Post-Vacation Part Three

Another reason that I absolutely love vacation is that it gives me a chance to take a few steps back and evaluate things. Especially my relationship with God and with others.

Here are a few questions I asked myself during my vacation:

• How am I responding to all that God's done in my life?
• What is one thing I am currently doing that if I stopped it, it would make my relationship with God much better?
• What can I get rid of in my schedule to make more room for God?
• What can I get rid of in my schedule to make more room for my family?
• How do I need to respond positively to my family differently?
• How can I be a better leader of God's people?
• How can God use me to make a bigger impact in my neighborhood?
• How can I use what God's given me to bless Him more?

There are obviously more questions than these, but my vacations are usually a good time of personal reflection and evaluation. Now, the answers to these questions bring about change. But the funny thing is, none of us like change.

Change is essential to a healthy relationship. You need to constantly be evaluating how you can do things better, or your relationships will always be in a state of complacency, and if they're really stagnant, you'll begin to develop an attitude of apathy.

Make sure you constantly ask yourself these questions above. You don't have to wait for vacation to do it.

If the answers you discover prompt you to make a change in your life, then do it and grow and learn from the experience.