PICK A PART

PTake a page from life and look at it completely. Don’t let it be something other than the whole story.

And then when you are done, compare it to the rest of your life. Was it better or worse? Was there any lesson learned.

It is an exercise that some never make. They avoid the process of reflection. A very common problem.

Some take the point of only looking to blame others. Then there are those who do that to make an effort to excuse their shortcomings.

Now the good part is when one lets the Lord’s Spirit guide and teach. We can find so many reasons not to see the truth.

And that is the part that really makes a difference. Do we find joy in the Lord’s grace? Is it the source of our eyes.

You can spent forever reviewing failures. Take the time to rewrite them as you please. But it won’t make them different.

And the key is truly to find acceptance in the view. To be able to understand for the sake of growth.

If looking back lets us see the future more clearly it is a good thing. But we just don’t always take the view.

Not without revisions. Those we do all the times. Just our version of the truth. Which is fine if it ends up being correct.

But so often we color it with our own view of reality. And no matter who we are we do this.

Only with God’s help can we overcome this. Or at least see clearly. But whether we actually will look is the question.

And that is the challenge. Can we take the time to turn this into a lesson. Or will we hide when the Lord opens our eyes?

That is the individual search each of us has to make. God it there to guide, but we must be willing to take journey.

And do it in parts that we must look at, which aren’t always pleasant. But to gaze is part of the journey.

For that we have steps of forgiveness.