Life in Review 2025

Описание: “… maybe in this sacred rhythm of reliving the year,
we see more reasons to keep deeply believing
in (Abba) God.

Turns out? Believing in Him isn’t something that happens between your ears — but actually what you do with the weight of your whole life: believing is leaning the weight of your life up against the Lord — & trusting He holds.

And He does 😭

From traveling 🧭 emergently to the states to spend time ⏰ with my Dad for a couple of months in the beginning of 2025 January to March. To dropping everything and just going. Putting my life on hold for two months. Missing two months with Victoria that I would never get back.

And again in June 2025, trying to make it back to see Dad before it’s too late ⏰ Made it by a week and a day before he went Home to be with Abba on 17th June 25, to loosing more than my Dad on 21st June 25 (Graveside). Missing two weeks with Victoria that I would never get back. The absolute worst cat 🐈 sitter ever.

To Victoria crossing the Rainbow 🌈 Bridge 🌁 21st November 25 at the tender age of 12 only 6 days before Thanksgiving 🦃

And on 7th December 25, we Celebrated Matt’s (my late husband) 13th Celebration of Life 💛

To quote our late Queen, it has been an annus horribilis.

We’re all held by the love of His beautiful, cruciform people, as He’s raising us up from ashes.

On the positive side of things, Thank God 🙏❤️ for friends who have a place for you to stay and a car(s) 🚘 to borrow and who genuinely want you there. Thank God 🙏❤️ for friends who wanted to see me and spend time ⏰ catching up over a cuppa ☕️ Thank God 🙏❤️ for friends who are willing to help out financially when something comes up that was unexpected. Thank You 🙏❤️ Abba for the time ⏰ that I had with Matt. Thank You 🙏❤️ Abba for bringing Victoria into my life and getting to be her Kitty 🐈 Mum for 12 years.

And it’s true: You can spend a lifetime trying to outpace pain, but when you still long enough to examine your life & hold space for both beauty & pain… you can feel pain finally releasing its hold on you &…

know again, you’re all held by the beauty of (Abba) God.

I’ll be honest and say that I am glad that 2025 is over. Lord willing 🙏❤️ 2026 will be better.

#1000gifts #WayMaker #LovedToLife”

Ann Voskamp & Karla Bailey