Hey family . Today is Reflection Friday. It is important for you to answer the following questions;
- How are you?
- What are you most grateful for this week?
- What did you struggle with? Did you overcome? What is your strategy to make sure that next week is different?
Holy Spirit has been teaching me a lot about my surroundings, particularly the people in my life, who l allow into my space and who I let Into my life. It’s been a hard lesson to learn in as much as I love people and am quite bubbly , I should not trust people that easily. I’m not an uptight person, I may look it though 😂 . As I look into my mirror I realise many times, all these people I seem to go an extra mile for, are not in the mirror with me. I’m there alone having emptied of myself to the masses. What does this mean? I need to sit and throughly work on my inner circle, who knows the most intimate details about me and who should not even have my address. Friendly people will understand where I’m coming from.
The girl in the mirror has been carelessly selecting friends. Opening her heart to almost everything and everyone. You know, you need to be honest with yourself. That’s why we do reflection Friday. Sit and consider your ways. Do I really need to buy this dress? Do I really need to go there? Am I protecting my space by allowing this person in? Can I trust this person ? In what way have they been proven trustworthy? The reflection you see remains the same ,week in week out until you decide to change something. You do not change the mirror, you change the person in the reflection. You change you!
Self-reflection enables you to move from just experiencing, into understanding. It Encourages a level of self-awareness and consciousness about feelings and experiences . It also enables you to identify areas for improvement and also areas where you are strong.Your self concept includes your thoughts about your traits, abilities, beliefs, values, roles, and relationships. It plays an influential role in your mood, judgment, and behavioural patterns.
”and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.“ James 1:24 NIV Always do your self introspection through the lenses of the word of God. Be a doer. Be teachable. Be correctable. Part of what I will do is presenting to God the people I think could be in my inner circle and have Him remove whoever He wants to remove . I want to be very intentional about this because as l look into the mirror I must not forget the picture I see. Yours could be about how you spend? Which is something I need to work on as well. It can even be how you use your time. Look in the mirror today, clean it by the word of God and take a closer look, what are the flaws and how can Holy Spirit help you today for the sake of your future?