Selah: Tell us your name and where you're from?
YM: My name is Yvonne Monique McCombs and I am from the booming Inland Empire.
Selah: What is your faith story? What can you tell us about your personal life testimony?
YM: My faith story is exactly that. Pushing to having faith despite what it seemed to look like around me or what my circumstances made me believe. My personal life testimony includes my faith in God and a dream of having a boy and a girl- a dream in 2009 that continued to push me. In Psalm 37:4 the word says Delight yourself in the Lord and HE WILL GIVE YOU THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART. I truly believed to bear children was my desire and one day God would honor that. However, for ten years my faith did not line up with my desire. I would go on to experience 8 miscarriages. My faith became shaky. I felt the one thing I was called to do,which was carry children I was a failure. I had one child from a previous relationship clearly my body was able. This would be a long ten years. 2018 came and I was challenged in bible study by my Bishop to start praying again for what we had been asking God for and he asked who was brave enough to share. I raised my hand and shared I will begin praying again for a baby (Not realizing my speaking it into existence was shifting my atmosphere).
In August 2018, I was at a women's event and we were charged to write our prayers that we had stopped praying on an index card, pass them to the sister next to us, and she would continue to pray for it. I thought to myself why not!? What do I have to lose? Shortly after, I had a book signing and my friend was pregnant. I had her stand and proclaimed that one day I would be pregnant again and it will not result in death. Well, November 2018 I am pregnant again and in December I found out that I was having twins. All I could do was cry.
I wish I could say my faith stayed strong but it wavered, until receiving much needed wise counsel with my LCMFST sista/friend who shared some breathing exercises to combat when anxiety would come upon me. She would also remind me to speak the word over myself and the twins and to ask God, to turn my fear into faith.
In June 2019 my Fear was no longer, I held on to the promise of God and he granted my request. What tickles me is I prayed for one and he blessed me with two and better yet twins do not run in my family. I love sharing this testimony it encourages me all over again!
Selah: What is your favorite scripture and why?
YM: My favorite scripture during this season in life was Romans 4:20 NLT which reads Abraham never wavered in believing God's promise. In fact, his faith grew stronger, and in this he brought Glory to God. This strengthened and encouraged me when I would want to give up. I replaced Abraham's name with mine and stood on the promise God showed me.
Selah: If there was one nugget of wisdom in your walk and growth in Christ that you would want to leave us with, what would that be?
YM: A nugget that I would want to leave you all with would be to: hold on, and never give up. If God has promised you something, truly take him at his word. Look back at each moment in your life and recount how many times he has shown himself faithful, which is proof that if he took care of you before, he definitely won't stop now. Nothing surprises God. Your in good hands. :)
Selah: Do you have any resources (devotionals, books, studies) that have helped you that you would recommend?
YM: Due to experiencing so many losses I needed to grieve my loss properly, what helped me to grieve during this time was taking a griefshare class that was offered at my church. You can visit griefshare.org for classes in your area. I also read scriptures to affirm holding on to Gods promises and scriptures that highlighted who God was. Lastly, journaling was therapeutic. Never would I have imagined God will have my journal entries turn into books.
Selah: Thank you for sharing, Yvonne. Where can we find you online?
Instagram: http://yvonnemccombsandfriends/
Books/ publications: My books can be found on Amazon.com:
Twitter: @YvonneMcCombsPresentsBeautiful; @PresentsYvonne
Be encouraged! Love, R.
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