The "Year Ago Today"s have officially begun. For example, yesterday I thought, "it was a year ago today that I was in Zagreb being told that I might have cancer. Tomorrow, I can say, "it was a year ago today that I found out I had cancer." Technically, there have been some other examples like this through October and November, but yesterday was the first one that made me really say, "wow...that's crazy."
It has been awhile since I have posted a blog, so why write about this all of a sudden? Because I want to learn from my "Year Ago Today"s. How often do we make these statements through life as we remember some major event? I would say pretty often. The "Year Ago Today"s are like the altars we see the Israelites build so often in the Old Testament. In my opinion, we should make the most of them...not to find ourselves living in the past, but to see ourselves moving forward in joy and faith. For the good moments, we can rejoice and find joy in what God has given us. However, can we not do the same with the difficult moments in life? I say that we can.
So, here is what I want my "Year Ago Today" moment to sound like tomorrow: "Wow! A year ago today I began to REALLY learn what it means to consider it pure joy as I face trials of any kind. A year ago today I began to see God change my life in ways I never expected. I praise my God for this year ago today!"
