Jae Alexander
@Jandrea · 5:00
How did you get through?
There was no one else here to lean on, to cry, to bring my feelings and to walk me back to health and healing and wellness. But God but I tell you, once he got me through that and stood me up, everything saw everything differently. And as I sit here in my apartment today, surrounded by and looking at his splendor, I'm thankful and grateful for everything that I've been through that brought me right to this point. I wouldn't change it
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 2:37
Hey, Jay. It's so hard to be human and the struggles that are so concentrated into one, like, year are just like a thumb pushing down on you. And you mentioned some very difficult trials that you went through. I think we have all sort of tested or been tested these last few years. Alongside all the stuff that's external in the world, we have all our internal milestones that hit us, and some of them feel really, really harsh
J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisu · 5:00
And you've gone through divorce and are navigating life. And there's all of these things and we find we find something that's of value and of importance and of meaning to us to carry us forward because we understand that there is a bigger purpose for us. And when we are in spaces of where we don't understand how we have forgotten or we've lost sight, then there are other people who are going to help bring us back on the path
Jae Alexander
@Jandrea · 5:00
It was freedom and thankfulness that my family member, he stayed the death angel from my family member, from completing that suicide, saved my family. I didn't lose anyone due to COVID Lost my marriage. I lost the covenant. Didn't want to, but you got to have two people in the ring fighting, and I was very sore about breaking covenant and losing covenant with God. That was the main thing that hurt. And the fact that I've never been married before
Jae Alexander
@Jandrea · 4:56
You look at things differently, you respond to things differently, and you become more in tune with the voice of God, whether it's a still, small voice or whether it's a thunderous, thunderous voice telling you, but he will let you know I'm here. I can help you. Just look up, open, knock, seek and find. Thanks for responding. Have a good evening and God bless
J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisu · 1:27
And that's S-I-S-U. It is a word from Finland, and it is a way of being for the Finnish people. And what it means is tenacity and purpose, grit, bravery, determination, and resilience. And so people are embodying the essence of being in CISU in Finland. And when I was doing research on the word resilience, it is how I came across it, because I wanted some components of resilience in my business name
Jae Alexander
@Jandrea · 1:07
Okay, let me look into this a little Bit more. But thank thank you you for so much, especially for helping me to know how to pronounce, because I hate messing. I seriously loathe and detest messing up English. My English and Psychology was my very favorite subjects in school and high school and college. So thank you so much. And just more blessings on your business, and you make it A Great Weekend. Okay, take care
Ophelia Johnson
@LadyO · 4:48
Hey. Thank you so much for inviting me to this. Well, I feel I could relate to you on so many levels with the marriage and everything like that and yeah, I mean, I think the biggest thing for me was really by the grace of of God that I got through everything I went through. Mine was very traumatic. I don't live in the US. I live overseas. I live in a Muslim country. I am Muslim. And here the rules are very different
Jae Alexander
@Jandrea · 4:30
You had mentioned. The husband did everything. And you cannot move or do anything without his permission to do so. To even have that over you. And then even after all of that. To still come through by the grace of God. To come through. Maybe not come through as unscathed as you want it to. But he got you through that. And you're on the other side of that pain, and, yes, on the other side of that pain and heartache is freedom
Ophelia Johnson
@LadyO · 5:00
And I said after and he said, okay Halos, this marriage is done. And that was it. Literally 5 minutes I walked in that man's court and that my marriage was done. Everybody else I had to keep coming back and all this mess. So everything like I said is by the grace of God. And I'm so grateful, you know
Sontaia Briggs
@PKBriggs · 2:23
I moved recently to a gorgeous place in a whole nother city. Life is good, I'm a good people around me supporting me, but there was a lot of fire to get to that point. There's a lot of things that I wake up every day and pray for God's steel to just to manage under the memories. Right. That's the only thing I can say. That's the only way I can really describe it. So thank you for your swallow. I really appreciate it
Jae Alexander
@Jandrea · 4:55
And yes, there were times that I was like, lord, you're going to have to you're going to have to help me manage under the memories. Because in all of those situations and especially with the divorce, like, the memories kept flooding, like flooding in on me, all sheltered in place, alone, by myself. So yeah, help me manage this, help me get through that. I love that. I love that phrase that you said that