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Recently I read all my journals and keep a running list of things I began to see:

(BTW a journal is a “catalogue of reflections.”
Reflection #1:  What I set as goals years ago are now daily activities that are no big deal - just part of life.

Reflection #2:  God is always in control even making bad things work out to our advantage if we won’t panic and wait for God to work and move.  Seen a lot of good and a lot of bad - but God is with us and in control in all of it.

Reflection #3:  Credibility has come from what we’ve produced from long term focus and production - not ideas, visions, dreams, or events. 

Reflection #4:  Me and NorthWood staff are asked to speak outside NorthWood not because we are the greatest speakers with the greatest presentations but because we have an ongoing story and people want to hear it - then they want to know the ideas that drove it and the implementation that makes it happen. 

Reflection #5:  It’s critical to recognize opportunities - it’s also equally critical to know if the timing, conditions, and people are right.  Grabbing an opportunity where it isn’t right, becomes a distraction if not a nightmare!

Reflection #6:  Most of us build idols in our lives based on what we fear, not what we like.  Slay fear, and you destroy love - when love comes then hope is freed and faith is possible.

Reflection #7:  I can gather, convene, and point in a given direction and generally people will go. 

Reflection #8:  We have more to learn from the church in the East than they have to learn from us.  We need them far more than they need us.
 
Reflection #9:  Leadership - I’ve learned from David - involves first a pure heart, then skilled hands - but you have to have both if you’re going somewhere for God.  One alone is not enough.  To develop both require time and discipline.

Reflection #10:  The most impactful decade of my ministry has been in my 40’s - the most impactful year - has been this year.