A Journey

This is a journey of faith and hope. I have learned to be still in my thoughts and passions to know that “God has heard.”

I started my family at the age of 19. My husband and I married and life was great. We hit a brick wall about a year and a half into our marriage that would send me into a black hole of unknowns. I put my faith in God and He heard my cries. The Lord gave me hope during this time that even my grandmother doubted. My husband and I had separated and I was devastated! I deeply wanted to keep my vows to my husband and the Lord. I cried out to the Lord and heard his voice. I remember hearing him say… or maybe I just knew what he said in my heart, but either way God told me to give my husband 30 days. This seemed like a wild shot in the dark, and who in their right mind would believe such a promise. But, I did! I believed with my whole heart that the Lord could restore my marriage and make it whole, and if he wanted to take 30 days to do it … so be it! This is the part where my grandmother and mother both for that matter, did not believe me. I told them both about this word I had heard, and they both passed it off as “wishful thinking.” A long story short the Lord came through for me and fulfilled his promise. Thirty days later to the hour…. (it was 2 or 3 in the morning)… He reunited my husband and I!

I say all of that to explain the name of my blog! Shortly after the Lord restored our marriage, my husband and I found out we were going to be parents. We were shocked and not ready for children. To this day we still ask ourselves “When would we have decided to have kids?” And, honestly we don’t know when we would have! (WE WOULD NOT TRADE THEM NOW!) Needless to say we could never agree on names for the little blessing God was sending us. Finally we picked Jayden. Literally was the only name we both agreed on. My husbands grandmother picked his middle name which is Slade. I had researched and bought several baby books. None of the baby books had Jayden in them or I never saw it… Fast forward a few years I finally stumbled across a meaning for his name and was immediately aw-struck! Jayden is biblical. (Jaden)   It means God has heard! Slade means Child of the valley. Really!? How (without knowing) did I pick such a fitting name? Duh!!!! God picked it!

During the most trying time of my life, I cried out to the Lord and he heard me! ME! Little ole’ me in this BIG old world! WHY!? Because, he loves me and made me in his own image.

Little did I know that a few short 9 1/2 years later the Lord would yet again show up in Jayden’s life. On May 22, 2017, Jayden was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes! (You are now thinking “is this the bad kind or the good kind”) I hate to break it to ya but there is no “good” kind. But, in the worlds eyes YES this is the “bad” kind. Its the kind that never goes away. Its the autoimmune kind. The one that kills his beta cells that make insulin… at no fault to him! He did nothing to get it and can do nothing to fix it. Now to explain myself … I mentioned the Lord showed up through this diagnosis…. Yes I believe Jayden has Type 1 diabetes for a reason. God did not allow this to happen for no reason… This journey is one …to be continued! I know he hears our daily cry.

So I decided one day that God has heard my cries and is an awesome miracle worker. I need no one else on my side except the Lord. This journey will be all about Faith, Hope, Family, Food and of course Type 1 diabetes! (Because it’s along for the ride) We will share life and testimonies as we see fit! I hope someone can use this as an encouragement, and others can use this place to follow Jayden and his journey.

I would also like to mention that we have three beautiful boys! (including Jayden) They are all a gift from the Lord and make up our “perfect family.” When I say “perfect family” I mean the family God has designed for me and my husband not what the world would describe as a perfect family! But, I will save that for a blog post! 🙂