faithfulness.

I’ve been thinking about the year I want 2024 to be, and I keep coming back to the idea of faithfulness. The notion that this new year will be a year of pursuit in the things that I continue to dig and lean deeper into. A year of continued persistence, and new discovery. An opportunity to experience the same things in a new and different way. 

Coming out of the pandemic I’ve come to realize that it is so easy to step into a state of complacency with the way that we experience our routine, and that our own excitement of life fades with a reduced expectation from our day to day. I hope and pray that this new year, will be a year of quiet joy, and gentle excitement; that through the little things God reveals His wonder and mercy. Within the old, there is continual newness to be found, and that through faithfulness I may be found resilient in the calling. 

2023 ended better than I expected it to be, in spite of its challenges. I am hope filled at the promise of what this new year may bring, and I trust that through the process complacency will be a call to action. May 2024 be a year of continual gratitude and wonder within the prospect of being. A reminder that much of what we want to be, occurs when we least expect it, but is contingent on a steadfast endurance.

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.” - Hebrews 12:1-3 (NIV)