One Life

I don’t have much to say, so I won’t bore you with empty words. I just have a piece of advice, or if you’re not great at advice, a bit of encouragement.

I’m trying to think over all the things I’ve picked up and experienced over this internship, so I’ve been reading over my journals, back to this time last year. I wanted to see what I was like then, what God was saying, how I was growing. I wanted to remember what God did...and what I did with him.

Now I’m not amazing at journaling by any stretch of the imagination. There was plenty of cringing as I was reading what I wrote, amused by my several-months-younger self. But once I got over that, I was amazed – not by any profound revelations, but simply by the fact that day after day God sat with me. Day after day after day he listened to my pathetic moaning and my awkward words. I couldn’t believe it. I feel like maybe he loves me after all.

So this is the advice: write things down. Don’t call it a journal if you don’t want to...do it on your laptop or whatever. Just write things down. The truth is we have awful memories, and we need all the help we can get to remember the kindnesses of God. It will help us recognise his leadership – and there is nothing as thrilling as realising he was leading you all along.