Reflection
Another year is coming to an end and I'd like to take some time to reflect on what happened. Well this year like most years anymore flew bye. This year my little girl turned into a toddler and isn't a baby anymore. My big girl turner five.... Wow! This year a was able to baptize someone, get rid of a car payment, put our house up for sale, go on vacation for the second year in a row to Myrtle Beach, my big girl had her ears pierced, I signed up for VLI which is the Vineyard Learning Institute for Ministry, I had surgery on my ear for the second time, I won a employee of the month award, and of course I couldn't leave out that after 15 long years my beloved Bengals won the AFC North Division and have qualified for the playoffs....
I'm sure I have left out some things that have happened. But as I look back I can't help but think that it was a pretty good year, but I know deep down that I could have done more. You know what I mean? I can look back at certain times of the year and think I wish I would have.... Or I could have..... Or I wonder if I'd only.... So much potential. I don't think I have ever had an MVP type year where I looked back and thought "man now that was a great year". Have you ever had a year and thought that you had done everything you could... I have had some great years but never one that I thought I did everything I could.
I'm often very hard on myself. Even in the most positive situations I can see the the negative or the areas I need to improve. I don't know why I am that way, I don't know if it something from my childhood that makes me think that way or if it something that God has given me. I mean not in a negative way. Maybe I am able to see areas of improvement, but I just haven't been able to use it in a positive way. Or maybe I'm just a negative person....
Anyway as I reflect on the past year I can't help but wonder where I missed God's gentle nudge. I wonder what would have happened if I would have followed those nudges. I wonder how my life would have changed or how someone else's life would have changed. I think that is why God nudges us.... To often I think God nudges me and I decide not to follow it because of my fear of how it might make me look. I know that HE would never put me in a situation that I couldn't handle and in those moments I would get the opportunity to glorify HIM. I wonder if in those moments I followed HIS nudges how different my life would be. I wonder how much stronger my faith would be and how much more bold my faith would be. I would say that I would be able to hear God's voice clearer and louder. I also wonder how many people I would be able to touch for God and how many of those would help them invite God into there life. I wonder how many people they would tell about whatever it is that God asked me to do. It is exciting to think about what one nudge could turn into. One touch could turn into conversations with people who most likely wouldn't have conversations about God.
That is Reflection..... To tell people about how someone they didn't even know touched there life. One nudge could turn into a life changing experience for you and the person you touch. Then you could not only Reflect on what happened to you, but they would be able to Reflect what happened to them.
God I pray that I will Reflect more on what you are doing in my life. I pray that I will be able to hear your voice and follow your gentle nudges and trust that you have your interest at heart. I pray that even when I do not see instant results that you have the bigger picture in mind. In Jesus name, Amen.
I'm sure I have left out some things that have happened. But as I look back I can't help but think that it was a pretty good year, but I know deep down that I could have done more. You know what I mean? I can look back at certain times of the year and think I wish I would have.... Or I could have..... Or I wonder if I'd only.... So much potential. I don't think I have ever had an MVP type year where I looked back and thought "man now that was a great year". Have you ever had a year and thought that you had done everything you could... I have had some great years but never one that I thought I did everything I could.
I'm often very hard on myself. Even in the most positive situations I can see the the negative or the areas I need to improve. I don't know why I am that way, I don't know if it something from my childhood that makes me think that way or if it something that God has given me. I mean not in a negative way. Maybe I am able to see areas of improvement, but I just haven't been able to use it in a positive way. Or maybe I'm just a negative person....
Anyway as I reflect on the past year I can't help but wonder where I missed God's gentle nudge. I wonder what would have happened if I would have followed those nudges. I wonder how my life would have changed or how someone else's life would have changed. I think that is why God nudges us.... To often I think God nudges me and I decide not to follow it because of my fear of how it might make me look. I know that HE would never put me in a situation that I couldn't handle and in those moments I would get the opportunity to glorify HIM. I wonder if in those moments I followed HIS nudges how different my life would be. I wonder how much stronger my faith would be and how much more bold my faith would be. I would say that I would be able to hear God's voice clearer and louder. I also wonder how many people I would be able to touch for God and how many of those would help them invite God into there life. I wonder how many people they would tell about whatever it is that God asked me to do. It is exciting to think about what one nudge could turn into. One touch could turn into conversations with people who most likely wouldn't have conversations about God.
That is Reflection..... To tell people about how someone they didn't even know touched there life. One nudge could turn into a life changing experience for you and the person you touch. Then you could not only Reflect on what happened to you, but they would be able to Reflect what happened to them.
God I pray that I will Reflect more on what you are doing in my life. I pray that I will be able to hear your voice and follow your gentle nudges and trust that you have your interest at heart. I pray that even when I do not see instant results that you have the bigger picture in mind. In Jesus name, Amen.
posted by Andy Rainey at Friday, December 30, 2005
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