Year in review

From my very favorite "Openings" devotional today comes some wonderful reflective questions:

• List significant persons in your life for the past year. How have they supported and/or challenged you?
• List pivotal events or changes in your life and your feelings about them.
• Remember and celebrate your greatest joys. Offer a prayer of thanksgiving for each.
• Name your greatest challenges, pains, and disappointments during the past year. Can you offer a prayer of thanks or see how God has worked through the difficulties?
• Describe your experience of God this past year. Has God seemed near or distant?
• Think of a symbol, word, or phrase that pictures or summarizes this year.