Charlene A. Berry lives in New Jersey and is a wife and a mother. She is a Social Worker, Author, and a Mental Health Prevention Specialist. Charlene is also the Senior Editor of Link2Us Magazine. Her latest book, "You Are Worth It - 50 Days of Inspiration That Will Change Your Life" is available at Amazon and wherever books are sold.
Charlene A. Berry lives in New Jersey and is a wife and a mother. She is a Social Worker, Author, and a Mental Health Prevention Specialist. Charlene is also the Senior Editor of Link2Us Magazine. Her latest book, "You Are Worth It - 50 Days of Inspiration That Will Change Your Life" is available at Amazon and wherever books are sold. This devotional is a compilation of refreshing daily devotions that promote spiritual healing and direction to jumpstart your day.
We all need a little inspiration to make it through the day. Welcome to "You Are Worth It," inspiring people to reach their dreams and their goals through God. As a firm believer of the Lord Jesus Christ, we all have been given an opportunity to live our lives out loud in God. It's time that you know just how much you are loved through t
We all need a little inspiration to make it through the day. Welcome to "You Are Worth It," inspiring people to reach their dreams and their goals through God. As a firm believer of the Lord Jesus Christ, we all have been given an opportunity to live our lives out loud in God. It's time that you know just how much you are loved through the wonderful abundant life of Jesus Christ. Do you realize how much power is packed within you and how every moment of your life is spiritually guided by the finished work of Jesus and the cross? Your life is extraordinarily blessed by God, the Father of all creation. He desires that you enjoy the free gift of salvation through His ever increasing grace, tender mercies, and His unending love towards you. This is your time to live out loud for Jesus--on purpose!

"As a professional writer who ministers the inspired word of God, and as a published author, Social Worker in mental health and Prevention Specialist, I do what comes naturally--I help heal by words and by deeds. Knowing and speaking the right words can change a life, so does extending viable resources to those who want a better life." Ch
"As a professional writer who ministers the inspired word of God, and as a published author, Social Worker in mental health and Prevention Specialist, I do what comes naturally--I help heal by words and by deeds. Knowing and speaking the right words can change a life, so does extending viable resources to those who want a better life." Charlene currently is a student of biblical studies and serves as a leader at her local church where she inspires, equips, and leads others in the knowledge of Jesus Christ. Charlene is also the Senior Editor of Link2Us Magazine and a contributor to HOPE Magazine. She publishes daily inspiration on her blog, website, Instagram, as well as her Audio Podcast on her YouTube Channel
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HOPE Magazine...A Lifestyle Magazine
Altars & Ashes: A Farewell to the Year
By Charlene A. Berry
December is a sacred threshold. It holds the ashes of what we’ve lost and the embers of what we’re still believing for. This year, we’ve built altars in unexpected places—on hospital floors, in quiet car rides, in the middle of unanswered prayers. And God met us there.
He didn’t always change our circumstances, but He changed us. He taught us to trust the slow work of grace—to release timelines and receive peace. To see the year not as failure, but as formation.
We’ve learned that surrender isn’t weakness—it’s worship. Waiting isn’t punishment—it’s preparation. And even in the wilderness, manna still fell.
Reflection
As we close another chapter of another year, pause and consider:
· Where did God surprise you?
· What did He prune, protect, or prepare on your behalf?
· What are you carrying into the new year—not as baggage but as a blessing?
Allow this passage of scripture to be your guide in the New Year: “Then Samuel took a stone and set it up…He named it Ebenezer, saying, ‘Thus far the Lord has helped us.” — 1 Samuel 7:12. If Samuel built an altar to remember God’s help, so can you—as a testimony of His faithfulness. Remembering the altars where God made a way, parted your Red Sea, and rained down manna when you least expected.
Your Personal Benediction
Let this closing year be your altar. Let it be your benediction for what has been burned away, preparing you for the new that is coming. Let this be your heartfelt thank you. Your whispered well done to yourself—for a year that did not break you but prepared you for what lies ahead.
May you look back and see how far you’ve come when you thought there was no way out. May the altar you build in remembrance of struggle now stand as a testimony of deliverance.
Allow the ashes of past mistakes, letdowns, and disappointments to scatter like the wind—the wind of change and transfiguration—as you stand on the cusp of a new season, a new year, a new life—“for behold, the old has gone, and the new has come.” —2 Corinthians 5:17.
A Closing Prayer
Lord, thank You for the altars and the ashes—for what You gave and what You took. Thank You for the grace that carried me and the glory still ahead. I rise into the new year with open hands and a steady heart. Amen.
HOPE Magazine | December Issue 2025. For more reading content visit www.myhopemag.com
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