Last day. That makes me think of the chapter “Last Day” in Charlotte’s Web, which is one of the most powerful chapters in literature I know. I did a performance of it as a prose when I was a sophomore in high school, and I remember making the whole room – including the judges – break into tears.

But this is not that. This is “December Journaling if You Feel Like You Haven’t Achieved Much This Year,” and today is Ways You Were Your Best Self This Year.

I don’t like to brag on myself, because I know that any good is me is from God. I credit Him with my not freaking out, or getting depressed, or having a pity party while we have been going through financial difficulty. I credit Him for the times when I have apologized, the times when I have done more than I thought was really my fair share, the times when I have been hurt but did my best not to repay hurt with hurt. It’s truly not me, though. It’s God.

I want to finish this year by saying that if you not have a personal relationship with God through His Son, Jesus Christ, it is the most fulfilling thing in my life. Everything hinges off of it, and without it, I would have nothing. I invite you to ask me any questions about it, or visit your local Bible-believing church to find out more. Eternity has already started, and I know my life is worth living because He is in me!

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. -John 3:16