Gypsy Soul

Let me just start off with how I have always functioned. I am ridiculously adventurous. I am curious. I am kind, sweet, and compassionate. I am out-going, spontaneous, fun, and a little irrational at times. When I see something that I want, I am extremely driven. I am a people pleaser. I am social and I long for intellectual conversation. I’m not shy and I am not one to beat around the bush. I am also inconsistent, indecisive, undependable with certain things, and I’m always going to do what I want to do. I’m stubborn yet flexible. I have wonderful positive traits but I do have negative traits that make it so hard for me to stay with ANYTHING for a long time. And by anything I mean education, jobs, plans, etc.. I’m a very on the fly person. It’s a blessing and a curse at the same time.

Ever since I can remember, my heart has always longed for something different. Something new. I’m a very fast-paced, never stopping kind of person. I always need to feel like I’m doing something or else I feel like I am wasting valuable time. I always have these crazy dreams about wanting to explore and see this world but money has always been a limiting factor to my dream. “Well what are you going to do in order to make it happen? How are you going to afford to travel all of the time? Where will you stay? Are you willing to go alone- or do you want someone to go with you?” are a few questions that are always brought up whenever I bring up the topic of traveling.

Here’s my dream.

Day one of my memory, I’ve always had this fiery dream to travel. To see this world. To learn about different cultures, to try new foods, to explore the land, and to just live freely without having to be tied down to something. I want to explore different countries and meet people of all races. I want to connect with the earth and see things that I have never seen past a computer or television screen. With having been involved with extensive prayer, faith, and hope, I am no longer going to wait on my dream. I am going to turn it into a reality because for some reason my heart doesn’t stay content with the thought of having a career, living in a small town, or even owning a house. People may think…”why? Why would that ever be anyone’s dream?” It’s my dream because I feel like I was created for traveling and seeing the world. I feel like I was created to spread the word of God while I’m out in the world and living my dream. I feel that my existence in life was meant to be used as a tool for God to go and tell the people in the world about His glory. I can tell you right away that it is not my dream for my life to have a career where my time is spent doing nothing but working. I need to leave, I need to experience, and I need to spread the love of God through out all corners of the globe.

I know that this all may sound extremely immature and impossible- but this is my life that God has granted me. Nothing is impossible as long as you have Jesus. With Jesus, all things are possible. To those of you reading this, if you feel that you’re meant to do more than just have a career, GO DO IT. You only have ONE life- don’t waste it doing something that takes away the treasures of life. We’re all dying and we can’t take anything with us when we go…so what’s holding you back? Live your life. If you feel that your life is meant to have a little more meaning, than by golly go find your meaning. Live your life in a way that will serve and glorify Jesus- whether that means you travel and spread His love or you stay in your town and do whatever it is that makes you want to stay. Not everyone is going to have the same fiery, burning passion that I have to go out and explore this world. That is not a problem what-so-ever. It’s a great thing actually for those who want to stay somewhere. But I know that for me, my soul wants to get out, it wants to tell people about Jesus, it wants to see and appreciate new things and places before I am departed from here and on my way to Heaven.

Mark 16:15 “And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.”

**** I understand that I am a woman, therefore I cannot be a preacher/pastor. But that does not mean I cannot enlighten people of the world about our Heavenly Father who should be honored and praised ****

Characteristics of Christians

When you think of a Christian, what are some of the first characteristics that come to mind? Answers will vary depending on who you ask. Some folk may think of Christians to be rude, judgmental, strict, haughty, etc… Which should not be that way. Christians, if people view you to be any of the above negative traits, you need to take a step back and examine yourself. Christians should be kind, loving, and accepting to everyone. It is not our job to judge people- that’s up to Jesus. Who are we to judge? We have ALL sinned and we all will continue to sin. (Not justifying sin in anyway- but we are humans and we were born into sinful nature.) It is our job to repent, turn away from sin, tell the gospel to all of the world and to honor our almighty God in every way.

When you are discouraged, angered, or impatient remember to bear the fruits of the spirit. It also helps a lot to pray. Prayer works wonders in assisting comfort in hard times. Prayer not only allows you to talk to our Lord, but it strengthens the relationship that you have with Him. A Christians main goal in life should be to act more like God and to love, serve, and glorify God in all ways possible.

Galatians 5:22 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.”

Have a blessed day, me and God love you!

Jannelle Hughes

Loving God



Love God with ALL of your heart, your soul, your mind, and your body. Having a strong relationship with Him is worth so much more than anything this world can offer. Love, praise, worship, and serve Him. God is love. He gave us an example of His love for us in John when He gave up is only begotten son for us so that we could have everlasting life through all of those who believe in Him (John 3:16). 

Don’t underplay the love that our God is deserving of. “I don’t want to come off as that really Christian-religious person” or “people are gonna think I’m weird” or “I want to listen to God, but I don’t want to listen to everything the bible says” are all unjustifiable reasons that should never even be spoken. If you love someone, you want to do everything you can do to make them happy, right? So why don’t we as people show our love for God as much as we do for people who are undeserving of our undivided love? 

Matthew 22:37 “Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.” 

Baptism

I am excited to announce that on Sunday, March 8th, after the first service at my church, I will be getting baptized! About time, right? I accepted Christ as my Lord and Savior at a young age but I had never known the importance of baptism. Being baptized is an important step for Christians to make in following their faith in Jesus.

I had originally only planned for a few families to attend my baptism; but as the event has come closer to date, more people have figured out about my baptism and are wanting to attend service and wanting to be apart of this life milestone of mine! It is inspiring and wonderful to know that so many people care about me- I couldn’t be more thankful. I have been praying and asking God for the past couple of weeks for Him to use me in some way to honor and Glorify Him. I know that God has answered my prayers because I believe He is using me as an example for my non-believing peers who are attending service that day because of my baptism.

Matthew 28:19-20

“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”

It’s Break-up Season… Or So It Seems To Be.

I, sadly, am one of the victims of the terrible phrase that no one wants to hear when they feel that they are in love with somebody. That feared phrase is “the break-up”. Break ups hurt. They are not easy. Someone will be heart broken out of the situation. My, now ex significant other, and I were together for five years. We broke up for a year and ended up finding our way back to each other thinking that it must have been Gods will. We tried to work things out over the course of six and a half months and found out that it just wasn’t working. We prayed for our relationship through the good and bad times. We both wanted it to work out so badly but it just didn’t follow through the way that we wanted it to.

I thought I was going to marry that boy. My future was built around him. I didn’t ever see my life without him in the picture. Now all of my plans have been changed and quite frankly, this is the hardest thing that I have yet come to cross in my life. At first I wanted to so desperately work things out with unnamed boy. I cried, a lot. I would ask him why he didn’t love me and I would get the answers I didn’t want to hear. After crying, constantly praying, and being depressed for a week straight I made the executive decision that I wanted to be happy and that being sad sucked and that I wasn’t going to let this break up ruin me. Happiness is a choice that you have to make. As sad as I am that my relationship with unnamed boy didn’t work out, I see great things that has been the product of it. The first great thing is that it has strengthened my relationship with God! I decided that I am going to put all of my faith and trust in God. God will never bring you to a situation that He knows you couldn’t make it through. The second great thing about this break up is that it has taught me to see the bright side of situations. Another thing that has helped me beyond measures is by putting my trust and faith in the Lord it gives me the reassurance in KNOWING that there is something better for me- I don’t understand what could be better for me; but God does. He always has a better plan in mind then anything I can fathom.

I’m so grateful for the love, mercy, and patience God has with me everyday. This is hard and something that I will not be over for a long time, but with God, it has been easier to cope with and I know there is something better planned for me.

I hope that by sharing my story it will help you examine your situation and maybe you can see things the way that I have. I know that, for me, seeing this through Jesus has made this storm so much more bearable than if I were to deal with this on my own.

Joshua 1:9
“Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed; for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.”

Introductory Post

Hi all! I have started up this blog by inspiration of individuals that I have helped encourage within the past couple of months in my life. I have found that my posts on Facebook and Instagram have actually been reaching out to people. I will be posting about encouragement (clearly), struggles in my own life that I have overcome or are currently overcoming, and what ever I feel like sharing or informing you about. If you or someone you know are in need of talking to somebody, I’m your girl! Remember to always look towards the Lord and do not fail to trust in Him. 

Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.”