I often begin my mornings by “visiting” family members and friends who have written a “status update” or a newsy “note” on “facebook,” the popular computer application that allows us a window into the lives of some of the people we love and care about. This morning, my sister Lindsley, who is an executive leadership coach, posted a great question for December 28:
“28, 29, 30, 31...How will you use these last four days of 2010? Why not take time to reflect? What do you want to bring into 2011? What do you want to release and let go of? Take time out for yourself today and discover. Then share.”
My response reveals my priorities as well as my burdens – of what I struggle to let go. These last days are a time to tie up the loose ends that might “trip me up” as I try to go forward: the required reports and weekly writings that become a burden if left undone too long. These days are also a time to "unpack the boxes" of my new life: not only to take out my possessions from the cardboard boxes that protected them on their journey from Iowa to Missouri, but also to unpack my talents and my spiritual gifts, many of which have gone largely unused and unexpressed during the stressful months of seeking this new call and preparing for the move. Now I am here in a new place, and after tying up the ends and unpacking the real gifts, I am going to simply revel in the new creation I am becoming with God's help.
What are you doing in these “last days?” What do you need to release? What do you want to protect and cherish? What gifts and talents do you hope to share in 2011?
I would be interested to know any responses you wish to share with me. You may send postal mail to P O Box 301, Trenton, MO 64683. Email may go to PaulSFraser@hotmail.com. Facebook users can find me at: www.facebook.com/PaulSFraser. Or just post a comment below!
Or, you can find me every Sunday morning at First Christian Church in Trenton, Missouri, where I look forward to greeting you: at the church door, or in other places where we may share ministry together!
Grace and Peace! Paul
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