The Way God Created Me - episode 175
The very thing she tried to hide, her voice, is exactly how God has used her. Jessica Williams went from wondering if she was worthy of his love to knowing she is. Her willingness to be vulnerable encouraged others to do the same and as she shared her story it opened the door for others. Jessica turned her message into a book, Healing from Past Wounds. And who doesn’t have some of those?
As Jessica explains, things have been chosen for you. Passion has been given to you. There is a plan for your life. Are you willing to surrender and trust? If so, sit back and still yourself. Listen and pay attention because the very desire you have is a call on your life. You were meant to be you. Jessica no longer asks permission to be who she is. She already knows.
Funny. A planner. Intentional.
— Jessica Williams
This I Know
Thoughts from The Way God Created Me
Love is a funny word. Not haha funny but peculiar in the way we use it. It can be used to describe something we really like a a lot, as in I love this food, I love that movie, I love this dress, etc. Nothing really wrong there. I do it too. Yet it is the same word used to convey the love God has for us. That sounds higher, longer, wider, deeper than loving spicy food. Most often I can’t wrap my head around this divine kind of love. It’s a bit of a mystery, one I am content to have stay that way because I don’t think my human mind can really fathom it.
If I think of the ways God has loved me, as an individual, I see first the gift of life. My life. Born to a modest couple who would soon be divorced. The extended family was a presence in my life. I was raised Catholic during the time of Jesus is love, so no scars for me there. I had an array of friends, many of whom are still in my life today. The ones that aren’t were clearly meant for a season and not the duration. Still a blessing. I’ve experienced a variety of work, most of which was positive and where I thrived. And if I didn’t I still learned a ton and met some great people along the way.
I believe in nudges, in being gifted with particular things to use for others, which in turn are fulfilling. I believe in pre-destined experiences and people to be in my life. I believe in agency and that God has a plan for me. Jessica and I are on the same page there. I’ve accepted, yet never fully understood, how free will coexists with this kind of fate but I do believe it.
The times I really heard from God, as in clearly? I heard Christian will meet you when you die very clearly a few weeks before he died. Unexpected, out of the blue. One morning, There is so much joy around the corner, Rechelle - so much joy. Two hours later we got a call there was a baby girl that needed adopting. Less clearly? When a man walking by the house kept finding creative ways to bring up adoption in this very short conversation we had with him. There was something ethereal about him. We never saw him again. And yes, we did decided to adopt. Praying for the right man to come into my life. The middle of a song came to me and as I traced its conclusion, the lyrics at the end, God has made a man today.
Say what you will. Think what you want. These were divine moments for me. I believe God answers every single prayer that is uttered. The answers come in so many forms, often they are easy to miss. We have to pay attention. Yes is usually pretty clear as is no. It’s wait, not now or I’ve got something else in mind that are harder to see. To my way of thinking those are the only answers possible, the only ones that come from this being that loves us in a way we can’t fully relate to. It’s lavish. It’s overflowing. It’s too much for us to understand. But for him it’s just right - this I know.
I believe God answers every single prayer that is uttered.
— RCN
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