Starting Again (With God): Faith Over Fear in 2026
Happy New Year!
Can I still say that? Well… I just did. Wishing you a truly beautiful and blessed year ahead.
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Hello friends and family,
My name is Ngozi, and welcome to GrowwithZika, my little corner of relatable thoughts and words. Honestly, they’re not even mine… they are God’s.
Thank you so much for being here, for reading, and for sharing. My prayer is that as you journey with me in this space, you find clarity, peace, and growth.
If I’m being honest, I almost didn’t come back. I had so many doubts, worries, and fears about continuing this blog. But somehow… here I am. And I know it’s only by God’s grace.
That hit me deeply because I’ve always struggled with starting things and not finishing them. So this year, I told God, “I don’t want to repeat that cycle anymore.”
I prayed for strength, for discipline, and honestly… for deliverance from myself. Because I know I can’t do this on my own, and the truth is...
God has been with me every step of the way. This is not by my will, but by His. And I’m so grateful to be back here.
Slowly, I’m overcoming fear, worry, and anxiety. I’m growing in areas of my life that once felt stagnant, I’m learning to love myself, and I’m beginning to see beauty in places I used to ignore, which in itself is a miracle.
Also… is it just me, or is 2026 moving so fast? We're already in the third month of the year. And honestly, when I reflect on how the year has been so far, the first thing I can say is, Thank you, Lord. His mercy has kept us this far, and that alone means something; it means we still have purpose.
At the end of last year, I did something new for me. I wrote a list of goals.
Now, I’ve never really been a “planning” person. I usually just go with the flow. But this time, I decided to try. And surprisingly, it helped. It gave me clarity and direction. But then… I started worrying. How will I achieve all this? What about money? What about my future? That’s when I realized something that I was trying to control things that were never in my hands to begin with.
This year, I made a decision to surrender everything to God, to choose gratitude over anxiety, to be still and trust Him, to stop worrying and start praying.
Let me tell you — this first part of the year has been nothing short of God’s grace.
Yes, I still have moments of worry. I’m human, but in those moments, I remind myself that God has never failed me… and He won’t start now.
Sometimes, all I can say is:
“Lord, I don’t understand what’s happening. I don’t know what to do. But I trust You. I surrender everything to You.”
Listen, every time I pray this, I experience a peace I can’t even explain.
So today, I just want to encourage you to surrender your worries, fears, plans, and watch what God will do. Focus on Him, not just your problems or even your goals.
Remember:
“Seek first the kingdom of God, and everything else will be added to you.”
I’m still learning. I don’t have everything figured out, not even close. But that’s the beauty of it, I’m learning to trust God daily, to take life one step at a time, to grow, even in uncertainty, and I invite you to do the same. Thank you so much for reading
I truly hope this speaks to you the way it spoke to me while writing it. Here’s to growing, healing, trusting, and figuring it all out with God. Let’s take it 1% at a time.
Catch you in the next post,
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