Pausing to Evaluate

When I first started this devotional blog, I was feeling led to share my own reflections on Scripture that were helping me with feelings of fear and uncertainty in light of the coronavirus pandemic. My goal was to start with 30 days and then reevaluate. Who knew what the future held? Who could have imagined that the crisis would continue on this long or that it would shine a spotlight on so many other issues in our society. We are still living in very uncertain times.

I saw a funny quote the other day on social media: About the only thing any of us knows for sure right now is that in 2015, not a single person got the answer right to “Where do you see yourself in 5 years?”

Yesterday’s post was Day 30 of the devotional series and so I’m going to pause for about a week to reflect and evaluate. I think it’s healthy to regularly take a step back and ask ourselves what’s working and what isn’t. Honestly this is an important practice for almost anything in life. The laws of inertia tell us that objects at rest will stay at rest and objects in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force. Sometimes we need to interrupt our momentum and make sure it’s still taking us in the direction we want to go.

Some parts of my evaluation process will be done privately – between me and God and me and my family. But if you have joined me on the journey in any way, I’d like you to be a part of helping me evaluate as well. There are two ways to do that:

1. Comment. Leave a comment on this post of any length that you think will be helpful. What has been helpful for you? What could be improved? How could these devotions have served you better, or what ways have they already served you well that you hope will continue? If you have ideas for topics that you’d love to read more about, add those too.
   (A note about comments: To discourage spam, I currently don’t allow anonymous comments and all comments have to be approved. I promise not to take it personally if you have constructive criticism, but if you prefer to be anonymous, see #2. If you do leave a comment, it won’t be visible until I have approved it, so check back later so see it posted and answered!)
2. Survey. Take a quick, anonymous, 7-question survey to help me gather some general information. Question 7 is an open comment box for things you want me to see but would prefer to say anonymously. SurveyMonkey estimates it will take you 1-2 minutes to complete the survey. Can you spare 1 minute to help?
   TAKE THE SURVEY

Thanks for your support and for the opportunity to serve you. I am excited to see what the future holds!