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Jeannette is a Christian wife, mother, artist, and writer from New Mexico who shares stories of hope, healing, and faith. She’s passionate about helping others trust Jesus through life’s hardest seasons.

Psalm 46:10

"Be still and know that I am God!"

Charles H. Spurgeon

"God is chiseling you, making you into the image of Christ. None can be like the Man of Sorrows unless they have sorrows too.".

C.S.Lewis

"We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be."

The Trust Fall

The Trust Fall

When the Valley Feels Endless

When the Valley Feels Endless

When Darkness Speaks, But God Has the Final Word

When Darkness Speaks, But God Has the Final Word

To the One Walking Through the Fire

To the One Walking Through the Fire

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When Darkness Speaks, But God Has the Final Word
To the One Walking Through the Fire
Even This. Even Now.

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Look up. He’s with you.🤍✨ 🫶Share and remind someo

Look up. He’s with you.🤍✨

🫶Share and remind someone that He is with them.

#heiswithyou #trustinggod #christianencouragement #spiritualgrowthjourney #christiancontent

When your knees feel weak. When your body trembles

When your knees feel weak. When your body trembles. When your hands shake as they’re raised to the Heavens. When you’re sobbing in the closet afraid of how it will all work out, asking God to fix it —that’s still faith.

Sometimes we convince ourselves that we have to be strong and hold it all together and if we don’t that somehow diminishes our faith.

But scripture tells us, “Come to me all who are weary and heavy-laden,” not “Come to me when you’ve got it all together, quoting scripture, never anxious, and you look like you’re being really strong.”

Sometimes the realest picture of faith is when we are spent and have nothing left and we bring it all to Him because we know He’s the only one that can do anything about it.

God doesn’t shame you when your faith doesn’t ‘look’ strong.
Besides, He doesn’t require your strength.
But He offers His. 🫶

👉Drop a 🤍 if you’ve ever felt like your faith wasn’t strong enough.

#sorrow
#christianfaith #christianwomen #walkbyfaith #suffering

🤍Your hardest season has not altered who He is. 👉

🤍Your hardest season has not altered who He is.

👉Save, share, and encourage someone today!

#christianencouragement #hopeinjesus #suffering #christianwomen #faithcommunity

I share and will keep sharing because I know what

I share and will keep sharing because I know what it’s like to be in the middle of it and have your feet knocked out from under you.

I know what it’s like when the waves keep coming before you’ve finished recovering from the last one. When you’ve witnessed God move and then find yourself back in the storm. When your body, your grief, and your circumstances all hit at once and you can barely breathe.

I talk about suffering because there are others walking through something right now that feels too heavy to carry and too hard to explain. And I want them to know they are not alone in it.

But more than anything — I talk about suffering because while it’s not easy, there is something so beautiful and so profound about encountering God in the middle of it— and coming out the other side with a faith that has been tested and is still standing.

He is there in every single wave. He was with me and He will be with you. He will not let you drown.

I am still standing. Not because the storms stopped. But because of Who was in the boat with me.

If you’re in a storm right now, riding the wave, He is there too.

Drop a 🌊 if you’ve ever been hit by another wave before you recovered from the last one. 🫶 Let’s talk about it.

#suffering #hopeinjesus #stillstanding #trustinggod #godspeace

Have you ever really looked at a dandelion? It i

Have you ever really looked at a dandelion?

It is fragile in appearance, yet resilient in the harshest weather. It bends, but does not break. It stays rooted, even when the wind beats against it.

And when the storm blows hardest – its seeds are carried farther than they ever could have gone on a calm day.

Your story is the same.

The hard seasons, the loss, the moments you weren’t sure you would make it – they are not wasted.

You are still standing. And what you’ve been through is not the end of your story – it’s the very thing God is using to reach someone else.

The winds that rise against us, do not defeat us – they carry our testimonies farther.

Drop a 🌱 if you’re still standing.

#stillstanding #christianencouragement #griefandloss #trustinggod #sorrow

🫶You matter. And what you’re going through matters

🫶You matter. And what you’re going through matters.

📖Psalm 56:8 says He collects your tears. Every single one. He hasn’t missed a moment of what you’ve been carrying alone.

Drop a 🤍 if this is something you’ve been carrying alone.

#sufferinginsilence
#christianmentalhealth
#depression
#hardtimes
#griefandloss

Surrender taught me this. The more I emptied mysel

Surrender taught me this. The more I emptied myself, the more room there was for Him – and the more familiar His voice became.

It was never about trying harder. It was always about knowing Him more. 🤍

Share with me 👉 What has drawing closer to Him looked like for you?

#surrendertogod #trustinggod #spiritualgrowth #faithcontent #christianwomen

Surrender isn’t one defining moment. It’s a thousa

Surrender isn’t one defining moment.
It’s a thousand small ones.

And He is faithful through them all.
Hebrews 10:23

✨What has surrender looked like for you lately?

#isurrenderall #christianencouragement #letgoandletgod #christianwomencommunity #faithcommunity

We don’t talk about this enough. [save & share 🤍]

We don’t talk about this enough.
[save & share 🤍]

We say, “Your will be done,” but inside we’re wondering what that will require.

Will it mean waiting longer Letting go of something we love? Walking through something we never would have chosen?

There were seasons in my life when surrender felt terrifying. “Your will be done” did not easily roll off my tongue because I knew His will carried the possibility of losing my husband…and later, my father.

Surrender isn’t always easy—even when we’re walking with God.

Real surrender isn’t the absence of fear. It’s trusting Him anyway.

And this is what I’ve learned: His will may stretch you, but it will never abandon you.

If you’re learning to trust God in uncertainty, you’re not alone here.

👉 Follow along for honest faith in the middle of real life.

#christianencouragement #surrendertogod #faithcommunity #christianwriter #trustinggod

Job asked why. Thomas asked for proof. Peter wante

Job asked why.
Thomas asked for proof.
Peter wanted certainty in the storm.

None of them were given a full explanation.
They were given Jesus.

Sometimes God doesn’t explain.
He reveals Himself.

And somehow… that’s enough. 🤍

[save & share 🫶]

#faithinjesus #trustinggod #womenoffaith #christianencouragement #peaceofgod

Happy Valentine’s Day! 🤍♥️🤍 📖 “We love because He

Happy Valentine’s Day! 🤍♥️🤍

📖 “We love because He first loved us.”
1 John 4:19

#happyvalentineday #hefirstlovedus #theloveofgod

🤍 Some of the most life-changing encounters with G

🤍 Some of the most life-changing encounters with God didn’t happen in gardens.
They happened in the wilderness.

Not in comfort.
Not in abundance.
But in places stripped of distraction.

📖Hagar was seen there. (Genesis 16:7-13)
📖Moses was commissioned there. (Exodus 2-3)
📖Jesus was empowered there. (Matthew 4)

The wilderness was never proof of God‘s absence.

It was the place where everything changed.

👉 Save and Share and encourage someone walking in the wilderness.

#trustinggod #christianencouragement #walkbyfaith #christianwomen #faithjourney

✨Let’s not miss the holy moments while waiting for

✨Let’s not miss the holy moments while waiting for the miracle. ✨

👉 Share a holy moment when you said, “That was Him!”

#christianencouragement #womenoffaith #sorrow #suffering #bestillandknow

🫶 This is for anyone walking through suffering and

🫶 This is for anyone walking through suffering and learning to trust God in the middle of it.

📖 “For with God, nothing is impossible.”
Luke 1:37

👉 Save this for the days that feel impossible.

🤍 Share it with someone that needs the reminder.

#christianencouragement #womenoffaith #hopeinchrist #sorrow #godspeace

Sometimes we just need to be reminded of what’s st

Sometimes we just need to be reminded of what’s still true.

📖 Philippians 1:6

🤍Share this with someone walking through a hard chapter.
•
•
•
#christianencouragement
#faithcommunity
#womenoffaith

If you’ve ever questioned, “Is my faith just not s

If you’ve ever questioned, “Is my faith just not strong enough?” you’re in good company. 🙋‍♀️

Doubt can seep in during suffering and make us wonder if we’re somehow failing at faith. It’s a lie the enemy loves to use—turning pain into shame and convincing us we should be doing better by now.

But Jesus meets us with compassion. He doesn’t shame us. Instead, He invites the weary and heavy-laden to come and offers rest. (Matthew 11:28)

Don’t believe the enemy’s lies. Give yourself some grace, what you’re walking through is hard. But take heart, God is walking it with you.

💭Has this thought ever crossed your mind?

🕊️“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present

🕊️“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” Psalms‬ ‭46‬:‭1‬ ‭NIV‬‬

God’s blessings are often found in the tiny detail

God’s blessings are often found in the tiny details of our busy days. 🕊️ I can’t wait for you to read “Unexpected Blessings: 40 Days of Trusting God in the Details.”

It launches on Feb 11 on Amazon—mark your calendars!

Also, go check out these wonderful writer’s accounts and give them a follow! 😊

@deborahrutherfordwrites @theresammillerauthor
@ruth216girl
@nicholejsuvar
@tracishniderwriter

#trustgodinthedetails

🌸You may not feel brave. You may feel tired in eve

🌸You may not feel brave. You may feel tired in every way a person can be tired. Still, you are here. Still, you are walking forward.

Maybe you’re holding tightly to Jesus. Maybe your faith feels like it’s hanging on by a thread. Either way, you have not stopped showing up.

I know what it’s like to walk a valley that doesn’t seem to end—when your heart, mind, and body have nothing left and nothing seems to change.

So be gentle with yourself. There is no perfect way to walk through suffering. There was only One who was perfect, and even He asked if there might be another way.

Rest when you need to. Hold on to what is true: you are not alone, even when it feels that way. You are not without hope, even when it feels hopeless. He is working all things out, even though you can’t see it yet.

🌸Keep going and keep your eyes on Him!

🤍Save and share with someone who needs some encouragement.

“That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭12‬:‭10‬ ‭NIV‬‬

He is working in ways we cannot see, friend. “So

He is working in ways we cannot see, friend.

“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”
2 Corinthians 4:18

🙏🏻 How can I pray for you today?

#walkbyfaith

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🎨 Blog & Art Shop👇🏻

Look up. He’s with you.🤍✨ 🫶Share and remind someo

Look up. He’s with you.🤍✨

🫶Share and remind someone that He is with them.

#heiswithyou #trustinggod #christianencouragement #spiritualgrowthjourney #christiancontent

When your knees feel weak. When your body trembles

When your knees feel weak. When your body trembles. When your hands shake as they’re raised to the Heavens. When you’re sobbing in the closet afraid of how it will all work out, asking God to fix it —that’s still faith.

Sometimes we convince ourselves that we have to be strong and hold it all together and if we don’t that somehow diminishes our faith.

But scripture tells us, “Come to me all who are weary and heavy-laden,” not “Come to me when you’ve got it all together, quoting scripture, never anxious, and you look like you’re being really strong.”

Sometimes the realest picture of faith is when we are spent and have nothing left and we bring it all to Him because we know He’s the only one that can do anything about it.

God doesn’t shame you when your faith doesn’t ‘look’ strong.
Besides, He doesn’t require your strength.
But He offers His. 🫶

👉Drop a 🤍 if you’ve ever felt like your faith wasn’t strong enough.

#sorrow
#christianfaith #christianwomen #walkbyfaith #suffering

🤍Your hardest season has not altered who He is. 👉

🤍Your hardest season has not altered who He is.

👉Save, share, and encourage someone today!

#christianencouragement #hopeinjesus #suffering #christianwomen #faithcommunity

I share and will keep sharing because I know what

I share and will keep sharing because I know what it’s like to be in the middle of it and have your feet knocked out from under you.

I know what it’s like when the waves keep coming before you’ve finished recovering from the last one. When you’ve witnessed God move and then find yourself back in the storm. When your body, your grief, and your circumstances all hit at once and you can barely breathe.

I talk about suffering because there are others walking through something right now that feels too heavy to carry and too hard to explain. And I want them to know they are not alone in it.

But more than anything — I talk about suffering because while it’s not easy, there is something so beautiful and so profound about encountering God in the middle of it— and coming out the other side with a faith that has been tested and is still standing.

He is there in every single wave. He was with me and He will be with you. He will not let you drown.

I am still standing. Not because the storms stopped. But because of Who was in the boat with me.

If you’re in a storm right now, riding the wave, He is there too.

Drop a 🌊 if you’ve ever been hit by another wave before you recovered from the last one. 🫶 Let’s talk about it.

#suffering #hopeinjesus #stillstanding #trustinggod #godspeace

Have you ever really looked at a dandelion? It i

Have you ever really looked at a dandelion?

It is fragile in appearance, yet resilient in the harshest weather. It bends, but does not break. It stays rooted, even when the wind beats against it.

And when the storm blows hardest – its seeds are carried farther than they ever could have gone on a calm day.

Your story is the same.

The hard seasons, the loss, the moments you weren’t sure you would make it – they are not wasted.

You are still standing. And what you’ve been through is not the end of your story – it’s the very thing God is using to reach someone else.

The winds that rise against us, do not defeat us – they carry our testimonies farther.

Drop a 🌱 if you’re still standing.

#stillstanding #christianencouragement #griefandloss #trustinggod #sorrow

🫶You matter. And what you’re going through matters

🫶You matter. And what you’re going through matters.

📖Psalm 56:8 says He collects your tears. Every single one. He hasn’t missed a moment of what you’ve been carrying alone.

Drop a 🤍 if this is something you’ve been carrying alone.

#sufferinginsilence
#christianmentalhealth
#depression
#hardtimes
#griefandloss

Surrender taught me this. The more I emptied mysel

Surrender taught me this. The more I emptied myself, the more room there was for Him – and the more familiar His voice became.

It was never about trying harder. It was always about knowing Him more. 🤍

Share with me 👉 What has drawing closer to Him looked like for you?

#surrendertogod #trustinggod #spiritualgrowth #faithcontent #christianwomen

Surrender isn’t one defining moment. It’s a thousa

Surrender isn’t one defining moment.
It’s a thousand small ones.

And He is faithful through them all.
Hebrews 10:23

✨What has surrender looked like for you lately?

#isurrenderall #christianencouragement #letgoandletgod #christianwomencommunity #faithcommunity

We don’t talk about this enough. [save & share 🤍]

We don’t talk about this enough.
[save & share 🤍]

We say, “Your will be done,” but inside we’re wondering what that will require.

Will it mean waiting longer Letting go of something we love? Walking through something we never would have chosen?

There were seasons in my life when surrender felt terrifying. “Your will be done” did not easily roll off my tongue because I knew His will carried the possibility of losing my husband…and later, my father.

Surrender isn’t always easy—even when we’re walking with God.

Real surrender isn’t the absence of fear. It’s trusting Him anyway.

And this is what I’ve learned: His will may stretch you, but it will never abandon you.

If you’re learning to trust God in uncertainty, you’re not alone here.

👉 Follow along for honest faith in the middle of real life.

#christianencouragement #surrendertogod #faithcommunity #christianwriter #trustinggod

Job asked why. Thomas asked for proof. Peter wante

Job asked why.
Thomas asked for proof.
Peter wanted certainty in the storm.

None of them were given a full explanation.
They were given Jesus.

Sometimes God doesn’t explain.
He reveals Himself.

And somehow… that’s enough. 🤍

[save & share 🫶]

#faithinjesus #trustinggod #womenoffaith #christianencouragement #peaceofgod

Happy Valentine’s Day! 🤍♥️🤍 📖 “We love because He

Happy Valentine’s Day! 🤍♥️🤍

📖 “We love because He first loved us.”
1 John 4:19

#happyvalentineday #hefirstlovedus #theloveofgod

🤍 Some of the most life-changing encounters with G

🤍 Some of the most life-changing encounters with God didn’t happen in gardens.
They happened in the wilderness.

Not in comfort.
Not in abundance.
But in places stripped of distraction.

📖Hagar was seen there. (Genesis 16:7-13)
📖Moses was commissioned there. (Exodus 2-3)
📖Jesus was empowered there. (Matthew 4)

The wilderness was never proof of God‘s absence.

It was the place where everything changed.

👉 Save and Share and encourage someone walking in the wilderness.

#trustinggod #christianencouragement #walkbyfaith #christianwomen #faithjourney

✨Let’s not miss the holy moments while waiting for

✨Let’s not miss the holy moments while waiting for the miracle. ✨

👉 Share a holy moment when you said, “That was Him!”

#christianencouragement #womenoffaith #sorrow #suffering #bestillandknow

🫶 This is for anyone walking through suffering and

🫶 This is for anyone walking through suffering and learning to trust God in the middle of it.

📖 “For with God, nothing is impossible.”
Luke 1:37

👉 Save this for the days that feel impossible.

🤍 Share it with someone that needs the reminder.

#christianencouragement #womenoffaith #hopeinchrist #sorrow #godspeace

Sometimes we just need to be reminded of what’s st

Sometimes we just need to be reminded of what’s still true.

📖 Philippians 1:6

🤍Share this with someone walking through a hard chapter.
•
•
•
#christianencouragement
#faithcommunity
#womenoffaith

If you’ve ever questioned, “Is my faith just not s

If you’ve ever questioned, “Is my faith just not strong enough?” you’re in good company. 🙋‍♀️

Doubt can seep in during suffering and make us wonder if we’re somehow failing at faith. It’s a lie the enemy loves to use—turning pain into shame and convincing us we should be doing better by now.

But Jesus meets us with compassion. He doesn’t shame us. Instead, He invites the weary and heavy-laden to come and offers rest. (Matthew 11:28)

Don’t believe the enemy’s lies. Give yourself some grace, what you’re walking through is hard. But take heart, God is walking it with you.

💭Has this thought ever crossed your mind?

🕊️“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present

🕊️“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” Psalms‬ ‭46‬:‭1‬ ‭NIV‬‬

God’s blessings are often found in the tiny detail

God’s blessings are often found in the tiny details of our busy days. 🕊️ I can’t wait for you to read “Unexpected Blessings: 40 Days of Trusting God in the Details.”

It launches on Feb 11 on Amazon—mark your calendars!

Also, go check out these wonderful writer’s accounts and give them a follow! 😊

@deborahrutherfordwrites @theresammillerauthor
@ruth216girl
@nicholejsuvar
@tracishniderwriter

#trustgodinthedetails

🌸You may not feel brave. You may feel tired in eve

🌸You may not feel brave. You may feel tired in every way a person can be tired. Still, you are here. Still, you are walking forward.

Maybe you’re holding tightly to Jesus. Maybe your faith feels like it’s hanging on by a thread. Either way, you have not stopped showing up.

I know what it’s like to walk a valley that doesn’t seem to end—when your heart, mind, and body have nothing left and nothing seems to change.

So be gentle with yourself. There is no perfect way to walk through suffering. There was only One who was perfect, and even He asked if there might be another way.

Rest when you need to. Hold on to what is true: you are not alone, even when it feels that way. You are not without hope, even when it feels hopeless. He is working all things out, even though you can’t see it yet.

🌸Keep going and keep your eyes on Him!

🤍Save and share with someone who needs some encouragement.

“That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭12‬:‭10‬ ‭NIV‬‬

He is working in ways we cannot see, friend. “So

He is working in ways we cannot see, friend.

“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”
2 Corinthians 4:18

🙏🏻 How can I pray for you today?

#walkbyfaith

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