As with all of us, I too was looking for purpose. After ending a 12 year career in finance when we moved to New Zealand, I suddenly didn’t know what to do next. I knew a chapter in my life has ended, but didn’t know what the next one would be.

I started to study scripture daily and journaled everything I felt God lay on my heart. One message was clear: I should write. I didn’t even know where to begin! Where did the Lord want me to start and what should I write about? Wanting to be obedient I started to write a book about my life. Who I was, where I grew up and anything of significance that I could think of that happened in my life. Writing everything down brought so much healing in my life. Things I didn’t even realised I was struggling with came to light and slowly I started to change.

I remember the day I wrote the song New Song. I was vacuuming and my heart felt so heavy. I started to pray and cry out to God and he gave me a song. I immediately dropped what I was doing and went to the piano to start playing this song. I wrote the lyrics in my diary and with each passing word, I could feel God ministering to me.

Since then I’ve been given a new calling and I find purpose in teaching piano.

These 5 past months God again said to me to write and I wrote a journal called Be quiet and Listen. The purpose of this journal is to encourage and inspire people to hear God speak through his word and by having a prayerful relationship with him.

If you would like to have a copy of this journal, a link will be available on my website as of 1 February 2023 where you can purchase a pdf version.

May you be inspired and blessed today!

With love

Catherina