The relationship may not have worked out with the father of your child(ren), but look at the beautiful relationship God granted you with your child(ren)! It’s a blessing! Remember there are many women who can’t give birth. The fact that God trusted in you to raise a child of God means you are a special child of God. Don’t take that gift for granted. I am very thankful for my son. Without him I may not be here on this earth today. Before I had my son I was not faithful to God. Though the day I knew I was raising a child of God, I decided to make a change in myself. Forever I am thankful.
Enjoy motherhood, in whatever light God grants you with. Don’t come down too hard on yourself. We are not perfect. And our children don’t expect us to be. I remember I didn’t know how I’d get a bill paid and that made me question myself as a mother. Silly right?? But I allowed the enemy to get in my head and make me lose sight of every amazing thing I’d done as a mother. Thank God for His grace because soon I shook that enemy off of my back and God’s will was done and that bill was paid! Glory to God.
Update! Not only did the enemy get mad when that bill got paid but many more blessings have poured in when I put more commitment in to God. I decided to fully give my faith to God in every area. Personal: I’ve been single about three years. I now have a pretty dope boyfriend. I say he’s dope because he accepts me for me because I had three years to love on me and realize how God beautifully created me.
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Singleness is a blessing! You learn so much about yourself! I’ve learned my weird, goofy, loving, nurturing self and those are the things he loves about me! Career: I decided to fully give my faith to God in my career. I was working at a law firm for 2 years and only enjoyed the nice view and pay check. In turn I received daily attacks on my looks, culture and even my beliefs at some times! My self esteem was shot and confidence in work became horrible. After sitting in the office parking garage crying many times and having anxiety attacks, God told me to leave. Without anything else lined up.
And God’s move was the only move I was confident in without a compass showing where I’d land next. Being technically unemployed for six weeks, I cried, I was terrified but never wanted to go back. I soon landed a position at a teen magazine about finance where I could exude the gifts God gave me, a team of people who believe in me and a higher pay than that good ole law firm!
While spreading my wings at this new position, I was also blessed with the opportunity to attend a blogging conference in Austin, TX! I attended the conference for little to nothing! How? Because someone saw how much I believe me and decided to sponsor 80% of my trip! Nothing but God! That was in 2015. Now because of my faith walk, I am attending the blogging conference in DC now and as a speaker! God wanted me at higher levels and faith allowed me to move in that area!
Commitment was also tested in this season. I’ve been a student in communications for years and wanted to quit many times because life would take over, it would get hard, I cried, wanted to endure in unGodly things to stay awake and relax all at once, but ultimately I wanted to quit. Now I’m finished! Less than a week from today I’ll be walking across the stage of Lindenwood University receiving my B.A. in Communications, Emphasis on Corporate Communications. And I owe it all to endless nights, early mornings, a supportive group of friends and family, a patient son and a gracious God.
My son sacrificed his mom for over 4 years. A single mother. Who doubted herself. Now is constantly making the enemy mad because of many doors opening! Thankfully God has used my journey to show my son what persistence and determination looks like.
God compares His love to that of a mother for her child (Isaiah 49:15), because as the Creator of all men and women, He knows that a mother’s love is the closest thing on earth to His own Divine. There is an old saying that God created mothers because He wanted to show Himself to little children through them.
I’ll leave you with this prayer to repeat to yourself everyday. Enjoy your Mother’s Day.
“God, thank you for this glorious day. Thank you for waking me and my child(ren) on this day. We will have an amazing day. We will accept the riches you have blessed us with. We thank you for blessings seen and unseen Lord. Protect us and cover us as we are servants of you Lord. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.”
Winnie E. Caldwell — I’m a dreamer and a doer. I use my testimonies as different pieces of advice to share through my writing. I dream to publish my very own magazine that will not only keep my readers inspired but also informed. As a St. Louis, MO native, I definitely have that ‘Show Me’ state mentality. I don’t tell too much in advance, but when I show the end result, I show out. If I would be any animal, I would say I am a Chameleon.
The most interesting compliment I have received is that someone told me I was unflappable, which means to show calmness in a crisis. For that I am proud. I have grown from being nervous when I interviewed celebrities such as actress Malinda Williams, and radio host Special K to now having great communication with highly influential persons such as celebrity MUA Alexandra Butler, actor Jay Ellis, radio host Gary (with the tea) and more!
To experience this bright spirit everyone loves, visit my faith based blog for entrepreneurs, thewirehangerbywinnie.com where the motto is “Hang Up Your Problems & Move On To Better.”
