Howdy, howdy!

(Yes, I do say “howdy”)

My name is Jazzmin. That’s me in the blue jeans with my family.

2024 was a big year for me.

I hit the one-year mark of not having a paying job and being a full-time mother.

Sidenote: God provides, y’all.

I got saved.

And I started Greathouse Paintings.

Whew!

I grew up in church and got “saved” at Vacation Bible School.

Went to a Christian college.

Somewhere in the middle of that, I became addicted to alcohol in my late teen years.

I couldn’t decide what I wanted to do for a career after high school.

I ended up majoring in Biology because it was the most profitable and interesting subject for me at the time.

In college, I failed a drawing class.

After college, it was the Coast Guard. Alcohol addiction grew worse and that’s when the doubts started.

I always heard a lot of people blaming Christians for racism, sexism, and the cursed (KER-sed) patriarchy.

I didn’t want to be labeled that and my eyes were blinded.

Constantly soaking up all the hate towards Christians on social media and hanging with people who bought and preached the nonsense.

So much that I started believing it too. I started saying “I’m not very religious” and “I don’t know what or who created all this, but someone did” to sound cool.

I left a bar one night and got a DUI.

Went to rehab, and right back to drinking.

Then in 2018, I met my now husband.

I knew I’d lose him to the drinking so I quit. We had also been trying to have kids and struggling.

About two weeks after I got sober we got a blue plus sign on a pregnancy test.

With twins. Who were born at 25 weeks.

They were in NICU for 7.5 months total.

I prayed like never before and I remember saying things like, “God, Universe, whoever you are please let them come home healthy, please.”

I even made a deal with God that if my son made it home alive I’d never drink again as long as my kids were living.

Oh yeah, and painting?

I picked it up again after I got sober. While pregnant with the twins. In between visiting them in NICU. It’s therapeutic. Helps me cope.

The God of Israel is the Creator. He came down in human form, God the Son, Jesus Christ. He lived a sinless life on earth, was crucified, died, and was resurrected.

God created us in His image. I believe we were made to create things.