It's a good idea every once in a while to take stock of ourselves.
To see
- where we started out, and where we are now in our relationship with our family, our friends, our fellow workers, and in our relationship with God.
- if some of the things we thought were so big, so hard to understand and let bother us, have gradually become smaller;
- to look at what kind of a "trail" we're leaving behind. Does something need changing? What "trail of faith" follows us, one of some uncertainty that falters, or one that is steadfast and strives to understand?
Perhaps we'll see something new that we'd missed because we were too busy, concentrating on other things. Will we be able, when looking back, to see some things in a new light and be buoyed by how far we've come?
We must thank God for our ability to "look back", to change what needs to be changed; to see things in a different light; to gain new understanding and grow with it. We must give thanks to all those who help us
Psalm 131 : 1,2
Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. Surely, I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother; my soul is even as a weaned child.
Psalm 18 : 36
Thou has enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.