2008

I don't know if it is because I'm getting older and losing my memory, but I really do not have much recollection of the past year with the exception of the last few months.  However, the last few months have definitely been quite significant for me.  They have been the months where I know that I have grown the most spiritually.  I know that is due in part with the people I have chosen to surround myself with, brothers and sisters that will encourage and challenge me.

Doing a reflection of 2008 for Saturday's Zoe program, I realized how God has changed me so much in the last few months.  I have come to rely on him more, especially with this job situation.  I know that he has divinely appointed a teaching position for me, but now I just have wait upon him to deliver.  And how he has changed my attitudes, especially about his people.  Some of the things I've done in recent days I don't think I could have done even 6 months ago, but it is only through the the refining power of his Holy Spirit that he has enabled me to become the person I am today.

In my reflections on Saturday, this is what I wrote down:

- Being able to see the people as God sees them and to love them

- Becoming hungry for God (for his Word, to spend time with Him, and to listen for him)

- Encouraging and edifying one another and also challenging each other

- Learning that God will provide opportunities to share if I live a faithful and conscientious life for Him

- Relying on the power of prayer

- Having a Jesus-centred theology in everything

- Being reminded of the costs of leadership

And these are the things I wrote down looking to 2009:

- Based on 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 || Being joyful always, to pray continually, and giving thanks in all circumstances

- Continue to be hungry for God and to have a Jesus-centred theology

- To GO.