If you have been coming to Haly Ministries and wondering where I went, I owe you an honest answer. Not a polished one. An honest one.
I went quiet. For almost two years, this website sat still while I was anything but still.
And today I want to tell you why, because I believe with everything in me that my story from this season is not just mine. It is a word for someone reading this right now who has also had to put down something they loved in order to be faithful somewhere else.
When Faithfulness Looked Like Letting Go
I have been deeply involved in leading a Christian organisation for a number of years. A few years ago, our General Manager, someone who had faithfully served for a long time, made the decision to retire. It was the right decision for her. But it left a significant gap, and the trustees were not able to fill that role quickly.
So, I stepped in.
What began as a temporary season of covering became something much bigger. Managing the organisation, the staff, the HR, the day-to-day operations, all of it came to rest on my shoulders. I did not choose it the way you choose something you want. I chose it the way you choose to hold something precious when someone needs you to hold it, because it matters and because people were depending on it.
But it cost me. It cost me time. It cost me energy. And honestly, it cost me this.
Haly Ministries went quiet not because the calling went quiet, but because I only had enough in me to do one thing well. And in that season, the one thing I had to do well was be present for people who needed stability in a time of change.
When the new General Manager was finally appointed, the work did not stop. I had to walk alongside them, help them understand the heartbeat of the organisation, support the team through staff changes, and hold the space steady while new roots were being put down. People who had worked there for many years moved on. New people came in. Every transition needed care.
I was tired. Genuinely tired. Not tired of ministry, not tired of God, but tired the way you get tired when you have been carrying something heavy for a long time and trying not to let it show.
What I Learned in the Quiet
There is something God does in us during the seasons when we cannot do what we love most. He does not waste those seasons. He works in them.
In the times I could not write, I was still listening. In the times I could not post a prophetic word, I was still receiving them. In the times I had to choose responsibility over passion, God was still faithful. He was not punishing me for being unavailable to Him. He was with me in every meeting, every difficult conversation, every sleepless night of trying to do what was right by the people in my care.
I kept thinking of Ezekiel standing in that valley. Surrounded by dry bones. Not asked to fix them, not asked to have it all together, just asked to prophesy. To speak into what looked dead and trust that God would do the rest.
That is what those two years felt like. A valley season. Not a wilderness of punishment, but a valley of preparation. And now I feel the same invitation Ezekiel received.
Prophesy again. Arise and speak. The dry season is ending.
Why I Am Coming Back with a Fresh Word for Your New Season.
Something shifted recently. I can only describe it as the Lord making things run smoothly, the way only He can. The organisation is in a more stable place. The new team is finding its feet. The weight that was mine to carry for a season has been redistributed the way it should have been all along.
And in that new space, I heard something familiar. A gentle, clear prompting.
It is time to pick this up again.
Not with guilt about the gap. Not with apology for the silence. But with something I did not have before, a new anointing. Because here is what I now know that I only believed before: God is faithful in every season, not just the ones where we are productive and visible. He was with me in the valley. And He is here now as I step back out of it.
I was faithful with what I had to do, even when it was hard to set down what I loved. And I believe God honours that. I believe He is saying to me and perhaps to you today: what was put down for a season can be picked up again with more.
What Is Coming on Haly Ministries
I am not starting over. I am starting from experience.
There are over 50 articles on this website that carry real prophetic content, real Scripture, and real encouragement. Over the coming weeks I will be breathing fresh life into each one because the words God gave me then are still alive now. A word from God does not have an expiry date.
I will also be sharing more personal pieces like this one, because I have learned that honesty builds more trust than polish. You do not need me to have it all together. You need me to be real about the journey and faithful about pointing you to the One who holds it all together anyway.
And I will be speaking into the things I have always carried: prophetic encouragement, hearing God’s voice, and the often-overlooked connection between faith and financial freedom. That conversation belongs here, on Haly Ministries, not hidden away somewhere else.
This is my home. And I am home.
A Word for You If You Are in Your Own Valley Season
Maybe you are reading this and your valley looks different from mine. Maybe you had to step back from something you loved because of illness, family, loss, or exhaustion. Maybe you feel like you have missed your moment, like the season passed while you were dealing with life.
I want to speak directly to that today.
God does not disqualify you for being human. He does not look at the gap and see failure. He looks at the faithfulness inside the gap, and He sees someone He can trust with more.
What He placed inside you before the quiet season is still there. The gifting did not expire. The calling did not close. The promise did not evaporate while you were looking after your responsibilities.
You are not too late. You are right on time. His time.
And if you have felt like dry bones, lifeless and scattered and wondering if you will ever feel the fire again, I want to tell you what I know from the other side of two years:
He still breathes. He still speaks. And dry bones live again.
Thank You for Being Here
To everyone who subscribed to this newsletter, who shared a post years ago, who found an article at 2am when they needed a word from God, thank you. You are why this matters.
I am back. And I believe the best of Haly Ministries is still ahead.
I would love to hear from you. Drop a comment below and tell me how you are doing. Tell me what you need. Tell me where you are in your own journey right now. I am reading every word.
And if you know someone who needs to hear that their dry season is not the end of their story, please share this with them today.
With love and a fresh anointing,
Haly
Reflect on This
Is there something you have had to put down that you feel God calling you to pick back up again? What would it look like to trust Him with that today?
Share in the comments. I am here.