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如果你跟我一起在密歇根大道出发，经过Root Brothers五金店和那间货币兑换店的霓虹灯招牌，我们便渐渐离开了RCM的社区。在后视镜中我们可以远远望见这个月灵修中提及的人物——Lloyd、Annette、Bob、Corey、Charlene、Kimberly、Tina、Terrell和很多其他的人。

摩西离世之前，神带他上登尼波山，让他遥望应许地。但如果没有一个目的地又怎能前瞻呢？如果不记得来时的旅程又怎能后顾呢？我能想象摩西不单向前方遥望应许地，他更回头看向所走过的路途：旷野、红海、埃及。（参出 12-20）多么不平凡的旅程。

停下脚步来回顾，能够帮助我们从欢庆的视角去看待神以往的信实。就如我们之前所说：“‘若不是耶和华帮助我们’我们如今会沦落到怎样的地步？”（十二月八日的灵修）

在今年即将完结时，让我们来回顾一下2024年的旅程。请记住那些如在旷野、如在巅峰的日子、那些已经离世的人和那些刚刚降生的婴孩、那些在这段时间建立的友谊。让我们回望神在2024年的信实，然后向前眺望2025年。这是一个多么精彩的旅程啊！

神真是美好！

Come with me down Michigan Avenue, past Root Brothers Hardware and the blinking neon sign at the Currency Exchange. As we leave the Roseland neighborhood, in the rearview mirror we can see the people and places we reflected on this month—Lloyd, Annette, Bob, Corey, Charlene, Kimberly, Tina, Terrell, and many more.

Before Moses died, God allowed him to go up Mount Nebo for a glimpse of the promised land. But what is looking forward if there is nowhere to look forward from? What is arrival with no memory of the journey? I imagine Moses looked not just toward the promised land but also back in the direction of the wilderness, the Red Sea, and Egypt (see Exodus 12-20). What a journey.

Pausing to look back gives us the gift of perspective to celebrate God's faithfulness over time. As we said earlier, "'If the Lord had not been on our side,' where would we be?" (Dec. 8).

As this year ends, look back on the journey that was 2024. Remember the wilderness moments, the mountaintops, the people we lost, the babies that were born, and the friendships that formed. Let's look back on the faithfulness of God in 2024 as we then look ahead to 2025. What a journey.

God is good!