06/17/2026
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Another year of life by God’s grace.
One thing about me is that even though it’s hard, I’ll always try to be the better than I was yesterday, a week ago or last year. If I didn’t change, be uncomfortable or challenge myself, then I didn’t do it right.
But for the first time, I don’t even want to reflect back on the last year and here’s why.
I’ll always remind myself of the great things that have been accomplished but it also comes with a glimpse of the negative. But as someone who is very hard on themselves, that glimpse can become an open door very quickly, and it makes gratitude much harder when it shouldn’t be.
This morning, my reflective thoughts were put to a halt with one verse:
“But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.”
Genesis 19:26 NIV
If I have a goal to not be close to who I was in the past, why do I need to look back? Especially if it makes me a pillar of salt.
Sometimes we must let go of the things that are not just bad for us, but no longer serve us towards where we’re going, even if they’re good.
Gratitude doesn’t always require a deep dive into reflection, just an open heart for the love of God over our lives.
“It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed. On that day no one who is on the housetop, with possessions inside, should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should go back for anything. Remember Lot’s wife! Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it.”
Luke 17:30-33 NIV
Let God rain sulfur on my past life, ways, habits, all for His glory and His plan.
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