J Inspirations Blog

My husband and I had a conversation a while back (stemmed from some emotions I was trying to deal with). But I remember telling him that I’m a “glass half empty” kind of girl. He sounded a bit disappointed and replied that he sees the glass half full. I smiled knowing that there was no way I was going to get off of the phone with him without the reassurance I needed in that moment. There’s so much going on in the world and even more in our own personal lives. We have to make decisions every day rather hard or easy, right or left, steak or chicken. It helps to be as optimistic as possible, though we can’t control everything, we can always control our reactions and thoughts. I’m a person that can get in my own head a lot. So for me, it’s saying a prayer, taking a breather, and even expressing those thoughts. I’ve learned to take things one day at a time and not get frustrated about what I did Not accomplish that day because there’s a tomorrow. No sense in being hard on yourself, there ar...

I remember taking a survey for a young lady who planned to do a documentary on married women. One of the questions that was asked stood out to me; “How has prayer helped your life?” Well, that was easy for me to answer. Prayer has helped my life because it has provided a covering over my family and we hadn’t experienced many trials and tribulations. That was my answer at the time but after some reflecting, I was so wrong. We had gone through and experienced so much but what Prayer Did was Not Allow Us to Feel Defeated. That’s what prayer has done for me. It’s not that my life is perfect or that I haven’t gone through, it’s that I never felt defeated in the process. Within the last three years, I’ve been pregnant four times, given birth to three babies, lost two, and because of God’s Favor I have two amazing blessings, Jonah and Jenesis. During my experiences of lost I felt hurt and disappointment but never defeated. I believe it was God’s Grace that helped me through, along with my hus...