Farewell 2025!

Here we are as another year is drawing to a close and I don’t know about you but I like to end the year with a clean slate on all counts! This means getting rid of unnecessary clutter both in the physical sense along with sorting through subscriptions; getting rid of clutter on this computer and so the list continues. This is also for me a time to reflect and reset for the year ahead. This is a time of dusting away the cobwebs which takes shape in many formats so that January starts with a clean slate – this is after all a brand new beginning in more ways than one!

2025 – not the best of years to be fair!

Will I be sorry to see this year put behind me – nope and I also know that I am not the only person who feels this way either. For “me” personally, this has been a pretty rough year from health issues which have been through the roof to various other trials especially in these last seven months which have been fairly traumatic to say the least but as I keep stressing – for Abba Father and Him alone!

This has also been a year where more “old” friendships have come to an end and not of my choosing – why? sadly because of very hot topics to do with Israel and yes you heard me correctly. If those of you know where I am coming from here then if you know – you know! I am for the most part speaking of friendships that go back over thirty years and yes I do admit whilst this is very sad, I am at the same time not surprised at all and was half expecting these friendships to draw to a close. I will say confidently that I do expect there to be more closures when it comes to friendships. Am I being negative – nope not at all but merely stating facts here and this Dear Reader is what they are!

I have also needed to close the door on family relations too and without going into details, this has been a very hard decision to make and was not done without prayer and a great deal of thought. Sadly, for me to close the doors on family relations, was necessary but did this hurt, oh yes it did but again at the end of the day, as I have stated above, but for Abba Father and Him alone!

Life Circumstances and challenges:

I will state here that besides the physical health issues there have been the mental health challenges which in these last few months boy, have been extremely challenging and these have been severe challenges. Challenges which I did not believe I would go through again to the extreme that has hit me! But, Praise Abba Father, I have indeed come through the other end and had gotten to that point where I knew I had to go back to something I had started doing the year before which was handing every single situation over to Abba Father and for Him to take over. The only thing is that somehow with all that was going on, I had completely forgotten to go back to handing thoughts etc over to Jesus and this The Holy Spirit reminded me to do very clearly at the beginning of this month!

Since September 30th 2018, which is when physical health issues started, I had become accustomed to every single year there being another health issue added where every year since September 2018, I take two steps forwards and five steps back. Do I get down and burst into tears – nope, though to be fair in March this year, there was I hate to admit fear involved for a short while and it was just that, for a short period only! The physical health issues this year have been a lot worse than the previous six years put together, however, despite the challenges and numerous hospital visits including heart scans and so the list continues – I know without a shadow of a doubt that Abba Father does indeed have this crazy English girl’s back for sure to be sure! Yep indeed for many life is pretty challenging but so what! We all go through trials and tribulations and it is how we deal with whatever this journey called life throws in our direction. The question is do we trust Abba Father through these “life adventures” so to speak or do we give in to fear; do we give in to anxiety; do we give into feelings and so the list goes on and on and on!

So, moving forward to 2026

This new year that is literally just around the corner, I am looking forward to. I am excited about how Abba Father is going to move in this journey called life for this English gal. This year is also (dare I say) a big year for me, meaning that in May I turn sixty years old and even Page is struggling with this information. Even Page is amazed that she will be turning the page to a new century – I actually can’t believe that I am still alive because as I have stated in previous blog posts that by rights I should not even be here on this earth but we won’t go into this. However, what I will say is that it is by the grace and mercy of Abba Father and Him alone – that I still get to continue on this journey called life here on this earth!

Do I have plans to celebrate what will be a turning point in this English girl’s life, possibly though I am not 100% sure yet of the exact plans. As we all know with the best will in the world plans are prone to be changed anyways and for me the year of 2026 is no exception to the rule that’s for sure!

There will be no parties as this is no longer the place I am in and besides which I seriously do not deem it right to have a few hours focused on “myself” – no so, what I am thinking is to perhaps go away for a few days, where I have no idea yet and if this does plan out then there will be very few friends who will know the details!!

So, what else is on the horizon for next year. Well for one I look forward to graduating from a Bible Course that I started back in October, I believe it was or was it earlier – I am not sure but this has been and continues to be such a fun course that is just for a short period of a few months. It has been excellent learning more and more about God’s truth through His Written Word!

This will also be a year of spending more time with books because as much as I do love reading, I do not do enough of this – so, moving forward I am so looking forward to reading a vast amount of books from ones that I own to books that I borrow or are in a different format. God’s Word by the way is an absolute given and does not count as this is a continuous daily MUST on this English Girl’s to do list!

What else, taking care of this body that Abba Father has blessed me with starting from the inside out! Taking care of God’s temple as even though I have lost a ton of weight without even trying, there is a long way to go! Also with all the various physical health issues, there are “dietary formats” for want of a better expression that need to change. I know roughly where I am going with this and nope I will be keeping this “food journey” completely under wraps so any friends reading this part, please don’t ask what I am doing as this definitely is not a journey that Page is willing to divulge! So, in other words this is very personal to Page and Page is keeping it this way!!!!

Skincare, as one becomes older, I have noticed more and more let me just say “happy lines” instead of the (in Page’s mind) wrinkles. Now, I have never been one for a great skincare routine, shock, horror and all of that lol but on a serious note, it is better late than never at all to do something about this. Thankfully, one does have skin care products here so this skincare routine has already started as of a few days ago and already I am noticing a difference. Talking of skincare though this next topic goes much deeper than that!

Did I hear you shout that ghastly word – WATER!

This next word to me makes me shudder – before you ask what am I speaking about – it is wait for it and drum roll please, if you will ……………….. WATER. This English Girl hates water with a passion and this word alone seriously does not sit well with me at all – can you not tell! I mean, I am asking you, can you seriously not tell that I do not like WATER and for those friends reading this post know, then again, if you know then you know!!

I have no idea what it is about water but I have never liked water at all and avoid it as much as I possibly can. So, when I need to go for CT scans or any other scans come to think of it where one is told, one has to drink one to two litres of water – my heart sinks where I literally want to sink onto the floor in a heap and kick and scream and shout in absolute horror and defiance (I am seriously kidding with you here as to be fair, even you must have thought that was well OTT). Trying to get me to drink water on it’s own though is a task and a half let me tell you this right here and right now. So, after all of this English’ Girl’s tantrums about water I do know that in order to help myself that I do need to start drinking this “stuff” but it won’t be easy and I will start off gently!

Moving forward Spiritually!

So, the most important topic of all, is my walk with Jesus. How does Page change things moving forward into this new year, which to be fair to a large degree started this month of December and at the beginning. What do I mean – well, I had already decided to cut out a lot of social media which to a large degree this English girl has done though over this Christmas period one has lapsed a little! but even if Page has been a little lackadaisical over this festive period, I do not feel overly bad about allowing “myself” if you will for getting a little lost in what I have been watching and no it has not been that bad at all but it is ok! This however, moving forward will not be continuing, this I will stress here!

I have for the most part removed Social media apps from my phone just so that I don’t have to keep checking through posts hence this English Girl here has removed temptation out of her way! I don’t have many apps on this phone now nor do I have many on other devices and therefore am quite careful in what I look at to a large degree! So, one may ask what has this got to do with “one’s spiritual walk” – well actually you may be surprised to know it has quite a lot to do with this spiritual walk that one is on! For the most part it boils down to accountability which one does need to have especially in this day and age that’s for sure! It also has to do with being careful what one takes on board on this journey called life!

Spiritually speaking, this new year of 2026 will be one whereby Page deepens her walk with Jesus and it all starts with Prayer. So, without handing over everything to Abba Father in prayer first and abiding by His Holy Spirit, then nothing will be changing. On this same note, it is also about the matter of making the right choices; it is all about making the right decisions. Along with being faithful and trusting in Abba Father to the very end! I keep stressing that nothing is neither by chance or coincidence as those words in Page’s vocabulary do not exist because seriously they don’t! One also has to decide to live righteously; one has to decide that in order to deepen one’s relationship with Abba Father then one has to put both the time and effort in and that again Dear Reader is pure fact!

Yes, it is so very true that one cannot and Page literally means cannot do anything in her own strength nor can one do anything by a “work’s based faith” – absolutely impossible! So, on this note, one simply cannot strive to do good; one simply cannot strive to do good or to walk this journey of life without His Holy Spirit. However, though we are saved by His grace through faith – this does not mean we just sit back; be idle and simply do nothing – NO, NO AND No! There has to be accountability here whereby I have stressed over and over that in order to have a relationship with Abba Father, then there has to be a daily and continual conversation with Him; there has to be wanting to get to know all about Him through the reading, meditating and studying of His Word – I have stressed before that it is impossible to get to know anyone without putting the effort in and I say effort in a Godly sense by the way!

It is so beautiful getting to know everything one can about Jesus and this is the best and most personable relationship ever and yes I am being so very serious here and again, those of you who know then you know! Having a relationship with Jesus is absolutely the best; is absolutely so extremely precious and better than diamonds, silver and gold – one thousand times plus better for sure to be sure! I love the fact that we as Believers in Jesus Christ, get to spend time with Him each and every single day and the anticipation of spending eternity with Him is oh my goodness let me just say that I simply cannot wait to relocate to my Heavenly home to be with Jesus forever more!

Finally – really I hear you say!

Yes, finally lol but looking ahead where the well known saying comes into play of “out with the old and in with the new” I am looking forward to this New Year; I am looking forward to this next part of Page’s journey of life here on earth. But, most importantly I also simply cannot wait for the coming day whereby I am definitely awaiting His return and on that note I will end with Bo Yeshua Bo and

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