August 20, 2024 • 20 mins
Ever wondered how aligning personal ambitions with God's will can transform your projects into meaningful endeavors? Join me as I recount a summer filled with unexpected turns, from a delightful anniversary trip with my husband to a mix of productive and procrastinated sewing projects. Despite my best efforts to stay on track, the whirlwind of daily life had other plans, yet it also offered valuable lessons and moments of reflection. Now that the school year is here, I'm ready to embrace the structure and focus on what lies ahead for the "Cosplay for Christ" podcast.
We'll explore the exciting plans for the new school year and how this podcast aims to serve its ministry goals. I candidly share my struggles with staying focused, highlighted by my husband's humorous suspicion that I might have ADHD. More importantly, we reflect on the importance of partnering with God in our daily pursuits, ensuring our work remains impactful and purpose-driven. With gratitude for the platform provided by God, this episode is a blend of personal stories, reflections on faith, and a look at what's next for "Cosplay for Christ.
Proverbs 19:21
Many plans are in a man’s heart,
But the counsel of the Lord will stand.
Proverbs 16:3
Commit your works to the Lord
And your plans will be established.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
This is the Cosplay for Christ podcast.
I'm Jess, your host, and I'mhere to encourage and strengthen
Christians in the cosplay worldto speak truth and love, to
embolden fellow believers tolive proudly showing the love of
Jesus Christ in their circles.
And practical tips and tricksfor my cosplayers out there All
right, come on, let's do this.
(00:23):
Cosplayers out there All right,come on, let's do this.
Hello everybody, this is Jesswith Cosplay for Christ.
It's been a while, it's been awhole summer.
Welcome back back to school.
We're having all the back toschool fun.
Oh yeah, my girls startedschool last Wednesday.
(00:43):
Today is the first day I havewithout them, including the
youngest.
I am in the house alone,unsupervised, and I decided to
do the thing that I needed to do, which was talk to y'all,
because it's been the wholesummer.
Last time we talked it was backin June.
(01:03):
I was about to leave for a tripfor me and my husband had our
anniversary trip and that was sofun.
Very good.
Summer was fun.
We had a great summer, verybusy, very kind of chaotic, but
fun.
It's like no rest, but fun.
So I was actually lookingforward to school starting
(01:27):
because I have all these ideasand plans in my mind of things I
want to do.
But I needed to start gettingback into a routine because
literally our summer was likeeveryone stay up late, we just
make it up as we go.
I mean, it was great, it wasgreat.
But I can only take so much ofthat until I'm ready, for I need
(01:49):
a schedule, I need properbedtimes, I need structure.
I'm craving structure.
I'm sure my girls in some wayalso maybe.
I don't know, we'll see.
I know my youngest is startingpreschool this year, so it's
actually pretty awesome.
So she's I'm very excited forher to, you know, socialize and
(02:12):
be in a school setting, becauseshe's just been with me and
grandma and and church on Sundayhas been her experience with
people outside of my house.
So, anyway, yeah, so I have allthese plans.
Like today it was so funny Idropped the girls off and I have
all these plans that I need toget done.
(02:33):
But in the back of my head it'slike, okay, I need to do this,
this, this podcast, because it'sbeen a while.
It's my gosh, my anniversaryfor the podcast is September 14.
And I was thinking of likewaiting till then to start this.
But I was like, no, you knowwhat we're gonna, we're gonna
(02:55):
just do it early.
It's okay.
Why wait?
Just why.
Why put off today what youcould do tomorrow?
No, it's the opposite, anyway,why put off tomorrow what you
could do today?
So I was like in my head I'mlike, okay, I gotta do this.
But then I also had all thisother stuff in my head that I
wanted to get done, and so Iworked out.
(03:17):
Y'all I've been working out,thank you.
I've been working out for likea month solid.
I've been walking and Iactually went to the gym which
is nice because I can go thereright after I dropped the girls
off at school.
So I went there, I worked out,and then I went and got my car
washed and then I went and gotgroceries and then I forgot
something from the grocery placeand now I've got to go back
(03:37):
there.
But then I went home and wewere doing laundry, because you
know, mondays is now when wewash all our bedsheets, so we're
doing all the sheets and I'mgoing, going, going and I mow
the lawn.
I mean, I even mow the lawn.
What was wrong with me?
But I noticed I was like doingall this other stuff Because I
(03:57):
was putting off the podcast.
I was like, jessica, you need todo the podcast.
So I was like, fine, okay, I'mgoing to sit down.
And then I sit down, jessica,you need to do the podcast.
So I was like, fine, okay, I'mgoing to sit down.
And then I sit down, I've beenpraying and I'm like I've
deleted.
I've literally deleted three,four times what I've already
(04:17):
recorded, because it'snonsensical, because I had an
idea of what I wanted to say andI keep getting blocked.
I'm like, okay, I'm notsupposed to say that, okay, I'm
not supposed to say that.
And so I'm going to talk aboutplans, because it's beginning of
the school year, we're settlingdown, we're getting in our
(04:39):
routines, and I'm like, okay,plans, let's talk about plans.
Let's talk about the plans thatI had for the summer Shall we I
, if you recall, I had this hey,everybody, let's, I'm going to
go go through all my patternsand my fabrics.
I have so much fabric and I'mgoing to start actually making
things and planning out thesepatterns and actually do them.
(05:01):
Right.
You guys remember that, thesepatterns, and actually do them.
Right.
You guys remember that Cool,cool, cool, cool.
So yeah, so, totally didn't dothat.
I laid out everything and then,right before my trip, I think.
Now, to be fair, I think Istarted two or three different
things.
I did make a little like a camishirt shrug type thing for two
(05:25):
of my girls.
So I did.
I did make some things, but thepiles of things that I had
planned to do, it did not getdone, and mainly because I ran
out of time and I ended upcleaning up our ping pong table.
That is my also my cuttingstation.
I have a big cutting board Iput on the ping pong table and
that's where I mainly work is mywork table.
(05:46):
And so I had cleaned all thatup because we were going on our
trip and it literally juststayed clean this whole summer.
I just I just didn't touchanything, but it was nice
because we were just I didn'thave time to sit down and like
do stuff because we just keptgoing, going, going, going, and
so I was like all right, I focuson my garden a little more this
(06:06):
summer.
Well, my tomatoes are doinggood.
I mean, I've got like tomatoescoming out of my ears.
It's.
It's pretty awesome, especiallysince I have like a very small
space compared to what I hadbefore.
So that's where my focus was.
With creativity.
I was creating pretty things.
I've grown.
That's where I was going.
(06:28):
So I had these plans and theytotally just did not happen
Because, one, I didn't stickwith it.
Two, I changed my mind.
Because that's what I do.
I changed my mind, or I lastminute decided to do something
else and I just didn't have time.
I thought I did, but I didn'tbecause I didn't map it out, I
didn't plan it out and it justdidn't happen.
(06:49):
So I was like all right.
So now that the school year hasstarted, I'm like getting back
into, like okay, I need to startplanning again.
I have a lot of like cosplaypodcast stuff that I really want
to focus on.
I'm kind of excited.
I'm going to go take a day andgo sit and like really map out
(07:11):
stuff and like partner with God,because the whole reason I do,
the whole reason this ministryis here ministry I mean, it is a
ministry.
The reason I have Cosplay forChrist, the reason I have this
podcast, is literally because ofGod.
Like I would not be doing anyof this stuff Still, I'll say
still, I would have done it 10years ago.
(07:32):
Oh yeah, it was so fun and it'sstill fun for me, but it's more
of a ministry now than it was,and I'm like, god, you tell me
when you don't want me to do it.
No, you know I'll step down,it's fine, but God has not
released me from it.
So I'm like, okay, well, ifyou're not releasing me, then
you must have more plans forthis podcast, for my, you know,
(07:52):
instagram, whatever.
You must have more plans forCosplay, for Christ and which I
know he does, because God lovesus nerdy people and more people
need to experience Christ, andright now God's, for whatever
crazy reason he has, he's stillusing me for it.
I'm like, okay, cool, not my,not my choice, but I will do it,
(08:15):
god, and I'll smile and I'mgrateful that he's allowing me
to continue in a creative hobbythat I do enjoy and I do love
the people of the cosplay world.
So I'm grateful more thananything, but I do.
You know there is a good thing.
You know we can make plans andnot stick with them, and that's
(08:36):
kind of like you know whims ofus as people.
But then there's also plansthat, like when you're partner
with God, that are like no,these are happening and these
are what we're doing.
It says it's Proverbs 19,.
21 says many plans are in aman's heart, but the counsel of
(08:57):
the Lord will stand.
Another way to say that it'show we feel, it's our will.
Another way to break down ourintellect the things we think of
.
We have lots of those in ourheart, but God's counsel or
purpose or plan or prudence,that is what will actually stand
(09:20):
.
And so there's a cool dynamicthat happens when we take our
plans and they actually alignwith God's plans, and when that
magical, gloriousness happens,stuff gets done and the stuff
that is partnered with Godactually stands and will happen,
(09:43):
will actually come to pass,because we're doing, we're
walking alongside what God hascalled us to do.
Another scripture in Proverbs16,.
It says commit your works to theLord and your plans will be
established.
And so that's.
It's like hey, I'm, I'm, I'mdoing this for you, god.
(10:03):
This cosplay for Christ, thisis for you, this is for your
glory, this is not for Jess'sglory.
There was a time where it wasfor my glory, when I younger and
naive and learning things, andyou know it was always a
struggle.
It always felt like it was workto put stuff out because it was
all about me.
And in 2018, god really shiftedthat in my heart to show me.
(10:28):
No, this is about me and thepeople that need to hear of me
and the people that know me butneed to know how to act in this
world of nerdiness and stuff.
And you know I was like cooland that that really shifted my.
The works I was doing shiftedfrom just focused to God focused
(10:50):
and I really feel like becauseI was obedient with listening to
God in that moment and you knowit's a daily thing, I still
have to daily commit my ways toGod but it solidified something
and I feel like God gave me aplatform that I wouldn't have
had if I had just kept it aboutmyself.
(11:12):
So, and not that my platform isthat big y'all, it's not and
that's okay, like I'm.
I'm kind of at that point whereI'm like God, what, whoever or
whatever you give me, is goodenough and is sufficient.
And if it's for one person,then thank you, jesus.
It's for one person that neededto hear what I needed to say,
(11:33):
you know, and it's.
It's actually freeing when you,when you, look at stuff to that
perspective.
Anyway, so I have all theseplans, but I'm wanting to make
sure that when I start this newseason so we're heading up on my
third season of this podcast.
(11:54):
I'm like, okay, god, this isthe third, third year.
What do you want?
What do you want to do?
And so you know what cosplayshould I do?
And I had, again, I had lots ofplans for cosplays.
I have three different.
I have four, four, five, six,five, six.
Oh my gosh, it's so bad.
I have six unfinished cosplaysthat I have started in some
(12:17):
capacity.
Okay, so let's talk aboutlaziness, let's talk about
procrastination.
Yeah, oh, okay.
So I'm just being real withy'all.
This is, this is my brain.
My husband okay, you guys myhusband was like Jess, do you
(12:44):
have ADHD?
He's like what?
He's like you?
Because he had just asked meabout something I left on the
counter.
I'm all over the place, y'all.
He's like why?
Why is this here?
What's going on with this?
And I'm like, oh yeah, Istarted doing that, but then I
(13:07):
forgot because I got distractedand I started and I totally
forgot about and I've not saidthat to him one time, I've said
that to him at least, at least adozen times.
And he's just like what Are youokay, do you?
I think you have attentiondeficit disorder.
Like I do not Shut up, I do not, but it made me laugh because
that is like my brain just goes.
(13:29):
I'm like focus, quit, with theshiny squirrel, distraction and
focus, because I feel like I getso distracted with things that
I'll just go off and then Iforget what I was actually
committing to.
And so all that to say it's goodto write down plans I think
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that's a good thing.
I think it's good to dream andto think of things that's a good
thing.
I think it's good to dream andto think of things.
I'm not talking about a visionboard, where you're, like, where
you're, I'm going to speak thisinto my life and this is going
to happen.
You're not.
We're not manifesting anythingthat is new age crap.
We're not manifesting.
We're not speaking things intoexistence.
We're talking about putting outa plan so that there's a spirit
(14:14):
of excellence with what you do.
So if I have direction and aplan, then I can actually, like,
make steps towards that plan.
And and sometimes the planschange, as I've said, like
sometimes it's not going to work, but sometimes, or sometimes it
gets put off longer than youthought it would be, sometimes
it completely changes.
(14:34):
But, and when you put yourthoughts to paper or put it down
in a calendar or give yourselfsome things you're doing, some
good due diligence to make surethat you stay on track.
That's a good thing.
That's not a bad thing to beorganized and to have plans, but
(14:57):
it's also good to haveflexibility in those plans.
That, hey, it may not goexactly how you think it is and
most of the time it doesn't gothe way you think it does.
But having stuff as steppingstones to where you want to go
is always a good thing.
And when you partner with Godwith those things I have,
honestly I have more motivationto do them.
(15:17):
I mean, it's funny how, if it'sjust left to me by myself, I
will, I don't know, I might getstuff done.
I might not, and I'm talkingabout like cosplay builds,
obviously, like my Roz fromMonsters Inc has been.
I started her five years ago.
(15:38):
Six years ago she I am still nofurther.
I mean, I have ideas of how Iwant to do her, but I'm still no
further in the build of herthan I was six years ago.
But that's because it hasn'tbeen an important thing.
But then if I'm given or not animportant thing, it wasn't a
(16:00):
priority for me and no one washolding me accountable to it.
So when I feel like I havesomeone else that is depending
on me for something, that's whenI'm, that's when I'm like, well
, if I have plans, then I'mholding myself accountable to
the things I want to do andultimately, if God is partnering
with me in those plans, thenhe's the one that I feel I'm
(16:22):
being held accountable to to dothe things that I feel he's
calling me to do.
It's just the same thing withlike.
Back when I made that FalloutLucy costume, I had no plans to
make that costume but becausetwo different ladies said they
wanted to see me and one said,suggested I should enter the
(16:42):
cosplay contest, I literallymade something in less than a
week Because I wanted to like.
They said something and so Iknew that they were looking
forward to seeing me in thatcontest or at that Comic Con.
I wasn't even going to go tothe Comic-Con.
So like, there's somethingabout like when I made the
(17:04):
Rapunzel and the bell costume, Imade those for our school for
their carnival.
Well, I had external pressureand accountability that I had to
live up to in order to getthose done, and so I know
sometimes that can cause stress,but there's good stress and
(17:25):
good pressure.
And then there's bad stress andbad pressure.
Good stress motivates you tokeep going and to get the
project done, to get the thingsto where you need them to go.
That's good stress.
Bad stress is when lack ofplanning, lack of whatever, and
every time you touch the thingyou're like crying, like that's
bad, that's bad pressure.
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We try to avoid that, if youcan Like.
If you're crying as you'remaking a project and it's not
for anyone but yourself, justput it down Back away.
Come back to it in a week, aday, a year, six years.
Come back to it in a week, aday, a year, six years.
Just come back to it.
It's okay, you'll be okay.
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Sometimes things are not worththe trauma that is inflicting on
you.
To finish, sometimes it's okayto say you know what?
I don't think this is a goodproject for me and move on or
come back to it later whenyou've had more sleep.
So all this to say I'm excitedabout this new year.
I'm excited about the plansthat I'm working out with God.
(18:29):
I have not quite on paper, butfloating in my head that I'm
going to sit down and reallyspend some time to evaluate what
goals and things I need to dofor this this next season, for
Cosplay for Christ, and I thinkit's gonna be good.
I'm kind of excited.
I'm a little expectant of somecool things that are going on.
(18:50):
So I would love to travel more.
I'd love to go to some comiccons outside of Missouri maybe,
and so I'm just gonna see how itgoes with schedules and school
and, you know, family life, butI think it's gonna be good and
I'm excited about this nextcoming year.
(19:12):
So tell me what you're workingon, what your plans are, what
your goals are.
I would love to hear about them.
Just DM me on Instagram orFacebook, you know, and tell me
what, what, what are you allworking on?
What are your plans?
What are you excited aboutthat's coming towards the future
?
What?
What Comic Cons are youattending that you are stoked
(19:35):
for?
No, dragon Con is coming up andI'm again jealous.
Someday I will.
That's one of my goal ComicCons that I will go to at some
point in my life, but the timinghas always not been quite right
.
So it will be right at somepoint in my life.
So, guys, tell me what stuffyou're excited about.
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Remember to commit your worksto the Lord.
So your plans will beestablished, and remember that
we have lots of plans in ourheart.
The plans of God are the onesthat are actually going to stand
.
Yep, yep.
So until next time, be blessed,know who you are in Christ and
take ground for the kingdom, seeya.
This is the Cosplay for Christ podcast.
I'm Jess, your host, and I'mhere to encourage and strengthen
Christians in the cosplay worldto speak truth and love, to
embolden fellow believers tolive proudly showing the love of
Jesus Christ in their circles.
And practical tips and tricksfor my cosplayers out there All
right, come on, let's do this.
(00:23):
Cosplayers out there All right,come on, let's do this.
Hello everybody, this is Jesswith Cosplay for Christ.
It's been a while, it's been awhole summer.
Welcome back back to school.
We're having all the back toschool fun.
Oh yeah, my girls startedschool last Wednesday.
(00:43):
Today is the first day I havewithout them, including the
youngest.
I am in the house alone,unsupervised, and I decided to
do the thing that I needed to do, which was talk to y'all,
because it's been the wholesummer.
Last time we talked it was backin June.
(01:03):
I was about to leave for a tripfor me and my husband had our
anniversary trip and that was sofun.
Very good.
Summer was fun.
We had a great summer, verybusy, very kind of chaotic, but
fun.
It's like no rest, but fun.
So I was actually lookingforward to school starting
(01:27):
because I have all these ideasand plans in my mind of things I
want to do.
But I needed to start gettingback into a routine because
literally our summer was likeeveryone stay up late, we just
make it up as we go.
I mean, it was great, it wasgreat.
But I can only take so much ofthat until I'm ready, for I need
(01:49):
a schedule, I need properbedtimes, I need structure.
I'm craving structure.
I'm sure my girls in some wayalso maybe.
I don't know, we'll see.
I know my youngest is startingpreschool this year, so it's
actually pretty awesome.
So she's I'm very excited forher to, you know, socialize and
(02:12):
be in a school setting, becauseshe's just been with me and
grandma and and church on Sundayhas been her experience with
people outside of my house.
So, anyway, yeah, so I have allthese plans.
Like today it was so funny Idropped the girls off and I have
all these plans that I need toget done.
(02:33):
But in the back of my head it'slike, okay, I need to do this,
this, this podcast, because it'sbeen a while.
It's my gosh, my anniversaryfor the podcast is September 14.
And I was thinking of likewaiting till then to start this.
But I was like, no, you knowwhat we're gonna, we're gonna
(02:55):
just do it early.
It's okay.
Why wait?
Just why.
Why put off today what youcould do tomorrow?
No, it's the opposite, anyway,why put off tomorrow what you
could do today?
So I was like in my head I'mlike, okay, I gotta do this.
But then I also had all thisother stuff in my head that I
wanted to get done, and so Iworked out.
(03:17):
Y'all I've been working out,thank you.
I've been working out for likea month solid.
I've been walking and Iactually went to the gym which
is nice because I can go thereright after I dropped the girls
off at school.
So I went there, I worked out,and then I went and got my car
washed and then I went and gotgroceries and then I forgot
something from the grocery placeand now I've got to go back
(03:37):
there.
But then I went home and wewere doing laundry, because you
know, mondays is now when wewash all our bedsheets, so we're
doing all the sheets and I'mgoing, going, going and I mow
the lawn.
I mean, I even mow the lawn.
What was wrong with me?
But I noticed I was like doingall this other stuff Because I
(03:57):
was putting off the podcast.
I was like, jessica, you need todo the podcast.
So I was like, fine, okay, I'mgoing to sit down.
And then I sit down, jessica,you need to do the podcast.
So I was like, fine, okay, I'mgoing to sit down.
And then I sit down, I've beenpraying and I'm like I've
deleted.
I've literally deleted three,four times what I've already
(04:17):
recorded, because it'snonsensical, because I had an
idea of what I wanted to say andI keep getting blocked.
I'm like, okay, I'm notsupposed to say that, okay, I'm
not supposed to say that.
And so I'm going to talk aboutplans, because it's beginning of
the school year, we're settlingdown, we're getting in our
(04:39):
routines, and I'm like, okay,plans, let's talk about plans.
Let's talk about the plans thatI had for the summer Shall we I
, if you recall, I had this hey,everybody, let's, I'm going to
go go through all my patternsand my fabrics.
I have so much fabric and I'mgoing to start actually making
things and planning out thesepatterns and actually do them.
(05:01):
Right.
You guys remember that, thesepatterns, and actually do them.
Right.
You guys remember that Cool,cool, cool, cool.
So yeah, so, totally didn't dothat.
I laid out everything and then,right before my trip, I think.
Now, to be fair, I think Istarted two or three different
things.
I did make a little like a camishirt shrug type thing for two
(05:25):
of my girls.
So I did.
I did make some things, but thepiles of things that I had
planned to do, it did not getdone, and mainly because I ran
out of time and I ended upcleaning up our ping pong table.
That is my also my cuttingstation.
I have a big cutting board Iput on the ping pong table and
that's where I mainly work is mywork table.
(05:46):
And so I had cleaned all thatup because we were going on our
trip and it literally juststayed clean this whole summer.
I just I just didn't touchanything, but it was nice
because we were just I didn'thave time to sit down and like
do stuff because we just keptgoing, going, going, going, and
so I was like all right, I focuson my garden a little more this
(06:06):
summer.
Well, my tomatoes are doinggood.
I mean, I've got like tomatoescoming out of my ears.
It's.
It's pretty awesome, especiallysince I have like a very small
space compared to what I hadbefore.
So that's where my focus was.
With creativity.
I was creating pretty things.
I've grown.
That's where I was going.
(06:28):
So I had these plans and theytotally just did not happen
Because, one, I didn't stickwith it.
Two, I changed my mind.
Because that's what I do.
I changed my mind, or I lastminute decided to do something
else and I just didn't have time.
I thought I did, but I didn'tbecause I didn't map it out, I
didn't plan it out and it justdidn't happen.
(06:49):
So I was like all right.
So now that the school year hasstarted, I'm like getting back
into, like okay, I need to startplanning again.
I have a lot of like cosplaypodcast stuff that I really want
to focus on.
I'm kind of excited.
I'm going to go take a day andgo sit and like really map out
(07:11):
stuff and like partner with God,because the whole reason I do,
the whole reason this ministryis here ministry I mean, it is a
ministry.
The reason I have Cosplay forChrist, the reason I have this
podcast, is literally because ofGod.
Like I would not be doing anyof this stuff Still, I'll say
still, I would have done it 10years ago.
(07:32):
Oh yeah, it was so fun and it'sstill fun for me, but it's more
of a ministry now than it was,and I'm like, god, you tell me
when you don't want me to do it.
No, you know I'll step down,it's fine, but God has not
released me from it.
So I'm like, okay, well, ifyou're not releasing me, then
you must have more plans forthis podcast, for my, you know,
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instagram, whatever.
You must have more plans forCosplay, for Christ and which I
know he does, because God lovesus nerdy people and more people
need to experience Christ, andright now God's, for whatever
crazy reason he has, he's stillusing me for it.
I'm like, okay, cool, not my,not my choice, but I will do it,
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god, and I'll smile and I'mgrateful that he's allowing me
to continue in a creative hobbythat I do enjoy and I do love
the people of the cosplay world.
So I'm grateful more thananything, but I do.
You know there is a good thing.
You know we can make plans andnot stick with them, and that's
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kind of like you know whims ofus as people.
But then there's also plansthat, like when you're partner
with God, that are like no,these are happening and these
are what we're doing.
It says it's Proverbs 19,.
21 says many plans are in aman's heart, but the counsel of
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the Lord will stand.
Another way to say that it'show we feel, it's our will.
Another way to break down ourintellect the things we think of
.
We have lots of those in ourheart, but God's counsel or
purpose or plan or prudence,that is what will actually stand
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.
And so there's a cool dynamicthat happens when we take our
plans and they actually alignwith God's plans, and when that
magical, gloriousness happens,stuff gets done and the stuff
that is partnered with Godactually stands and will happen,
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will actually come to pass,because we're doing, we're
walking alongside what God hascalled us to do.
Another scripture in Proverbs16,.
It says commit your works to theLord and your plans will be
established.
And so that's.
It's like hey, I'm, I'm, I'mdoing this for you, god.
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This cosplay for Christ, thisis for you, this is for your
glory, this is not for Jess'sglory.
There was a time where it wasfor my glory, when I younger and
naive and learning things, andyou know it was always a
struggle.
It always felt like it was workto put stuff out because it was
all about me.
And in 2018, god really shiftedthat in my heart to show me.
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No, this is about me and thepeople that need to hear of me
and the people that know me butneed to know how to act in this
world of nerdiness and stuff.
And you know I was like cooland that that really shifted my.
The works I was doing shiftedfrom just focused to God focused
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and I really feel like becauseI was obedient with listening to
God in that moment and you knowit's a daily thing, I still
have to daily commit my ways toGod but it solidified something
and I feel like God gave me aplatform that I wouldn't have
had if I had just kept it aboutmyself.
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So, and not that my platform isthat big y'all, it's not and
that's okay, like I'm.
I'm kind of at that point whereI'm like God, what, whoever or
whatever you give me, is goodenough and is sufficient.
And if it's for one person,then thank you, jesus.
It's for one person that neededto hear what I needed to say,
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you know, and it's.
It's actually freeing when you,when you, look at stuff to that
perspective.
Anyway, so I have all theseplans, but I'm wanting to make
sure that when I start this newseason so we're heading up on my
third season of this podcast.
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I'm like, okay, god, this isthe third, third year.
What do you want?
What do you want to do?
And so you know what cosplayshould I do?
And I had, again, I had lots ofplans for cosplays.
I have three different.
I have four, four, five, six,five, six.
Oh my gosh, it's so bad.
I have six unfinished cosplaysthat I have started in some
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capacity.
Okay, so let's talk aboutlaziness, let's talk about
procrastination.
Yeah, oh, okay.
So I'm just being real withy'all.
This is, this is my brain.
My husband okay, you guys myhusband was like Jess, do you
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have ADHD?
He's like what?
He's like you?
Because he had just asked meabout something I left on the
counter.
I'm all over the place, y'all.
He's like why?
Why is this here?
What's going on with this?
And I'm like, oh yeah, Istarted doing that, but then I
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forgot because I got distractedand I started and I totally
forgot about and I've not saidthat to him one time, I've said
that to him at least, at least adozen times.
And he's just like what Are youokay, do you?
I think you have attentiondeficit disorder.
Like I do not Shut up, I do not, but it made me laugh because
that is like my brain just goes.
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I'm like focus, quit, with theshiny squirrel, distraction and
focus, because I feel like I getso distracted with things that
I'll just go off and then Iforget what I was actually
committing to.
And so all that to say it's goodto write down plans I think
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that's a good thing.
I think it's good to dream andto think of things that's a good
thing.
I think it's good to dream andto think of things.
I'm not talking about a visionboard, where you're, like, where
you're, I'm going to speak thisinto my life and this is going
to happen.
You're not.
We're not manifesting anythingthat is new age crap.
We're not manifesting.
We're not speaking things intoexistence.
We're talking about putting outa plan so that there's a spirit
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of excellence with what you do.
So if I have direction and aplan, then I can actually, like,
make steps towards that plan.
And and sometimes the planschange, as I've said, like
sometimes it's not going to work, but sometimes, or sometimes it
gets put off longer than youthought it would be, sometimes
it completely changes.
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But, and when you put yourthoughts to paper or put it down
in a calendar or give yourselfsome things you're doing, some
good due diligence to make surethat you stay on track.
That's a good thing.
That's not a bad thing to beorganized and to have plans, but
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it's also good to haveflexibility in those plans.
That, hey, it may not goexactly how you think it is and
most of the time it doesn't gothe way you think it does.
But having stuff as steppingstones to where you want to go
is always a good thing.
And when you partner with Godwith those things I have,
honestly I have more motivationto do them.
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I mean, it's funny how, if it'sjust left to me by myself, I
will, I don't know, I might getstuff done.
I might not, and I'm talkingabout like cosplay builds,
obviously, like my Roz fromMonsters Inc has been.
I started her five years ago.
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Six years ago she I am still nofurther.
I mean, I have ideas of how Iwant to do her, but I'm still no
further in the build of herthan I was six years ago.
But that's because it hasn'tbeen an important thing.
But then if I'm given or not animportant thing, it wasn't a
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priority for me and no one washolding me accountable to it.
So when I feel like I havesomeone else that is depending
on me for something, that's whenI'm, that's when I'm like, well
, if I have plans, then I'mholding myself accountable to
the things I want to do andultimately, if God is partnering
with me in those plans, thenhe's the one that I feel I'm
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being held accountable to to dothe things that I feel he's
calling me to do.
It's just the same thing withlike.
Back when I made that FalloutLucy costume, I had no plans to
make that costume but becausetwo different ladies said they
wanted to see me and one said,suggested I should enter the
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cosplay contest, I literallymade something in less than a
week Because I wanted to like.
They said something and so Iknew that they were looking
forward to seeing me in thatcontest or at that Comic Con.
I wasn't even going to go tothe Comic-Con.
So like, there's somethingabout like when I made the
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Rapunzel and the bell costume, Imade those for our school for
their carnival.
Well, I had external pressureand accountability that I had to
live up to in order to getthose done, and so I know
sometimes that can cause stress,but there's good stress and
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good pressure.
And then there's bad stress andbad pressure.
Good stress motivates you tokeep going and to get the
project done, to get the thingsto where you need them to go.
That's good stress.
Bad stress is when lack ofplanning, lack of whatever, and
every time you touch the thingyou're like crying, like that's
bad, that's bad pressure.
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We try to avoid that, if youcan Like.
If you're crying as you'remaking a project and it's not
for anyone but yourself, justput it down Back away.
Come back to it in a week, aday, a year, six years.
Come back to it in a week, aday, a year, six years.
Just come back to it.
It's okay, you'll be okay.
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Sometimes things are not worththe trauma that is inflicting on
you.
To finish, sometimes it's okayto say you know what?
I don't think this is a goodproject for me and move on or
come back to it later whenyou've had more sleep.
So all this to say I'm excitedabout this new year.
I'm excited about the plansthat I'm working out with God.
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I have not quite on paper, butfloating in my head that I'm
going to sit down and reallyspend some time to evaluate what
goals and things I need to dofor this this next season, for
Cosplay for Christ, and I thinkit's gonna be good.
I'm kind of excited.
I'm a little expectant of somecool things that are going on.
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So I would love to travel more.
I'd love to go to some comiccons outside of Missouri maybe,
and so I'm just gonna see how itgoes with schedules and school
and, you know, family life, butI think it's gonna be good and
I'm excited about this nextcoming year.
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So tell me what you're workingon, what your plans are, what
your goals are.
I would love to hear about them.
Just DM me on Instagram orFacebook, you know, and tell me
what, what, what are you allworking on?
What are your plans?
What are you excited aboutthat's coming towards the future
?
What?
What Comic Cons are youattending that you are stoked
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for?
No, dragon Con is coming up andI'm again jealous.
Someday I will.
That's one of my goal ComicCons that I will go to at some
point in my life, but the timinghas always not been quite right
.
So it will be right at somepoint in my life.
So, guys, tell me what stuffyou're excited about.
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Remember to commit your worksto the Lord.
So your plans will beestablished, and remember that
we have lots of plans in ourheart.
The plans of God are the onesthat are actually going to stand
.
Yep, yep.
So until next time, be blessed,know who you are in Christ and
take ground for the kingdom, seeya.
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