Hi! My name is Jillian Paul. Some people call me Jill or JP for short. My name means Youthful and I am just that, even though I am 23. I love my family. I grew up with my mom, dad and brother. These people are my support. They have given me a great example of Christ’s love and I am so grateful for them.
Fun Facts- I want a tattoo really badly that says It is finished or redeemed. i like those words because it means we dont have to strive anymore…its already done. and God has redeemed us. I love 90's music. Third eye blind = 🙂 I really love finding new music. Simplistic life is a better life. I love Home Alone, Back to the Future and Sandlot. They remind me of Home and my childhood and I like that feeling. I really like hiking, running and being active. It just makes you feel good. I really enjoy the walking dead and new girl. I have the best friends ever. Forreal. They are all amazing. I love graphic Design and really enjoy new fonts and designs.
How I Came to Follow Jesus- Wow. Life with Jesus has been awesome thus far but here is getting to actually know him. I grew up in the church. I went to all of the retreats, all of the Sundays of the year and even helped out with the Children's ministry. I ended up at a camp called "Harvey Cedars", where God met me when I was really young. I gave my life initially to Christ when I was about 11 years old. 6th grade was when I realized that my parents faith wasn't mine and that I have the choice to choose Jesus or not. I chose Jesus and I was so happy about that choice. I became apart of a bible study when I left Harvey Cedars and was apart of a bible study all throughout middle school and high school. It changed my life. I learned so much about the bible and what it meant to be a Christian.
However, I relied too much on rules and thought that being Christian was something ONLY I could do. I was wrong. Then, I decided to go to Liberty University for my first year. I thought it would be good..because after all it was a Christian university..right? Well, I got involved with the wrong crowd and the faith I believed I had to do all of the work. So since I couldn't fulfill all of the work and failed MOST of the time, why should I keep trying? Well, after much sin of drinking, partying and going too far with boys, my boyfriend of the time broke up with me. I, of course, thought I was going to marry him and I was heart broken. I remember looking in the mirror and literally not knowing who I was. That boy was my identity and since I lost my identity I was lost. Well, after we broke up I thought that I was going to leave Liberty but I didn't…God kinda awoke me after a near accident in a street late at night. I was going back to Liberty.
That year (sophomore) I got put in a brand new room and not with my friends, who had already picked their roommates. I went and met a girl who introduced me to this group of radical christians who wanted to worship Jesus and during an assigned time at Liberty. They wanted to worship God because they loved Him. I was intrigued. What did they have that I didn't? I went to the WATCH (Waiting Awakened to Change History), which was the worship services name, and it changed my life. I realized that Jesus actually loved me. He actually loved me. It was so simple and something I got taught for years…but He ACTUALLY loved me. So simple yet so complex. I remember turning to my friend in tears and just saying "what have we been doing with our lives". Thats when I knew Jesus was worth everything. Since then my life has not been easy…it probably has actually been harder. But Jesus is good. Jesus is worth it. Jesus is my creator and I am going to do everything to worship Him and glorify Him.
THANK YOU FOR READING AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT! I LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING THIS JOURNEY WITH YOU. GOD BLESS, Jillian
