As I look back over the year that was 2024, I see a mosaic of moments — tender, stretching, healing, holy. It was a year marked by movement — not always visible to the eye, but deeply felt in the unseen spaces of the heart.

Faith has been my compass through it all. Each decision, conversation, and creative endeavour found its root in the quiet assurance that God was present, weaving even the painful threads into something redemptive.

Faith & Spirituality — The Anchor of My Becoming

This year, I learned again that faith is not the absence of uncertainty but the steady heartbeat of trust in the middle of it. Through the Encounter Groups, Healing Trauma series, and creative gatherings, the Holy Spirit reminded me that transformation is slow, sacred work. There were moments when my faith felt stretched thin — yet grace never failed to find me there.

Each session held at The Crate, each prayer whispered over those who came searching for healing, became another stone laid on the altar of God’s faithfulness.

Love & Compassion — The Language of My Heart

Love, I realised, is often quiet. It looks like showing up when you’re tired, listening when you’d rather speak, and forgiving when words have wounded. It’s the pulse beneath every encounter, the invisible thread that binds broken hearts back together.

This year taught me that compassion begins at home — within my own heart. Healing cannot flow outward if I refuse to let it begin inward.

Family & Relationships — The Circle of Grace

Through both the tender and testing moments with Clive, Jesse, and Misha, I saw the Lord refining my understanding of what love truly requires: patience, humility, and forgiveness. Conversations that once carried tension became opportunities for healing. Even unspoken prayers found gentle answers in time.

My family remains my first ministry — the living canvas where God’s grace keeps writing new beginnings.

Community & Service — The Hands and Feet of Faith

From Creative Connect Groups to Healing heARTs💖 gatherings, community became the rhythm of my ministry. These moments were not about numbers but about hearts — each one precious, each one a testimony of God’s ongoing restoration.

The Identity & Destiny series opened doors for others to rediscover purpose, while the Mandarin Healing Trauma sessions reminded me that language is no barrier when the Holy Spirit leads. Service became less about doing and more about being — simply being present, compassionate, and faithful.

Creativity — The Overflow of the Soul

My brushes carried more than paint this year; they carried prayer. From “Skyward Bloom” (#1270_20250606) to the gentle hues of each new piece in my portfolio, every artwork became a conversation with God. Through colour, texture, and light, I found healing in the act of creation — beauty rising from the ashes once again.

The studio became a sanctuary — a space where heaven touched earth through art, worship, and honest reflection.

Growth & Learning — The Journey of Becoming

2024 stretched me as a leader, facilitator, and creative soul. From the Speakers Institute Bootcamp to Live2Lead Auckland, each experience deepened my confidence and refined my voice. I learned to hold space for others without losing myself — to lead with humility and authenticity.

Growth this year meant choosing to stay teachable, to rest when needed, and to trust God’s timing over my own.

Integrity, Courage, and Freedom — Living Authentically in Truth

I found courage not in grand gestures but in quiet obedience. Saying yes to God’s invitations — and sometimes no to distractions — was its own act of faith. Integrity guided each step as I navigated leadership, ministry, and creativity.

Freedom came, not as escape, but as alignment — living true to who God designed me to be.

Balance, Rest & Wellness — The Sacred Pause

There were seasons when rest felt like rebellion — yet the Lord gently reminded me that rest is worship. My health became a mirror of balance restored: long walks, quiet evenings, laughter with friends, and time in the Word replenished my spirit.

Balance isn’t perfection; it’s breathing in grace and exhaling gratitude.

Beauty & Achievement — Redefining Success

Beauty became a language of gratitude this year. I learned to see it in ordinary things — morning light on wet pavement, the sound of laughter, the shimmer of gold in broken pottery. Achievement, for me, no longer meant doing more but becoming more like Christ in the process.

Success was measured not in accolades but in peace, in purpose, and in people transformed through love.

A Closing Prayer for 2024

Heavenly Father, thank You for every joy and every tear that shaped this year. Thank You for the quiet miracles that unfolded when I least expected them. As I close this chapter, may I carry forward only what is holy, healed, and true. Teach me to walk into 2025 with renewed faith, anchored in Your love, guided by Your Spirit, and strengthened by Your peace.

In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Final Reflection

This year was not about arrival but alignment — about becoming whole, not by striving, but by surrendering. Every broken piece was gathered by grace, every detour redeemed by love.

I end this year not with exhaustion, but with expectancy — ready to step into all that God is still unfolding.