The season: Restoration & Elevation

When God gave me the word, “2025 is your year of restoration and elevation” at the end of November 2024, I really thought He added ‘restoration’ in His words for the sake. The human being in me comprehended and wanted to relate to the ‘elevation.’ I mean, elevation sounds exciting more than restoration, right? However, it just happened I just had a good sense of humour without realising God has the best sense of humour. All I can say and testify is Isaiah 55:8-9, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

He was also clear in his instructions that, He would need me to testify to the world with platforms He has given me a time like now. Another lesson is, time is power! Because, in January 2025, there is no way I would have understood all these instructions He was giving me.Now, January 2026- it all makes the damn sense!

Anyways, shortly after the word in November 2024, 02 January 2025 happened and, I just realised how serious God was with the order of His words 1)Restoration and then 2)Elevation. Eh! One thing 2025 has taught me is to when God speaks, listen and obey . Just to take back us abit, whatever season I have been in, God tried to speak again in 2023 and I ran away. The beauty of God is, He is the most patient being in existence and His grace and mercy is immeasurable. Another lesson, ‘delayed obedience is delayed blessing’– I mean, look at Israelites in wilderness for 40 years for a journey that would have taken them 11 days!

God is always in the business of waiting for our YES and after that, He gets into our business unapologetically. I mean, if I look at the events in my life since 02 January 2025 to 31 December 2025, all I can say is, He is a provider for all the seasons He puts us into. Every human interaction that God placed in my life for this season played the role they needed to, till the end. After every epidose of this season, I have looked back and felt, ‘This for sure was God who showed up through this person for me.’

The highlight of my restoration story was finally dealing with grief that I did not know I had ran away from for 19 years. I needed to meet the 10 year old girl who lost her mum at that age and heal her. Recently I learnt that, grief is power and healing. Until then, I did not realise how healing that girl was freeing. Friends, restoration is a painful process. It reveals the skeletons in our wardrobes, alot of unlearning (very difficult) and forgiveness. All I can promise is, it is such a rewarding process once you find yourself on the other side of emotions. You can read My Chapter in Healing and To Forgive and To be Forgiven for more insights.

Now that I am on the other side of emotions and season, I realise how much God loves me so much that, He found it necessary for me to be in this season because yoh! I thought I was doing well mentally, emotionally and spiritually only to realise, I needed WORK! Nothing is as humbling as realizing you need to work on self and stop pointing fingers on people because darling, as the truth might be bitter to accept, I am responsible of EVERYTHING that happens to me. Until I learnt to check myself from inside, that is when I mastered how to be in control of what comes to me from the outside. I am a testimony of just that. I am now surrounded by the most beautiful gifts that life can give (family relationships, friendships, acquintances, beauty of nature, peace, joy and love). Oh! Life is so so beautiful and has nothing to do with the outside but how our inside looks like. I mean, angels are all over my life and I did not know this is normal. Before, normal was flight, flee, survival and savior modes. Now, all that is very unfamiliar. The most important thing I have learnt is, life is very spiritual and the earlier I knew that, the easier life became. Now, my relationship with God is no longer for when I am in the pits but the actual daily bread I need in life. Lastly, facing self is key and solitude is a very precious gift. That is the summary of my elevation side of the season 🙂

Some of the books that helped me in this season besides many sermons and podcasts I listened to include: What Happened to You, Attached and A New Earth. Those books, have not left me the same.

As I close this season and usher a new season, which I will be back a time like now in 2027 to share a testimony about, I leave you with one key message, “DELAYED OBEDIENCE IS DELAYED BLESSINGS.” Please, do not keep delaying your Canaan, the earlier you obey, the faster you arrive there.

Happy 2026 darlings. Thank you for always coming back to learn and my prayer always is, if one soul finds light with each post I make, then my mission is done for that post. Let that soul be you. Let 2026 be filled with light and love. Let us keep growing and glowing!

Xoxo, Mwendwa