Examen, part 4: Review Your Day
Step 1. Recognize that you are in the presence of God
Step 2. Look at your day with gratitude
Step 3. Ask for help from the Holy Spirit
Step 4. Review your day (with God’s help)
Having (1) acknowledged God’s presence, (2) shared some grateful moments, and (3) asked for the Spirit’s help, it is time to (4) review your day (or week).
If you can, replay it like a movie in your mind. Notice details and contexts of what happened and how you acted – particularly your motives and feelings. Try not to psychoanalyze or fix anything here; simply note your motives, actions and reactions.
The following questions can be helpful in your review
- When did I fail today? why?
- When did I give love today?
- Where did I receive love today?
- What habits and life patterns do I notice in my day?
- In what ways did I notice God in my day?
- When did I feel most alive?
- When did I feel most drained of life?
- When did I have the greatest sense of belonging?
- When did I have the least sense of belonging?
- When was I most free?
- When was I least free?
- When was I most creative? Least creative?
- When did I feel most fully myself? Least myself?
- When did I feel most whole?
- When did I feel most fragmented?
As you review, allow your thoughts to wander through situations you've been in and allow God to speak about them, to challenge,
encourage and/or teach you through them. This page is mostly blank to allow you to write relating to this experience.
Write about your notes from reviewing
your day into your computer, laptop,
notebook or journal.
Looking Ahead: Tomorrow is the heart-to-heart talk with Jesus.
Micro-Meditation Scripture
Psalm 32:7a
7a You are my hiding place;
Micro-Meditation
Teaching or Command of God
Psalm 27:5
He hides me in his shelter when there is trouble.
He keeps me hidden in his tent.
He sets me high on a rock.
Colossians 3:3-4
You have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. Christ is your life. When he appears, then you, too, will appear with him in glory
Pondering Point
The Psalmist says to God: You are my hiding place; love it! How is God serving as a hiding place for you spiritually? Emotionally? Intellectually?