Jackie Halyard
There are so many things I could say about this woman, but the first word that comes to my mind when I think of her is gift.
Jackie is a gift to me from the Lord.
She gets me. Like really gets me. She looks at me, she loves me, and she says hard things to me. She doesn’t shame me when I shame myself. She is willing to be blunt with me and not sugar coat things (which I really appreciate). She makes me laugh until my stomach hurts and I can’t breathe. And her joy in the Lord is uncontainable.
She loves the Lord with everything in her and refuses to conform back to her old ways of living because she’s tasted too much of the Lords goodness. She shows her humanity and it allows me to also be human.
But the one thing I absolutely love about her is the way she is unashamedly herself. She is so comfortable in the person that the Lord created her to be and it inspires me to be more, well…me. The me the Lord created me to be.
Jackie thank you for loving me so well. Thank you for fiercely pursuing me and not giving up on me. Thank you for showing so much of Jesus to me and always pointing me back to him. Thank you for believing in me when I didn’t believe in myself. Happy birthday. I love you lots. Squeeze.
Love, Kyla
