A lesson looking far for what’s near
Last week i wanted to transfer a number of photos from my digital camera to my laptop. The USB connector I use to do that is always in the same drawer in our dining table so I went looking for it and it wasn’t there.
I asked my daughter if she had used it and she said she hadn’t so I began a day of searching for this one small connector! We had just had our house decorated and a number of books and other stuff had been moved about so I was convinced that it had been placed somewhere and it wouldn’t take long to find.
I cleared out two cupboards, got rid of a lot of rubbish, hunted high and low before deciding that it was lost and I should just buy another. That whole process took a day!
The next day my daughter had a few photos she wanted to upload to her laptop. Picked up my camera in it’s case, opened up the very small pocket on the front and took out the USB connector! It was there all the time.
What’s the lesson?
Well the first one is a little like the book Acres of Diamonds. You can go searching all over for something and what you are looking for is right there in your own backyard.
Both this lesson and my previous lesson about my earring focused on teaching me that the thing I am searching for is right there in front of my face if I only stop looking outside and around! Now I just need to figure out what I am frantically searching for….. but don’t worry because God has it all in hand and when it’s time to reveal it He will, so actually what’s even better is I DON’T have to figure out what I am searching for. All I have to do is stop long enough to allow God time to reveal it to me!
You can also contribute to your personal growth by learning lessons about the events that take place in your life if you take the time to write them down in a journal or diary. What makes journalling powerful is that you get to record everything that happens and the possible lessons behind them and eventually you notice a pattern.
That pattern is there to help you grow and develop if you are ready to face it and change it. Just don’t be too hard on yourself or beat yourself up because that doesn’t help. Recognise the pattern and see what you want to do about breaking it if it is negative.
Of course I have a blog and share all my lessons with the world…. there is that option too!
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