Merry Christmas

Just a quick note to say Merry Christmas to each of you. As I write this message on Christmas Eve in Canada, some of us will already be celebrating the birth of our Lord, while others will be celebrating the day tomorrow and some in a few weeks time. What a wonderful time, when we can come together to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Not only was He born a man to fulfill God's plan, but He was there from the beginning of Creation:
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. (Colossians 1:15-20, New International Version).

And as 2023 draws near to an end, I just want to say thank-you to each one of you that joined this Project. When I created the Project, I wasn't really sure where it would go. Nor how many other iNat users would join. Just over two years later and the Project sits at 142 members who collectively have submitted over 750,000 observations covering almost 38,000 species! On top of that, we have contributed well over 1.3 million Identifications! For me (and I trust this is true for most of us), our iNat activities reflect our amazement at and interest in all that He created. I pray that during this season, we would look to Jesus, the Author of all Creation.

Posted on December 25, 2023 02:10 AM by jason_miller