Looking Back

“There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.”

~ C.S. Lewis

Happy New’s Year Eve friends! There is only a few hours left of the year and of the decade. I don’t know what your year was like. I don’t know if it was filled with highs or lows, but either way tomorrow marks a new beginning, a fresh start.

But before that happens, I like a lot of people, take some time to look back over the year. I find that I often forget all the things that took place during the year. It’s been said that memory is an unreliable narrator and I couldn’t agree more. The present always has a way of coloring the past. I’ve found it helpful and fun to complete what I’m going to share.

I’m not disciplined enough to journal daily, but I love the thought of having a record of my year. So, while I couldn’t commit to a daily entry, I could jot down a few lines about my day on the back of a tearoff calendar. I’ve done this for several years now and I really love it. Then on New Year’s Eve I sit down and look through the last 364 days. I love the memories that come up that I forgot. I love seeing what I found important enough to write down 6 months ago. What you see pictured above is a little peek of this years pages.

I’m going to save the rest for later tonight. I’ll end up keeping a couple of them to hold onto the memory. If you’ve never done something like this before I highly recommend trying it out in 2020. I promise you’ll be so happy to look over your year next New’s Year Eve.

Praying that you end this year in good spirits and are ready to see what God is going to do in your life in 2020.

To Everything There Is A Season…

Kiley Ann

The Time In Between

We are now in that weird in between time. When it’s after Christmas, but before New Years’s. All the days kinda blend together. You’re resting, catching up with other family and friends, and if you’re like the masses, you’re also spending some time reflecting.

I’ll admit that this is when I start thinking over the year, of what really happened in my life in 2019. A year is a short amount of time in the grand scheme of things, but it’s also long in other respects. Like most people my year has been filled with ups and downs, laughter and tears, and lessons learned.

Over the next couple of days I’ll be sharing some of those lessons I’ve learned this year. I’m positive as I take the time to really reflect a few more will come into view as well.

I’m going to encourage you to spend a little bit of time thinking over the past year, for the next four days or so. I always find that I’ve forgotten things that took place until I slow down enough to focus. Try to remember the big and small things that happened the last 360 days. And then if you’re up for it, ask God to show you His view of it all. I’m always amazed at what I overlooked. I’m amazed at how God moves in my life and how easy it is for me to have missed it.

As we close out 2019 take the time to reflect. With grateful hearts, let’s look to see what God has done in our lives this year before we look towards the next.

To Everything There Is A Season…

Kiley Ann