This post is about being real and getting down to the nitty gritty. (Lol) I have been going through a long season of stripping. Its been difficult, but also refreshing. I grew up not knowing who God was. Who He really is. Therefore I didn't know who I was. I was lost, sad, searching for love in all the wrong places, and pretty much hopeless. Its's not like everyday I was in a pit, its that I believed lies of who I was and it has taken years of allowing God to change me and see me as He sees me. Now I still am a work in progress, but this season has brought me to a place, of being ok with who He has created me to be. I struggle at times but that lie now, has become a crumb in my heart that just tries to creep in. Not a huge battle that I take on everyday. I mean it was so much that I would hide from people from my past that I saw. I would go into the bathrooms or stay in an aisle until I knew it was clear. I thought my worth was gone. As I came to know God more and more he started to whisper to me who I was. Ladies that have been such beautiful people to me in my life, have echoed those things He was telling me. My husband has stood in a place of a man that I never had before. He has loved me at my ugliest and back;) As I started to replace the lies with truth I started to grow. My point of this little story is that that's how WonderfullyMade came in. I started with furniture repurposing it and making it beautiful. But my heart was really in photography. I always loved photography but I never thought I was smart enough or could be good enough to make it. Also it's very competitive and I tend to back down in situations like that. But through prayer and encouragement from my best friend Sharia Goodlet and from April Sauers encouraging and helping me, I started on the adventure. And now I just want everyone to know that they are wonderfully and fearfully made. That God's plan is bigger than we think and as we renew in Him the person that He sees, starts to shine through and HE gets the glory!!! What mountains are you facing? Who do you believe you are? If you want to talk inbox me:)
My Pastor a couple of Sunday's ago, had played this video. I was excited because it was "my song!!" But I had never saw the video and it made me cry the whole time. The guy is taking pictures first of all, and second its the message that I love, replacing that past with HIM who is the Father of love and truth. Please take the time to watch it and listen, it's a great message! Thanks for looking and remember that God loves you and He never leaves you!!:)




Remarkable post Jaimie!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks April!!:) God is so good:)
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