Do you ever feel like you “should” have done more as you reflect on 2025? Maybe thought you would be further along . . . thinking, “why is someone else further along and I’m not?”
Let’s change the measuring stick for reflection! God doesn’t measure your year the way you do.
- You count achievements.
- He looks at how you’re being transformed in the deepest part of your heart.
- You track speed.
- He watches for surrender and character growth.
- You notice how far you’ve run.
- He notices how deeply you’re being healed.
Here’s the truth:
Slower work is still a precious process.
It might look like you’re standing still… but underground, things are shifting that will change everything above ground.
Some of the most powerful steps you will ever take are the ones where your feet don’t move. The steps where Jesus does the surgery that no one else sees.
If you only measure your life by visible progress, you will always feel behind. But if you measure by tenderness… honesty… and the quiet reshaping of your soul in God’s presence— you’ll realize that you’ve grown more than you think.
Lord, who are You calling me to be in this season?
Even neuroscience agrees that the deepest transformation doesn’t happen during hustle or hyper-productivity. It occurs in states of quiet reflection and emotional honesty—your brain literally rewires when you slow down.
So, take heart.
You are not behind.
You are growing in the hidden places… and heaven sees every moment of it.