Written December 2022
I anticipate adding an ornament each year to the Joshua Tree (for how this tree started and what it means, click my hashtags #joshuatreemonuments or #darbyjaneornaments). I love this tree and what it signifies - "in the future, when your children ask you 'what do these stones mean to you?', you should tell them..." (Joshua 4:6-7)2022
This year has been marked with overwhelming gratefulness - for things that are wholly beyond my ability to control. God choosing to heal and extend life. People whose decisions could impact me positively or negatively, choosing to seek wisdom and follow the Lord. People who have chosen to forebear with me and forgive me and deal graciously with me {and my ever developing character}. These are all things that I can't influence. But God has seen fit to have my boundary lines fall in pleasant places. I have a beautiful inheritance, indeed. (Psalm 16:6) Don't read "beautiful" and think I mean every aspect of life is naturally perfect, or problem free - but understand it as beauty, captured.
Forged, fought for, and created. I have seen those days. There are years when it seems like more of a fight; more valley than high place, great effort and little reward. But then the hard pays off and there is a reward. And it's ok to breathe it in and enjoy it. Sometimes though, it's not something you achieved, but something God's grace allowed you to witness and participate in. And that's what I felt more of this year...I was a witness to beauty I didn't create. But I am willingly participating in it, and it's a joy to rest and revel in these things as well. I'm grateful - oh so very grateful - for lines that have fallen quite pleasantly for me in 2022.
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