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Felicia is an author and mental health advocate. She creates vulnerable resources to help people find hope in their faith and mental health struggles. Her best days are spent writing, designing, spending time with loved ones, listening to hip hop, drinking chai, and trying not to kill another succulent.

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  1. Thank you for the reminder to put others’ needs ahead of my own and how good it feels to obey God and put others first!

  2. Thank you for this sweet and challenging article. I especially loved this quote: She didn’t need help carrying boxes. She needed help carrying the weight of her pain.

    Such a needed reminder for all of us.

  3. Bravo Felicia!
    Thank you for the encouragement.
    By the way, your face (in your picture),
    exudes your last name so very beautifully.
    Blessings & thank you for blessing us with this writing.

  4. Hi Felicia……I really loved your words today. I like you had many similar situation like this and my Holy Spirit is always with me and whispers frequently to me. I found out by not listening 1 time many years ago and I still feel bad about that, but now, I pay attention as I live in a facility of over 100 residents that are older than me and I am 77 years old. We only have 1 elevator and with all of these women and men , some in wheel chairs and rolaters, it is difficult especially at meal times when everyone is trying to get to the dining room. I walk with a cane and that has become my “helper”. If I see someone who is trying to get to the elevator, I use my cane to make sure the door does not close before they get there. People are greatful for that and they don’t know my story which is how I got here due to my husband has Violent Dementia and tried to kill me and I had no choice than to divorce him. My grief and sadness is always with me, but I try to help others as that makes me feel better. Thank you Felicia for your words and I wish you a blessed weekend. Where I live, the weather is very bad for the next several days so I will be in my apartment relaxing for a change, which I don’t often have time for that. Love and prayers come to you from me and all of us should listen to that whisper from our Holy Spirit…………………..Betsy Basile

    • Wow… thank you so much for sharing a piece of your story, Betsy. There’s grace when we miss an opportunity, but it’s such a beautiful thing to invite the Holy Spirit in, act in obedience, and see the love of God in those precious moments. It’s life-giving! Sending big hugs.

  5. Joy,

    My pastor calls those “Aha” moments when you feel the nudge to do something. God knows what people need who can act. You were at the right place at the right time. Matthew 25:40 ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ We could also be entertaining angels.

    Blessings 🙂

  6. Thank you for such a sweet reminder that God will use us to meet the needs of others and our own if we listen.
    I haven’t been listening but need to do better at it.
    Thanks for sharing

  7. Wow! I will be saving this amazing post! “Thank You”, Felicia Joy (Jesus, Others, & Yourself) for encouraging us with your inspirational devotional to keep our hearts sensitive to God’s voice. Next time you hear that small whisper from the Holy Spirit to act in obedience, MOVE – so true there were times when I did not take the time when I was so busy and then it was to late…Let’s LISTEN to God’s Voice! Loved what you said, “it wasn’t about ME…What the world really needs is to know the KINDNESS of God!” Also the quote that pulled on my heart-string was: She didn’t need help carrying boxes. She needed the help of carrying the weight of her pain. By saying, I’m so Sorry & Giving a Hug is one of the BEST ways you could ever help others by showing KINDNESS! Continue to SHINE bright, God Bless!!!

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