Some days God likes to wink at you.
Not a loud miracle, not a burning bush—just a gentle, poetic tap on the shoulder that says,
daughter, pay attention.
Sunday was one of those days.
This past Sunday, my church celebrated its 16th anniversary—sweet sixteen in kingdom years—and while the sanctuary was alive with praise, I found myself in Toddler Ministry. Two of my children beside me, a nephew popping in for a moment, and one little girl entrusted to my care. It wasn’t glamorous. It wasn’t spotlight. But it was purposeful.
And when I got home—something tugged.
I reached for a self-improvement journal I created exactly sixteen years ago at the start of 2009…
A journal written in a season when life was quietly shifting under my feet.
Back then, I was released from full-time ministry.
Not for scandal. Not for rebellion. But for misalignment—mine and leadership’s.
We all needed room to breathe, heal, and let God reorder our steps.
The former executive director and his wife—dear friends—eventually returned to ministry in elevated roles. And me? I found my way back into serving too, but in a new grace. Helping plant fellowship music ministries across the country and the world. Letting God rewrite the script I thought was finished.
What I didn’t know in 2009 was that another seed was being planted that same December—
World Changers Church Houston, my current spiritual home.
And right alongside it, another life-changing seed:
Oji and I officially became a couple that very same month.
Tell me God doesn’t have style.
Fast forward to this past Sunday—me, standing in the Toddlers’ Ministry, wiping noses and handing out snacks—then coming home to open the very journal that marked the beginning of this entire arc. A full-circle moment so precise it felt scripted.
What I felt wasn’t nostalgia.
It was alignment.
A pull toward becoming a better version of myself, on purpose and with intention.
That’s why this attitude adjustment plan matters so much.
I’m choosing humility again.
I’m choosing patience again.
I’m choosing teachability again.
I’m choosing transformation again.
And 2026?
Oh, I can already feel it humming.
It’s giving new wine in a new wineskin energy.
It’s giving whatever God is shaping next—
I want to be ready.
Sixteen years later, and He’s still circling me back
not to where I was…
but to who I’m becoming.
Amen.
Look… if God is circling you back to some things the way He did me, don’t ignore it.
2026 is calling for a better version of all of us — wiser, softer, stronger, aligned.
So I made something to help us get there.
👉 Download the Attitude Adjustment Plan — Resource Packet
Let’s adjust these attitudes and walk into the new year ready.
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