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What is something you could talk about for a long time and with much passion?? For me, a few things come to mind — Disney World, fonts (both good and bad ones), and one I'll share more on here today — my Persecuted Church family.

Though hard/heartbreaking to talk about sometimes because of what these brothers and sisters experience on a regular basis, often even at the hands of their own family members after they leave their national religions — violence, job loss, harassment, denial of home or land, imprisonment, and/or death, just because they choose to follow Christ(!) — I am thankful to know, thankful to pray, thankful to share . . .

There’s a lot in life that puts me in awe and helps me appreciate the people around me and times I’m in. And it’s not often the big and expected things that cause this reaction.

I thought it’d be a fun exercise to look back at pictures I’ve taken from January til now, to see what stood out in this category of “awe.” I was sweetly reminded of many things the Lord has put in my path that have caused me to stop in my tracks and savor the moment. Some I saw head-on, some I saw after the photo was snapped. All bring me back to a place of gratitude.

A few years ago, I started noticing number combinations with the time of day, and it led me to think of prayer. What number combos would pop up on my clock that I could find a connection, an association with, that I could attach a prayer to? It’s an easy thing to do, really. It just requires a little mindfulness and “want to.”

One of the first decisions I make on New Years Day is — which coffee mug will I use today? :)

Waking up on the first day of a new year is always interesting to me. I find myself wondering how the day will go—what will I do, think, reflect on, eat, read, etc.? And what do those actions say about the rest of the year to come?