RATIE'S SPIRITUAL JOURNEY TO PURPOSE
About Ratie Shalom
Ratie Shalom is a born-again, Spirit-filled, and God-fearing woman whose passion is to serve God by impacting the lives of others.
She received salvation and was baptized in both water and the Holy Spirit at the age of 17. Since then, her life has been dedicated to loving, serving, and pleasing God.
Ratie is an entrepreneur and CEO currently establishing several businesses, including Laglories Creatives, Laglories Creatives Events, and Laglow Aura Scents, while also managing her daughter’s clothing brand, Peniel Pinkies.
She is an inspirational speaker, writer of An Inspiration For You, biblical counsellor, and pastor at Fountain Insights Church. She is also the host of An Inspiration For You Podcast and On The Table Talk, as well as the founder of Women And Fountain, a women’s empowerment platform dedicated to inspiring and equipping women spiritually and personally.
Having grown up in ministry under the leadership of great men and women of God, Ratie became deeply committed to serving in the house of God from a young age. Over the years, she actively participated in church activities as a leader and counsellor, ministering to people, offering guidance, and praying for many both in person and over the phone.
She led cell-group outreaches, trained leaders, participated in major church programs, and spearheaded strategic evangelism initiatives. Ratie attended and graduated from Foundation School in ministry and also completed counselling and leadership training programs that equipped and encouraged her to extend her impact beyond the church walls by preaching the Gospel and sharing enlightening knowledge about personal development.
However, discovering her purpose was not an easy journey.
After giving birth to her daughter, many aspects of her life changed. Growing up in the house of God, Ratie had high expectations for her life and believed that everything she did should align perfectly with God’s will. Like many believers, she once thought that being faithful to God meant that nothing could ever go wrong.
But life introduced her to a deeper reality.
She came to understand that life is not only about praying, ministering, counselling, and serving in church activities — there is also a journey of personal growth, healing, maturity, and self-discovery. As she faced life beyond ministry, she encountered difficult seasons that challenged her emotionally, mentally, financially, and spiritually.
Ratie experienced stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, insecurity, and depression. Yet through every challenge, she remained rooted in faith and dependent on God. His Word became her strength and foundation during seasons of uncertainty and hardship.
Her journey toward purpose required her to search deeply within herself while trusting God completely. Although she struggled for a long time to find stability emotionally, mentally, socially, materially, and financially, she chose not to give up.
Instead, she chose purpose.
Today, Ratie is a woman who inspires, empowers, and impacts lives through the Gospel. She is known for her humility, strength, kindness, discipline, responsibility, and deep love for God and people.
She is a mother, pastor, writer, counsellor, entrepreneur, and a Proverbs 31 woman in the making who uses her life experiences to encourage others to overcome obstacles and discover their God-given purpose.
Through her daily inspirational messages titled An Inspiration For You, Ratie shares words of encouragement under the leading of the Holy Spirit. She continues her journey of becoming and fulfilling her purpose while helping others grow spiritually and personally.
Ratie also discovered a gift for writing through the revelation of the Holy Spirit and is currently working on a book that many are looking forward to reading in the near future.
She is a virtuous woman and a global Gospel influencer in the making.