Embracing my reflection

The Evolution of Gwen: Embracing my reflection

Year 38 began with the word MASTERPIECE. It was all about embracing my reflection.

I have such a strong village but no gains can be made if I don’t see what they see, nor believe what God declares in his word about me. So I declared that I AM A MASTERPIECE (Ephesians 2:10) all year long (and will continue to do so)!

Initially, my reflection was the picture of “Academy Award Recovery.” I was picture perfect, but when I looked at my photo album entitled, “The Evolution of Gwen”, I realized that the album was full of “act-recovered” faces. There was the, “I’m fine” face when I desperately missed my Mother and felt like an orphan. The “Here’s my happy face” when I was filled with insecurities and questions concerning my worth and the value of my contributions. The “I have to be strong” face when I was so weak. The “I am OK” face when I was far from OK.

I wrote the book, I checked off the lists of accomplishments, I reached the goals, I took the pictures, I made the posts, I built the businesses. But, as I was becoming, with all of the likes, shares and the shiny gold medals this world offers, comparison, fear and feelings of inadequacy were my closest companions.

So, I forced myself to face myself daily. I connected with strength, reached out for help, did more personal work. I wouldn’t be satisfied until my internal truth matched my external perception.

As I prepare to enter year 39, I embrace a new mantra, “I am fearfully and wonderfully MADE and because he is, I AM, I CAN AND I WILL! “

I AM made in the image of Christ!
I AM WHO GOD SAYS I AM!
I CAN have what he says I can have!
I CAN do what he says I can do!

I AM ROYALTY
I AM GRACED
I AM CHOSEN
I AM FOCUSED
I AM EVOLVING
I AM KNOWN
I AM A LIMITED EDITION
I WILL ENDURE
I AM SEEN
I AM AN INFLUENCER
I AM LOVED
I AM VALUED
I AM POWERFUL
I AM HEALED
I AM BALANCED
I AM ABOUT MY FATHER’S BUSINESS
I WILL RISE
I WILL FINISH STRONG!

I AM A MAJORfit!

I’m grateful for year 38, it was a blessing, now I enter a new chapter.

Year 39 .. I’m ready for ya!

What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?”
-Romans 8:31

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The year of Becoming

My dearest Lyss,

One of the greatest joys of parenting is watching your child come into their own.

We birth you, protect you, teach you, nurture your strengths, monitor your perceived weaknesses and then reach a point where we have to trust the God that gifted us with you and allow you to spread your wings and fly.

I believe that year 15, for you, is the year of becoming. You become the bowling ball, we set you on the path towards a strike, then we become the bumpers that won’t allow you to fall into the gutter, but now allow you to begin to navigate your own path, become familiar with your own intuition, develop your own gift of discernment and set your own boundaries.

TRY. FAIL. RECOVER. REPEAT.

This is your strategy to ‘BECOME.’ Begin your journey with full awareness that trying often times pairs perfectly with failing. Realize that each time you fail, you’re not alone. Failure is your opportunity learn, lean and glean while you recover and prepare to try again. Each time you fall, you rise stronger and wiser, and every time you try again, you are one step closer to the woman of grace, purpose, and influence that God has ordained, carefully crafted and called you to be.

Soar Lyss SOAR … the only limitations for you, are the ones you put in place! We love and believe in you sweet girl!!!

Proud of who you’ve been, who you are now, and very much looking forward to the woman you’ll become.

Love,

Mommy, Daddy, and the hosts of others that stand in your corner and make up your village!

Love You .. Happy 15th Birthday little one!!!

Become #15YearsOld #WeRJones