I am learning, and working on, reflecting on my accomplishments more. As a perfectionist, this is something I struggle with because I am constantly raising the bar for myself and nothing seems to be an actual accomplishment for me.

But God has done work in me this past year and I want to take a moment to reflect on it and give him praise.

So before 2026 gets even more underway, here are my faith highlights of 2025:

Increased life group attendance. For the past 3 years I have been part of a life group through my church. Lets say my attendence in the group has not been very consistent. As an introvert the last thing I want to do at the end of the day is meet with other people, but I know having a faith community is important. Each year I vow to improve my attendence and each year it does get better. Even members of the group have noticed my better attendance. I am thankful that God has given me the strength and desire to keep being a part of this group.

Increased church attendance. Just like I struggled to consistently attend life group, I also struggled in attending church in-person. What really hindered me for a while was my focus on meeting up with my life group rather than putting God first. In order to further help develop my church community, I wanted to go to church when members of my life group went. They usually went to the earlier service and I always struggled to join them. I foolishly thought that if I couldn’t go to the service with my life group I should not go at all. Once I remembered that the main reason of going to church was to be closer to God, I went to the service that worked best for me, which was the last service of the day. This greatly helped me refocused my Sundays on God and in turn I was able to connect with my life group! Since most of them went to the service before mine, I was able to say hi to them while they were leaving the campus and I was heading into service. By me placing God first, everything else fell into place.

Singles ministry leader. This year I stepped up as leader of the singles group at my church. I also started a consistent coffee meet up for members of the group to meet more regularly (every other week). I was really nervous about starting this idea because the group hadn’t really done anything like that in the past and I didn’t know if people would like the idea. I felt God calling me to do this meetup idea and he truly blessed it! The events were popular, and I received a lot of positive feedback. Again, I followed God and it succeed. I am so humbled that I am able to serve God and the church community through this singles group.

Started to prayer journal again. In high school I would keep a prayer journal in which I wrote down my prayers and every so often I would go through my journal entries and highlight the prayers that were answered. It was a great why to see how God had been working through me in my life and the lives of others. This year I restarted it and again it has been powerful. I am going to focus on my prayer journal more in 2026

Continued to read through the whole Bible. 3 years ago I started a program to read through the Bible in a year. Clearly that has not happened, but I have not given up! Instead of quitting, I have just focused on one chapter a day. I’m proud of myself for not giving up and I have truly learned so much about God and my relationship with him through my deep dive into my Bible reading. I know one day I will finish reading the Bible through but I am in no rush. Instead, I want to focus on the habit of daily being in God’s word and making my time with the Word meaningful, not just an item to check off a to-do list

Increased faith writing. In 2025 I dedicated more time to writing about faith. Writing has been one of my first loves and the way that I best express myself. I want to continue to write and share more about my faith to not only help myself grow closer to God, but to share his love with others.

Faith social media account created. December 2025 saw me create an Instagram account dedicated to my faith journey. I feel bad that I am not very loud about my faith in-person, and I know the importance of sharing it with others. I hope through my Instagram account I get better at sharing my faith with others as well as helping others grow their relationship with Christ and feel safe enough to explore faith if they are new to it.

New Christian books read. I am part of a women’s Christian fiction book club in my area. Though I am a huge bookworm, I have never really read Christian books before. This group has helped me read new faith books I would have never read on my own! These books have helped me gain new perspectives in my relationship with Jesus and has served a reminder that you are not alone in your experiences and questions.

Growth in my faith community. For more than a decade I have realized that I needed to grow my faith community. I realized finally that a community is important in life and especially to faith. I have really tried to grow in this area, and I feel like 2025 has shown me some seeds of growth. I attend a big church, and it is nice to finally see familiar faces in the crowd and have friends that I can reach out to for prayer and other support in faith. This has served as a reminder that God shows up and is faithful to those who seek him.

I am proud of myself for the strides I made in 2025. I tried new things and didn’t give up on habits I already started. God’s love and mercy carried me through this past year of growth and I am so thankful of the work he has done in me.

I am praying that in 2026 I draw closer to God and grow in his likeness so that I can show his love to others.

I want to hear about your faith accomplishments of 2025 in the comments! Share also what you are hoping God shows you in 2026!