I love seeing how far I have come since I started this blog. I love seeing the changes in my life and in my walk with the Lord. So much has happened since I updated this portion on December 22, 2016. A few weeks after this updating this portion I found out I was pregnant for the third time. Sadly I miscarried a few weeks later, and one day, wither at my death or at the Rapture I will meet my child named Charli in heaven. What a day that will be! 2017 was a rough year for my husband and I following the miscarriage. And while I never want to go through the days again, I can say now that our marriage is stronger and better than it has ever been. 2018 was a year of many changes - personally, financially, spiritually.
Additionally, almost a year to the day after finding out I was pregnant for a 3rd time, we found out we were pregnant again! And this past October I gave birth to a handsome young man named Ari Matthew. I say he is the baby we didn't know we needed. As I write this he is 4.5 months old, and one of the happiest babies I have ever known. I absolutely love and adore him. And his sister and brother (and of course father) love him too.
Life is never a for sure thing. We do not know what the future holds, but if we follow our Shepherd we can rest assured that in the end we will be well.
And still, my mission is still the same. To inform women believers of the difference Christ can make in your life. The enemy would love nothing more than to make women believe that they are not important in Kingdom work, but that is far from the truth. Jesus restored women and gave them importance throughout his ministry - and we are to honor that and work faithfully for him until his Glorious Appearing one day. These days I write a good deal on what is currently going on in society. I feel that we are in the last seconds of the Church Age, the Age of Grace. The Enemy is having a heyday these days - watch the news for 15 minutes and you will see how fallen our world is. We must be prepared. We must live each day as if the trumpet will sound. Pray for your families, be in the Word, and keep looking upward!
Jessica Shuman
February 26,2019
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So much has changed in 4 years since I started this blog. Our daughter is 4 and in that time we have had a son, who is now 2. We are down to one dog, we had to give our first away because she was not able to handle children. My husband became an independent personal trainer and in the past few months I myself left my job at the preschool and work for a Christian School associated with our church.
My husband has gone through a deacon internship, and this next month starts a 2 year commitment of training & service in our church's Stephen Ministry. A week after he starts that I start my 4th semester of Precept Upon Precept Bible Study - Revelation Part 4. We are both diving deeper into our faith, and as we live our lives we see our faith manifested and the Bible come to life. We have seen the barren conceive, those with cancer healed, and those who had no chance make a come back.
My mission is still the same. To inform women believers of the difference Christ can make in your life. The enemy would love nothing more than to make women believe that they are not important in Kingdom work, but that is far from the truth. Jesus restored women and gave them importance throughout his ministry - and we are to honor that and work faithfully for him until his Glorious Appearing one day.
At times I go political on this blog, and that is not to offend people. But honestly I cannot separate my faith and my politics, for my politics are outlined by my faith. But I try to limit that unless it is a cause that I feel God is fully directing me on.
In the months to come I will write more faithfully. In fact I hope to share bits of a book I have been working on, and hope to complete soon so I can figure out how to be published! God has given me a gift, the gift of writing, and I want to honor him with obedience. And in the process I hope to help my sister's in the faith draw closer to God and have a deeper relationship with him than ever before.
God Bless & Merry Christmas
Jessica Shuman
December 22,2016
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I am a newly wed wife. My anniversary is June 4th, 2012. That was a glorious day for me - I married the man God had planned for me.
Additionally, almost a year to the day after finding out I was pregnant for a 3rd time, we found out we were pregnant again! And this past October I gave birth to a handsome young man named Ari Matthew. I say he is the baby we didn't know we needed. As I write this he is 4.5 months old, and one of the happiest babies I have ever known. I absolutely love and adore him. And his sister and brother (and of course father) love him too.
Life is never a for sure thing. We do not know what the future holds, but if we follow our Shepherd we can rest assured that in the end we will be well.
And still, my mission is still the same. To inform women believers of the difference Christ can make in your life. The enemy would love nothing more than to make women believe that they are not important in Kingdom work, but that is far from the truth. Jesus restored women and gave them importance throughout his ministry - and we are to honor that and work faithfully for him until his Glorious Appearing one day. These days I write a good deal on what is currently going on in society. I feel that we are in the last seconds of the Church Age, the Age of Grace. The Enemy is having a heyday these days - watch the news for 15 minutes and you will see how fallen our world is. We must be prepared. We must live each day as if the trumpet will sound. Pray for your families, be in the Word, and keep looking upward!
Jessica Shuman
February 26,2019
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So much has changed in 4 years since I started this blog. Our daughter is 4 and in that time we have had a son, who is now 2. We are down to one dog, we had to give our first away because she was not able to handle children. My husband became an independent personal trainer and in the past few months I myself left my job at the preschool and work for a Christian School associated with our church.
My husband has gone through a deacon internship, and this next month starts a 2 year commitment of training & service in our church's Stephen Ministry. A week after he starts that I start my 4th semester of Precept Upon Precept Bible Study - Revelation Part 4. We are both diving deeper into our faith, and as we live our lives we see our faith manifested and the Bible come to life. We have seen the barren conceive, those with cancer healed, and those who had no chance make a come back.
My mission is still the same. To inform women believers of the difference Christ can make in your life. The enemy would love nothing more than to make women believe that they are not important in Kingdom work, but that is far from the truth. Jesus restored women and gave them importance throughout his ministry - and we are to honor that and work faithfully for him until his Glorious Appearing one day.
At times I go political on this blog, and that is not to offend people. But honestly I cannot separate my faith and my politics, for my politics are outlined by my faith. But I try to limit that unless it is a cause that I feel God is fully directing me on.
In the months to come I will write more faithfully. In fact I hope to share bits of a book I have been working on, and hope to complete soon so I can figure out how to be published! God has given me a gift, the gift of writing, and I want to honor him with obedience. And in the process I hope to help my sister's in the faith draw closer to God and have a deeper relationship with him than ever before.
God Bless & Merry Christmas
Jessica Shuman
December 22,2016
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I am a newly wed wife. My anniversary is June 4th, 2012. That was a glorious day for me - I married the man God had planned for me.
And even before our 1 year anniversary we found out our family of 2 was growing to 3. We now know our trio will be rounded out by a daughter, our sweet Abigail Lee.
Our 1 year anniversary was interesting. We were living with my in-laws, trying to close on a house in order to avoid moving into an apartment (with our 2 dogs), but we did it! A month later we moved into our wonderful house, we have it set up, and our married life is continuing.
Fact is though, I know people who have never seen a 1 year wedding/marriage anniversary. And that breaks my heart. And it breaks my heavenly Father's heart, my Abba's heart. There is a song lyric, "break our hearts for what breaks Yours." I have sung it soo many times and He heard. Right before our 1 year anniversary God put it on my heart that I needed to create a wives ministry. He has something to say to Christian women as wives and I felt He wanted to use me to get that message out. I shared with my husband because that is what we do, we talk everything out. He agreed that God probably was, but we were just upon our 1st anniversary. Why would someone listen to me? We haven't had to dig into the trenches of life as a married couple? And I agreed, he had a valid point. He encouraged me to work up a few writings and make notes for the future. God obviously did not agree with us.
On August 19th, 2012 I submitted my life to full-time Christian service. I obeyed God, because it was the only thing to do. I always pray I want to be in His will, and His will is for me to create a wives ministry. And who cares if I have only been married over a year - God does not call the qualified, He qualifies the called! And so I walked forward and had a weight removed from my shoulders. I am in His will, He is putting people in my life already to help direct this ministry. I am very excited about all He has planned!
God Bless
Jessica Shuman
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