Jessica Stephenson

A devoted wife and mother committed to changing lives all for His glory!

[Jessica Stephenson @GoLadyJ]

@PastorAD3 @tkelce 🤦🏽‍♀️😆 I love your crazy self!!! 🥰😘♥️

[Jessica Stephenson @GoLadyJ]

•Do remember.
Remember them apart from their grief. Remember that life takes its toll on all of us. Remember you are not them. Remember that seasons change and this is just one of them. 🙏🏽❤️

[Jessica Stephenson @GoLadyJ]

If you have a spouse who’s grieving during this time of year here’s how you can support them:

A thread 👉🏽

[Jessica Stephenson @GoLadyJ]

•Do be you.
If you have a love for this season still find ways to celebrate even if it doesn’t quite feel the same. As you allow them to navigate how they see fit, you must do the same for your own sanity and self-care.

[Jessica Stephenson @GoLadyJ]

Lastly, it is by faith, only provided by Jesus, that hope lives in a heart where both joy and sorrow simultaneously sit. A hope forged and fixed not from what I’ve gained but all that I’ve lost. A miracle? Indeed!

[Jessica Stephenson @GoLadyJ]

Since the inception of our family, there has not been one, single, solitary holiday that we have had everybody we wanted, and only God Himself knows how much of a gift that would be, and it’s the only one I’m certain we’ll never receive.

[Jessica Stephenson @GoLadyJ]

Third, it is by faith that I embrace who God sends, even while fighting through the fears of them leaving too, whether it be because of friendly farewells, painful and abrupt endings or seasons changing (that’s called pastoring God’s people). Still, God gives the lonely families.

[Jessica Stephenson @GoLadyJ]

to strengthen your faith and make a declaration to the devil: What you mean for bad I use for her/his good and my glory.

Remember, He will never leave you nor forsake you. He is Immanuel—God with you. 🙏🏽

[Jessica Stephenson @GoLadyJ]

As I reflect on Jesus, Immanuel (God with us), it brings back to mind the most difficult time in my faith walk thus far, when I first came to know Jesus as Savior. Like, immediately the fire got real hot and I thought I’d made a mistake.

[Jessica Stephenson @GoLadyJ]

And to you: Don’t lose heart, don’t give up. The enemy may be turning up the heat and you may feel like you can’t catch a break or your breath. Yet, I am a witness that the same heat that the enemy uses to try to get you to denounce and deny God is the same heat God uses…