I don’t know how to put my thoughts together yet, it has only been a couple of hours since the celebration of life for Jamilyn took place. It was the most beautiful experience I have ever been part of. I have always told my parent that if I were to leave this earth, that I wish they would have a party and celebrate no sadness allowed and today I got to experience it. I tell you that it was just so impact not only in my life but in the hundreds present and hundreds more watching online.
You may be asking well who is Jamilyn, and here is your answer….She is a 26 year old young beautiful WORLD CHANGER with a heart of GOLD. She was a true ambassador of Christ that during her life made it her mission to Point People to Christ and in her death she has been able to impact many and cause a rippling effect to say YES., she was beautiful and so in love with Jesus. She was a friend, a sister, and a daughter . She was a beautiful soul that I will never forget. Her life and her death have impacted me and shook me to the core of my being. If I am to grow one more day older I want to be like her. I will never be able to fill her shoes but I know that all I CAN DO is fall in love more deeply and search more this GOD that she pursued so much. She loved him, she served him,she gave her life to HIM. I wasn’t aware of my condition of how much I lack at knowing My God and my Saviour, today was a wake up call but it all started on Friday when I found out the news.
Today Pastor Jeremy Foster shared a memory of her and her children when she was taking there family picture, he shared that the baby wouldn’t stop crying and that when they turned around when she finally did, Jamilyn had given the baby her $ 5,000 dollar camera.
He also shared that she had gone to Haiti on a missions trip and took pictures of sweet children who had never taken their photo before and because they were amazed she left them borrow the camera.
On both occassions the father of the baby and the other leaders with her on the missions trip told her OH GOODNESS its your camera , take care of it…and she selflessly answered..
“It’s just a camera”
That made me realize what a beautiful person she was.
The Lord has been dealing with me on this same issue. I am not materialistic but I like to keep things. I would rather buy you the same thing that you like on me no matter the cost. I can think back to April when my dream coach Matt was talking about the variety of pedals he has for his electric guitar, he said something that I won’t forget… let me rephrase and try to remember but at least you’ll get the idea,
“if the Lord tells me to give it to someone I will, I’m not attached to it”
Those words were of great impact to my life because I see my parents give, older people give, pastors but to hear these words from a 22 year old and to know that they are true it was mind blowing.
This last month of June, God put me in the hot seat. He allowed me to see if I had learned something when my friend Yolanda said she really liked my perfume. God put it in my heart to just give it to her, so I did. It felt good…there was a couple of seconds where I wanted to say “oh why why..ill just buy her a new one” but I immediately shut those thoughts out and I began to pray and thank God because He was working with me in that way..
Lastly, I want to encourage you to take a look at your life.
Are you happy? those that happiness fluctuate with highs and lows?
Do you feel dry? Are you longing for something different?
I can only give you JESUS. He will be you healer,provider,lover,joy,and completeness.
May God Bless and may we be forever Changed.
YES.
Rest in Peace sweet girl.
XOXO-
Natalie Menjivar
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