Yesterday I wrote about some areas I didn’t know what to do with. I didn’t identify them for reasons I have. Tomorrow will be the day for meeting with the ones I want to talk with regarding the most important area. It was so nice to see how easily the meeting was put together. I know God is in the midst of this. I look forward to see how this comes together.

A dear friend (who happens to be my brother-in-law) posted a saying I happened to read this morning. It said something like, “when the years behind you are greater than those ahead of you, one reflects a good deal more”. As I read it I couldn’t help but think about yesterday’s counseling session with a father and his 17 year old son. A month ago I had met with them regarding some decisions the son was making. We made a 30 day plan to address the actions and agreed to meet again yesterday which ended the 30 days. I had met once with the son during the 30 days for a progress report. As yesterday took place it was easy to see the son was struggling not to go back to old ways. His father reflected on his own past with his son, but it was easy to see that the son thought that was more about dad than it was him.

James 5:16 tells us to confess to someone we trust–the prayers of a righteous man are powerful and effective. It would be so good if we would do this upfront. But, too many times, we have to learn by reflecting on our mistakes–sins–before we understand the significance of this verse. Confessing a temptation before needing to confess a sin would be a tremendously good step of learning. Somehow our ability to choose interferes with this wisdom. Oh how all of this makes me REFLECT.