With the new year right around the corner, this is the perfect time to reflect on what we’ve learned over the past year and look forward to the next. In this episode, I will share a year-end reflection guide on what you can reflect on and ponder as you close out the past year and get ready to begin a new one.
IN THIS PODCAST:
- Missing connecting time with God
- Focusing on God’s promises
- Year-end reflection guide
- A poem by John O’donohue
Missing God
I’ve been busy taking care of my sick family and planning for Christmas this holiday season, and everything was just chaotic. During these busy times, I forgot what I long for and need the most – connecting with God. And that’s when I realized I’ve been missing Him.
Focusing on God’s Promise
The year 2022 may have been hard for everyone, and we tend to focus on the negative circumstances of life. But everything changes when we focus on remembering God’s plan for us and focusing on His promises.
Year-End Reflection Guide for 2022
- What are the courageous risks you took this year?
- What moments of clarity came to you this year?
- Who are the people who had a positive impact on you?
- What did you enjoy most this year?
- What are your challenges, and what did you learn from those challenges?
- What things do you need to let go of from 2022?
- Where/when did you feel God’s presence in 2022?
A Poem by John O’donohue
As this year draws to its end,
We give thanks for the gifts it brought
And how they became inlaid within
Where neither time nor tide can touch them.
The days when the veil lifted
And the soul could see delight;
When a quiver caressed the heart
In the sheer exuberance of being here.
Surprises that came awake
In forgotten corners of old fields
Where expectation seemed to have quenched.
The slow, brooding times
When all was awkward
And the wave in the mind
Pierced every sore with salt.
The darkened days that stopped
The confidence of the dawn.
Days when beloved faces shone brighter
With light from beyond themselves;
And from the granite of some secret sorrow
A stream of buried tears loosened.
We bless this year for all we learned,
For all we loved and lost
And for the quiet way it brought us
Nearer to our invisible destination.
— John O’Donohue (To Bless The Space Between Us/Benedictus)
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