Moments
for Mum with ELISABETH CORCORAN
Some New Year
questions
There is something about the New Year rolling around that always
makes me look back. A friend of mine from high school used to
call me nostalgic. For some reason, back then, I took that as
a criticism … not sure why … I
don't think she meant it as such. But these days of two young kids, a husband,
home, part-time job, etc … looking back feels like a luxury.
However, each year I make a point of doing some emotional and spiritual housecleaning
to clear away the cobwebs and the things I'm holding onto, to help move forward
with a clean slate. The way I have chosen to do this for probably about 10
years now is to journal through the following questions that were given to
me by a friend a while back, and I want to share them with you.
- Who were the most stimulating people in your life (and why)?
- What was your most meaningful spiritual experience?
- What were your most significant family moments?
- What was the biggest contributor to your personal growth?
- What was the biggest blunder you committed?
- What caused your greatest sadness?
- What was your
greatest joy?
I want to add
just a couple:
- What was your best marriage moment this year?
- What is your fondest memory with each of your children?
- What friend moment will you cherish the most?
- What are you most thankful for this year?
- What one answer
to prayer really blew you away?
I
want to encourage you … challenge you even … to carve out time in the first
couple weeks of January, with a notebook and pen in hand, and a
steaming cup of coffee, tea or hot chocolate by your side, and
just sort through these questions … just think through your
past year as if sifting through treasured photographs. Answer them
as honestly as you can - and then spend a few moments thanking
God for taking such sweet, intimate care of you and your loved
ones this year, through the good and the bad.
Happy New Year, Mums!
- Elisabeth K Corcoran is the author of Calm in My Chaos: Encouragement for a Mom's Weary Soul (www.kregel.com or www.amazon.com). She is wife to Kevin, and mum to Sara, 8, and Jack, 6. Her passion is encouraging women and she fulfils that through heading up the Women's Ministries on staff at Blackberry Creek Community Church in Aurora, Illinois and writing and speaking as much as she can.
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