I Celebrate 2009
And with this Christmas wish is missed the point I could convey If only I could find the words to say To let You know how much You've touched my life Because here is where You're finding me, In the exact same place as New Year's eve And from a lack of my persistency We're less than half as close as I want to be For the last few years, the song "I Celebrate the Day" by Reliant K has haunted me each Christmas. The first verse (lyrics above) broke my heart, because each year I saw myself in those lyrics. Each year I felt as though I was standing in the same place as last year, with no growth in my walk with Christ, no growth in emotional maturity... just no growth period. I had to write a 10 page final paper for one of my education classes this semester; an analysis on my family genogram and reflecting on how this will affect me as a leader in ministry. Not an easy task, obviously, but as I did all the analysis and reflection I realized something very important...