Hello friend,
The year has flown by quickly, hasn't it? In a few days, the month of December will be over and we will be ushering in the new year. This period is usually the time of the year where we take stock of how we have spent the ending year while creating plans for the incoming year.
Year 2018 has been a good year for me and for that I am grateful. For the first time in a long time, I was consistently stable both emotionally and mentally. I am grateful for growth and healing. I was on a Daniel fast throughout the entire year up until the 25th of December; I believe this contributed immensely to my ability to reach that point where joy and peace collide.
2018 was the year my healing solidified and I started the journey back to wholeness.
Singing Heart
Water bursts through the surface of the dry and sandy desert
Thirsty cracks drink up slowly
A broken heart at the mercy of tender hands
Remind me what joy feels like
Sometimes you don't value what you have until it is gone
I have had to experience the dark to appreciate light
I experienced pain before I appreciated joy
At this juncture, I would like to stop to say thank you. Thank you. Thank you for coming on this journey with me and for reading all my blog posts. This has been my first year and a few months of blogging and I think I have done okay. Not all my goals were met and I still need to up my editing skills but you know what, that is what growth is for. So I am looking forward to the new year and the promises it holds. Seeing as I will be having quite a lot on my plate in 2019, my goal is to publish at least one blog post per month and read one book per month.
A synopsis of some of the posts published on shalomibk.com this year:
Migrant Child is the most read post which has also generated the most feedback and comments. A lot of people could relate with the story of moving from one country to another and having to adapt to a new environment.
I got a request to do a post on How to Grow Spiritually. The post seems to have helped a lot of people so if you do intend to figure out how to develop your relationship with God and go deeper spiritually, do check it out.
The Potter and His Clay is a poem that digs into our relationship with God being and its similarities to the relationship between a potter and his clay as relayed in Jeremiah 18.
The Ties That Bind Us; another poem, born as a result of me visiting one of my family friends after about fifteen years of not being in contact, and feeling a mini disconnection from someone with whom I spent a lot time and made really good memories with when I was younger. Even though the basis of our friendship and closeness is still there and strong at that, I realised we would have to build a new friendship and a new bond. The Ties That Bind Us is my favourite post this year; writing it was so easy.
I visited Kew Gardens in the spring and made a blog post about my experience.
I turned 25 in the month of July and listed 25 Things I Am Grateful for.
Thank you for reading my posts. I intend to continue to talk about deep things in a simplistic manner because nothing is ever as difficult as it seems and life is simple when we do not complicate things.
As we step into the new year, I pray that we channel our strengths into our God given visions and that we have the courage to take the necessary bold steps. Cheers to Year 2019! Please know that you are continuously in my prayers.
You will be hearing from me again sometime soon but in the meantime, I wish you a marvelous new year.
Yours Truly,
Ibukun
