me of some of those lessons. Some of which I still remember to this day. Others that I have long forgotten, but no less valuable at the time. He showed me how He led me through some of the darkest valley times of my life.
Don't know about you, but I'm kinda like that Boston song Don't Look Back. I don't look back very often. It's one of my quirky flaws. I deal with something, learn something, try something, then move on. I like looking forwards and at what's ahead. Rarely do I stop to look at where I've been. It's not that I don't do it, it's just not something I do on a regular basis or very easily. Then again, those who know me know that I'm also a self-daignosed A.D.D.-er
I'm learning to slow down, maybe even stop, and look back. . .to enjoy special moments, to re-learn forgotten lessons, to be reminded of God's hand on my life. I'm glancing back in my journal more at past prayer requests and seeing how God has or has not answered them and at truths He has revealed to me.
Maybe I'm just getting old. OK, that's a given (no comments from the peanut gallery). But maybe I'm learning to appreciate my past more than I used to. What about you? Are you a move-ahead person or a stop-and-look-back person. Whether you're one or the other, let me encourage you to take some time every now and then to look back at what God's been teaching you and where He's been leading you. You may be pleasantly surprised at how far you've come in your walk with God.
Looking back. . .
Mike
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