Renowned worship leader and songwriter Rita Springer has offered a heartfelt reflection on 2025, describing it as a year marked by spiritual stretching, renewed capacity, and quiet awakening. In a deeply personal message shared with her community, Springer framed the past year as one of encounter and faith-pressing through seasons of uncertainty to discover what remains when perseverance yields its oil.
According to Springer, 2025 was both miraculous and formative. It was a year that demanded sustained expectation, even when outcomes remained hidden, and taught discernment-knowing when to release and when to rebuild. She reflected on the importance of companionship along the journey, noting that those who remain through the process are the true-hearted ones who understand both the road and its cost.
The year also carried themes of hope and mystery. Springer spoke of keeping the "hope flame" lit, even when hope itself refused easy definition. Along the way, she encountered grace repeatedly, while patience lingered close at hand, shaping the pace of the season rather than rushing its conclusion.
Travel proved memorable as well, with Springer highlighting meaningful moments in Sydney and Bologna-places that became markers of gratitude and remembrance in an otherwise demanding year.
As 2026 arrives, Springer admits she is approaching it cautiously but openly. With a touch of humility and honesty, she described the new year as a guest invited to sit down, expressing a hope that unity might define what lies ahead. "God knows we need that," she shared, capturing both longing and prayer in a single breath.
Closing her reflection, Springer described making peace with time itself as an act of rest-"a way of sighing deep and leaning into peace."
With gratitude for what has passed and quiet resolve for what is to come, Rita Springer bids farewell to 2025 and steps into 2026 with faith, expectancy, and grace.
