Questions We Ask Ourselves

It's always good to ask ourselves questions as part of our working out our salvation with fear and trembling and training ourselves unto Godliness. These are the questions our family is asking this year. Some questions stay the same year after year and some result from struggles we're currently having, be it in our relationships with one another or in how we're spending our time. Examining ourselves in this way is just one way to be intentional in our relationship with Christ and our relationships with each other.

There's a twist with our questions, too. We won't only be asking them of ourselves, but we'll be asking other family members to evaluate us in some of these areas. I might think I don't spend too much time on the computer, but if my five year old, when asked, "What does Mommy spend much of her time on?" says, "sitting at the computer," then I need to consider her perspective and make adjustments.

Here are the questions we're asking ourselves this year.

**What family relationship do I need to work on this year? What are practical ways to do this?

**How can I better love my family?

**How can I better love my church family?

**What bad habit do I need to break? What good habit do I need to establish?

**What is my Scripture verse for this year?

**What is my biggest time waster, and what will I do about it?

**Who will I thank for having encouraged me and sharpened me last year?

**What besetting sin will I battle with prayer and by training myself in godliness? (Let me remember "dependent responsibility"--I'm responsible to do what God's called me to do and dependent on His grace to do it.) Who will I partner with to keep me accountable? 

**What new skill do I want to learn and/or what old skill do I want to improve upon?

With love,

Trisha