2024: A Year of Breaking, Growth, and God’s Glory
2024 was an eye-opener for me—a year that broke me in ways I didn’t fully understand until 2025 began. It was a year of deep pain: my will was shattered, my emotions unraveled, my heart was broken, and my mind teetered on the edge of breaking.
For most of my life, I’ve been a people-pleaser—trying to keep everyone happy, following my parents’ expectations, and now working to maintain peace between my husband and my family. But in 2024, everything came crashing down. My husband and I faced major challenges that forced us to lean completely on God. While my husband was already grounded in faith, I needed an extra push to surrender fully.
Adding to the chaos, we made the decision to move someone into our home, and that’s when everything spiraled further. All hell broke loose.
A Betrayal That Opened My Eyes
At the start of 2025, something happened that changed my perspective—it was a betrayal. While I won’t share the details, it left me angry. This new wound added to the anger I had been carrying throughout 2024: anger, insecurity, and the feeling of being a visitor in my own life.
Yet, even in my anger, I remember how people around me kept sending messages of strength. They prayed for me, and at the time, I appreciated it but didn’t grasp how much those prayers were working. It wasn’t until 2025 that I realized their prayers carried me through. To endure everything we went through required supernatural strength. Like Antwone Fisher said, “I’m still standing! I’m still strong!”
Romans 8:18 says, “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed to us.” This verse reminded me that the price of glory is high. Great suffering often precedes great glory.
God’s Plan in the Pain
God spoke to me through a friend, saying He was going to “regulate and reestablish.” I didn’t fully understand at the time, but when the betrayal occurred, I realized this was God answering a prayer I had prayed months before. Though the betrayal was ugly, it was God’s way of realigning my life.
Growth Is Messy, but Necessary
Growth is a process, and processes are rarely pretty. Plants grow in dirt. Butterflies emerge from cocoons made of regurgitated nutrients. That transformation comes from something as unappealing as vomit.
I want to encourage you today: growth, refining, pruning—all of it will be messy, painful, and frustrating. It might feel like the storm will never pass. But in the storm, God gets the glory, and you emerge as the person He’s called you to be.
Romans 8:28 reminds us, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.” Everything you’re going through is building your faith, trust, and character. The ugly moments are shaping you into God’s masterpiece.
Trust the Process
I love you, and I want you to experience freedom in Christ. Whatever you’re facing, know it’s for your good and His glory. Stay strong, keep the faith, and remember—you are being transformed through the mess. Peace and blessings.
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