Dear 2025,

You have been a year of pain, but you have also been a year of great growth.

You are the year i ran my first 25KM & entered into Art School on January. The year i learned great faith and courage.

You are the year my grandma leaves this world at 86 on February. But you are also the year I met a 70 year old spiritual mentor who replaced my grandmother.

You are the year i took courage to run a 15KM alone with God on March.

You are the year i had consecutive heartbreaks in friendships. But you are also the year that brought in the friendships that would be for lifetime keeps.

You are the year i suffered separation anxiety and moved out twice in April and June. This taught me not to hold people, places, and geographic locations too tightly.

You are the year i celebrate my 11th spiritual birthday on April, the same month the Run Club was birthed!

You are the year my heart transitioned from being attached to a religious system to being attached to the Person of Jesus. You were an identity solidifier.

You are the year I ran a 21KM alone with God on June and started my emotional recovery with one of the best programs by far that not only brought me deep healing but enabled me to host amazing powerful spiritual exploits with the Holy Spirit.

You are the year i travelled for 25 days to different places both locally and internationally to encounter God and reconnect with family after 11 years.

You are the year i finally live in the house i'm loaning after 2 years of healing from trauma. The year i watched God transform the "house of healing" to the "house of wilderness."

You are the year i started praying intentionally for nations again, with nations.

You are the year i have transitioned out of a familiar 3-year rhythm and the year i release my disciples to my Timothy.

You are the year i experienced first hand a 6.9 magnitude earthquake and a tropical cyclone in my city which strengthened my faith in God as both my protector and provider.

You are the year i did the most "attention fast" disconnecting from distractions to connect more with what's on God's heart.

You are the year my physical body could not carry the weight of the anointing that was being poured on me and the year God sent aid in the form of destiny helpers.

You are the year my discipleship group and i meditated deeply in the gospels and lingered in 1 book for 2 months.

You are the year that my intercession and art went to a next level.

You are the year i reconnected with old missionary friends that i disconnected from.

You are the year i found that the Wilderness was not something to endure and run away from, but a place to encounter Jesus in deep intimacy and communion...until He returns.

You are the year I finished my first bigger canvas (14" x 18") in 2 days after procrastinating my art when canvases get overwhelming to finish.

You are the year I learned to share the full gospel and my heart started to yearn and burn again for Jesus' return. The year Israel started to be in my prayers again.

You are the year i accessed God's glory with the help of the Holy Spirit and not from another vessel,

You are the year i saw the clearest vision of Jesus as the Lamb seated on the throne, crowned with many crowns.

You are the year that I touched the keyboard again.

You are the year that served as the launching pad of my worship life.

You are the year my therapeutic art ministry launched in public witness.

You are the year i finally owned a Nespresso and my coffee game went to a next level.

You are the year i got my wish to spend Christmas with my aunt's family after long years of spending Christmas with spiritual family.

You are the year i learned that when i say no to half blessings and love, i am making space to say yes to full blessings and favor.

You are the year that taught me how words, accusations, assumptions, expectations, and slander don't land when my confidence is in being right with God. I owe the world nothing.

You are the year that showed me that chaotic environments and unsafe people are places i no longer want to hold on to and it's okay to quietly step away from people and spaces that no longer align with me.

You are the year where the word "best friend" no longer holds its sting but a healing balm in my heart, free of expectations and freedom to love from a place of maturity and wholeness.

You are the year that has given me the most contentment in my single season and the year i found that my home is not a country but in God.

You are the year that i understood what it really meant to be God's dwelling place and Him being my resting place.

Thank you, 2025. Your painful discipline served God's purposes.

Hello, 2026. I declare the most favorable transition. In Jesus' name.