A Year of Healing, Obedience, and Holy Creativity
As this year comes to a close, I find myself sitting in the quiet again—the same quiet Christ has used all year to steady me, stretch me, and surprise me. 2025 was not a year I muscled through. It was a year I was carried.
If you’ve been walking this Healing Journey with Christ alongside me, you know that my life—like yours—is a blend of devotion, neurodivergent rhythms, big feelings, and a deep desire to create spaces where others feel safe, seen, and held. This year, Christ invited me deeper into all of that.
And He did it in ways I never expected.
🌿 A Year of Obedience and Overflow
2025 began with a whisper from the Holy Spirit:
“Build the sanctuary I’ve placed in you.”
I didn’t know then that this would become the heartbeat of my entire year.
This was the year I stepped fully into the calling God has been shaping in me for decades—writing, ministering, creating emotional sanctuary, and telling stories that help children and adults breathe again.
It was the year I said yes to the Misadventure of Raven.
🐾 The Birth of the Misadventure of Raven Series
This year, I released the first books in the Midadventure of Raven children’s series—stories inspired by a real little black kitten named Raven, who taught me (and my daughter) how sacred socks can be, how loud leaves feel, and how every blanket fort is a sanctuary.
Bringing these books into the world was not just a creative project.
It was a healing journey of its own.
- I learned to trust the voice God gave me
- I learned to honor my neurodivergent wiring instead of fighting it
- I learned to create from rest, not pressure
- I learned that obedience often looks like small, faithful steps
Every page, every illustration guide, every late-night prayer over these stories was an offering. And Christ met me in all of it.
✨ A Year of Deep Healing
2025 was also a year of personal healing—quiet, slow, holy healing.
There were moments when my nervous system felt fragile, when grief resurfaced, and when old wounds whispered louder than truth. But Christ kept inviting me back into the sanctuary.
He taught me:
- to rest before I break
- to breathe before I react
- to ask for help without shame
- to let myself be held instead of holding everything together
Healing wasn’t linear. It wasn’t glamorous. But it was sacred.
🌙 A Year of Community and Connection
This year, I learned the power of checking in on others as part of my own healing rhythm. Visiting close friends, praying with them, laughing with them, and simply being present reminded me that healing is not meant to be done alone.
Christ used community to soften me, strengthen me, and remind me that love is a shared language.
🌅 Stepping Into 2026 With Christ’s Gentle Leading
As I look toward the new year, I’m not making resolutions.
I’m making room.
Room for Christ to continue healing the parts of me still tender.
Room for creativity to flow without fear.
Room for the next Misadventure of Raven books to unfold in God’s timing.
Room for rest, sanctuary, and holy slowness.
Room for joy I didn’t think I was allowed to feel.
I don’t know everything 2026 will hold, but I know Who holds me.
🙏 A Prayer for the Year Ahead
Jesus, thank You for carrying me through 2025—through the healing, the stretching, the creating, and the releasing.
As I step into a new year, teach me to walk gently.
Help me honor the body, mind, and spirit You crafted with intention.
Bless the childrens series of The Misadventures of Raven as it continues to grow, and let every story be a sanctuary for the children who need it most.
Lead me in rhythms of grace, not pressure.
And let Your presence be the soft place I return to again and again.
Amen.
💛 A Final Word for Your Heart
If you’re reading this, I want you to know something:
You don’t have to enter the new year strong.
You just have to enter it with Christ.
He is already in your tomorrow.
He is already preparing rest for your weary places.
He is already weaving redemption into the parts of your story that feel unfinished.
Walk gently.
Walk slowly.
Walk with Him.
