So I guess I didn't post a tribute to my 2023 ornament - I think as I recall, it's because I didn't get it in time - the girl I used to make all my ornament up until this point stopped making them. And I struggled to find someone on etsy (or anywhere) that could make me one in a similar style - calligraphy, and woodburning skills both required.
I wasn't thrilled with the result, and had it re-done in 2025 with another person I found online, she didn't do wood burning, which is what the first iteration was, but she did do calligraphy, and I like it better.
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In any case, I still have the note on my phone about the ornament I picked for that year.
So, technically written in December 2023, though not "published" until now.
"I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it"
This passage from 1 John 2:21 spoke to me in 2023. Something about obedience. Something about doing the things we know to do, and not being told about these things because we're clueless and need instruction, but because we need encouragement to stay the course. And that when we do that thing and obey, and get the "reward" that comes with that - its something people can see. And when they see, how do they see it? Does it look like I'm "getting" because I'm striving to achieve a high station? Or does it look it like I am obedient and dependent? That my earthly rewards, however valuable anyone should esteem them to be, point only back to the goodness of the God I serve? "Lord, make my way prosperous, not that I achieve high station, but that my life may be an exhibit to the value of knowing God." Jim Elliot said these words, and knowing that - the cost of his obedience, and the fact that his life became an exhibit indeed to the value in knowing God is great inspiration for the journey. It's a worthy striving, if the goals are in service to others, and of the Kingdom of God.
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