Love Letters to My Daughters (2)

He turns our mess into something that can bless us and others.

As you read this testimony, as your sister in Christ, I want you to first forgive.

Forgive your earthly father for the ways he fell short and extend grace to him.

Also Forgive yourself for thinking many of the mistakes and hardships you experienced were your fault.

And forgive God. I know this may sound crazy but hear me out.

I went straight to the water because fishermen know how to pull people in with the great fish they catch and also know how to capture people’s attention by being themselves.

That’s who I needed on my team.

People who know how to be themselves, unafraid to share their stories and testimonies.

And People unafraid to study and learn from my every move.

Studying me will build your confidence and also help you see why I chose you.

You will not only start believing in yourself but also believing in me!

I will never lie to you or try to hype you up with a false representation of me.

I will pour out my Spirit on you, and you will see exactly who I say you are to the world and beyond.

Even in the darkest times, I never left your side.

When you realize I am truly all you need, you will find it easier to climb out of the pits, walk into victory, and let things go.

No more will you wonder if I am with you! And No more will you question my path for you!

My Word will be a lamp unto your feet, getting brighter and brighter each day, and you will know the exact path on which I am leading you.

You will grow from haziness to clarity!

Love Letters to My Daughters (2)

Ever wondered what a love letter from God feels like?

Seven years ago, | began journaling my conversations with Him, finding comfort and reminders that I’m never alone.

During the pandemic, God guided me to publish “Love Letters to My Daughters.”

Initially nervous about sharing my personal journal entries,i found courage in Revelation 12:11 (NLT): “And they have defeated him by the blood of the Lamb and by their testimony…”

Take this journey with me and let God, the love of our lives, guide us most beautifully.

Camara AUnique Helps | YouVersion

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MAKING DECISIONS WITH HIM

My Beautiful Daughter,

I completely understand when you have to make tough decisions that hurt you.

You see, I sometimes have to allow you to be in control of your life so you understand how different it feels when I’m in control.

I can’t express how much it hurts to see you cry, but I know the trials you experience help you grow into the woman I need you to be.

Just know I am moving on your behalf.

Because of your obedience, I will reward you with your heart’s desires that align with my will.

Now, that doesn’t mean I won’t allow more distractions to come your way to build you up and strengthen your discernment.

Just remember all things work together for the good of those who love me.

Stay close to me, and you will begin to feel the difference in many things you enjoyed before, even the people.

I am so proud of your strength in making hard decisions.

Always remember I know your future and you can always ask me to reveal some of it to you, to bring hope when things get hard.

My plans are to never harm you but to prosper you, and prosper can mean many things.

It can mean you can whisk yourself away to spend alone time with me,

or it can mean you’re simply able to learn from this experience and impart it to another person who needs to hear how you made it through.

Stick close to me. Know that I am your God and my Word never lies.

Love,

Your Father

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My Testimonies

Hey, Sis.

God wrote me the love letter you just read on October 25, 2018.

I had just broken up with a man who’d given me a summer to remember filled with fun and laughter.

This letter reminded me of the story of Job and how God tested him.

God’s tests aren’t condemning or meant to harm us because of the choices we’ve made for our lives on our own accord.

Instead, they’re meant to help us learn the lessons, so we don’t keep falling into the same unhealthy patterns.

The unhealthy pattern I overcame by walking away from that relationship was being with a man who brought me fun and laughter even though it was clear he wasn’t the one for me.

Something was missing.

This time, it made me say, “Camara, why continue to waste your time or his when you know,

and you can tell he already knows, you two are not meant for each other?”

My fear was the fear of being completely alone.

In the past, I tended to walk away from relationships right before the holidays.

Maybe I did this because I’d be even more hurt if he didn’t invite me to spend time with him,

or I’d ask myself if I really wanted him around my space.

So many women speak about finally choosing themselves,

but most of the time, they mean choosing to have a man chase them so they can finally feel validated and wanted.

I didn’t want that.

But I wanted to finally understand why I kept making my singleness my god.

And I wanted to figure out when I would stop and truly enjoy spending time getting to know who Camara Aunique Janeanne Helps was.

Back then I didn’t know it,

but I was on a mission to learn my likes and dislikes and to finally stop accepting the bare minimum from men.

Finding safety and reassurance in God’s presence takes work, so remember to be gentle and loving to yourself.

Now, I find myself so cautious to not choose the wrong person that the second I feel it’s off, I don’t waste his time or mine.

God is so strategic in teaching us lessons, so we know for a fact that he is enough and truly all we need in life.

This also prepares your heart for marriage, when your husband arrives and becomes your everything, aka your god.

He will fall short in places, but God can come in and fill in the blanks.

So, I say to you, my darling sister, make the tough decisions.

They may hurt a bit, but you’ll make it through on top.

Whether it’s leaving the job to become a full-time freelancer, going back to work because freelance isn’t paying well,

or walking away from a dead-end relationship after you’ve tried everything to make it work, do what you know you should.

This week, take the time to pray about any decisions you have to make, easy or hard.

Ask the Lord to confirm what he wants you to do during this time.

I want you to be honest about it (side-eye).

Yes, I know that man is handsome or that job pays well, but are you sure God doesn’t have better lined up for you?

This message is teaching you to be okay with his timing just as I had to learn.

• Love, Camara 

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INSPIRATION THROUGH HIS CREATION

My Dearest Daughter,

You are on the path to wholeness, and I am so proud of you.

My desire is for you to travel the world and explore the beauty I have created for you on earth.

Get out and seek me in all places so you know there’s no limit to what you can create or put out.

When I first created the world, it was a blank canvas that pulled out some of the best things in me.

I created the world in preparation for you to come into it thinking and believing big.

So, take that trip I placed on your heart, or do something in your hometown.

Check out the latest exhibit, and know I am always speaking no matter where you go.

When I planted the garden in Eden, I made sure to make it pleasing to the eye and good for food.

This I did on purpose to make sure Adam was not only sustained but also inspired to sustain his new life.

Adam didn’t have anyone to look to but me, which is enough, but look at how much inspiration is around you.

Focus on what’s inspiring you in this season and ignore the things that try to weigh you down with frustration guilt, and sadness.

Just as I made sure Adam was sustained, I will be sure you’re well cared for in the things you do. Live, my love. Live!

Love,

Your Father

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My Testimonies

Hey, Sis.

When God wrote me this letter, I was sitting on the beach in Miami, on my first solo trip in a long time.

I can’t lie to you and say I didn’t think, “Oh, boy! Not another solo trip!”

But I’d been practicing switching my perspective and seeing the beauty God has planned for me.

So, I got the call from my client’s assistant to get on a flight in three hours,

and I decided to not only get a client ready but to stay and enjoy myself for once.

And I got a room at the posh, exclusive Soho House Miami, and it was worth every dime.

Also, I booked a massage that was phenomenal, and I tried an omakase sushi tasting that made me fall in love with sushi.

I slept past two in the afternoon and enjoyed the rain. (Living in Cali, you see rain maybe five times per year.)

The experience was pretty amazing and brought me so much joy!

Though I was alone, I took the time to enjoy sitting alone and eating dinner.

I made friends with some great people and just enjoyed being quiet.

The silence helped me hear God to jot down the letter he was pouring into my heart and which I can now share with you.

One thing the pandemic taught me was that I’d been putting my life on hold in hopes of meeting my person.

I had missed out on so much inspiration with the Lord by waiting on something I wasn’t ready for.

Even though I was alone a lot, I truly didn’t take the time to do things I liked because it would only remind me that I was alone.

So, I am urging you, this week, to do something that inspires you.

Go find it.

You can go to a jazz festival, go to church, or volunteer to help others.

Figure out what inspires you and sparks joy in your life and do it.

It doesn’t have to be a lavish trip, but what if it is?

If it’s on your heart, take it back to God and let him confirm, and when he does, do it!

Just do it and don’t hold back! It’s time to push!

• Love, Camara 

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GREAT MINDS

My Dearest Daughter,

You are chosen for greatness.

Remember you are the daughter of a king.

I see the fight for your mind, but I need you to know the greatness I placed on the inside of you was intentional and comes with purpose.

Yes! I made you strong enough to win against every attack against your life.

When I ask you to take up your cross and follow me, it’s because of your greatness.

I chose my disciples because of their greatness and potential.

And I find it not strange that I started choosing them once I left the wilderness.

Truely, I went straight to the water because fishermen know how to pull people in with the great fish they catch and also know how to capture people’s attention by being themselves.

That’s who I needed on my team.

People who know how to be themselves, unafraid to share their stories and testimonies.

And People unafraid to study and learn from my every move.

Studying me will build your confidence and also help you see why I chose you.

You will not only start believing in yourself but also believing in me!

I will never lie to you or try to hype you up with a false representation of me.

Also, I will pour out my Spirit on you, and you will see exactly who I say you are to the world and beyond.

Love,

Your Father

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My Testimonies

Hey, Sis.

This letter came to me a little differently. I asked myself a question and wrote it down.

Do I truly believe I am chosen for greatness?

My experiences in life had made me wonder if it was true I was chosen for greatness,

and after getting to know the Lord better, I see that it is.

All I can do is wake up every day and choose him.

Some days I want to give up and do it my way, but I find myself turning around and doing it his way again.

Choosing God daily allows me to know him in a way that forces me to trust his plans for me.

Choosing God daily isn’t the easiest because once you make that decision to follow him, the fight gets real.

But you learn to equip yourself with prayer and fasting and realize he’s so worth it.

God fought for us when he died for us on the cross, so I look at being chosen to follow him, and even call him friend, as an honor.

On my daily walk, I asked myself, “Camara, do you believe you are chosen for greatness and God can turn your mess into a message to save others?”

The answer is yes! Though it’s hard to see at times, I believe him.

Also, here’s the tea: the enemy goes harder at the ones who have a story to tell.

Look at yourself while you’re in this place and check out the people around you.

Are they lifting you up or bringing you down?

Also Are they reminding you of what you’re called to do?

God has always been about teams, so who’s on yours?

And are they drawing you closer to him or farther away from him?

When you choose the people who will be in your life, be as specific as God was when he chose the disciples.

Each had a strength that was needed, but all knew the art of pulling people together to see the bigger picture.

When you’re chosen for greatness, you want to always make sure the people around you are reminding you to trust God when things get tough.

• Love you, Sis. Camara 

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HIS PRESENCE

My Dearest Daughter,

I see many have thrown you in a pit, hoping you would fail but know that I am with you like I was with Joseph.

Take the time to know me and anchor yourself in my Word.

Forgive those who hurt you, told you that you couldn’t sit with them, or counted your outcomes with ease.

Know I have always counted you in and walked with you.

Even in the darkest times, I never left your side.

When you realize I am truly all you need, you will find it easier to climb out of the pits, walk into victory, and let things go.

No more will you wonder if I am with you! And No more will you question my path for you!

My Word will be a lamp unto your feet, getting brighter and brighter each day,

and you will know the exact path on which I am leading you.

You will grow from haziness to clarity!

Trust in me and allow me to move on your behalf and take you higher.

Love,

Your Father

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My Testimonies

My Sis,

The pandemic was real. And I learned so much about myself and others over that time.

I sit here shocked but grateful I made it out alive and with the ability to have something to write about that can inspire you to keep pushing.

Many people look at my life with envy, and it breaks my heart.

Having a lot of followers and being verified by IG means nothing when you’re in a room with a bunch of people who don’t see you for who God has called you to be.

It means nothing when you’re calling them friends, yet their fruit is rotten, and their character is the exact opposite of where you are going in life.

I used to hang with a group of girls, and after I found God, I felt so uncomfortable around them because they would try to bring me back to a place from which God was delivering me.

This is where I learned forgiveness for myself and others.

When God gave me this letter, I was in the middle of a learning experience that the enemy used to try to break me.

But God used it for me to learn to stand up for myself,

and not be okay with someone telling me I need to see myself at the level they saw me.

This industry is no joke and finding godly friends who want to see you prosper isn’t easy, but God is a restorer.

When I decided to follow God completely, just last year,

He told me to change the name of my lashes and extended the grace for me to have a beauty line that glorifies him.

It was an easy choice for me, but man, I experienced a lot of disappointment by doing so—from the Kingdom and the world.

Someone actually told me God gave her the same idea.

She took the exact formula he gave me and started a lash line. I was devastated.

Most times, we’re thrown into pits to not only build us up in character but to also show us what it means to lean fully on the Lord and trust him.

Even now as I write this, I am still in my learning process,

but I read somewhere that we have to teach the things we need to learn.

This, for me, was a friendly reminder that those many times I was counted out, made fun of, gossiped about, and preyed upon (and yes, I mean preyed), God was my shield, covering me.

He is doing the same for you.

Let this letter remind you that Emmanuel (God is with us) is with you!

This week, record the times God is with you, and feel his presence.

This will help you start to recognize that he is always there with you.

• Love, Camara 

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RECOGNIZING YOURSELF IN HIM

My Dearest Daughter,

During this time called your single season, I want you to get to know me and seek to know what I desire for you.

Many impostors will try to take you off course and make you feel like how I made you wasn’t perfect.

They may try to take advantage of your beautiful heart to keep you from trusting me and your discernment.

The enemy knows our relationship is important to me. It’s something I created in the very beginning because I honor relationships.

The same way I took the time and gave my full attention to create the wildflowers is the way I put time and attention into creating you—if not more!

People who don’t know me and the way I work will fuss over appearances or will try to talk you out of what I called you to be,

but know I am the truth that will set you free.

So press in, my beautiful darling, and know I made you so mysteriously complex.

Your beauty is marvelously breathtaking.

I know everything about you because I put a lot of me in you, and to know yourself better takes getting to know me.

Rejoice in this time alone with me.

Know that I want you to be in a partnership with someone,

but I also want to make sure you love them with a Godlike love so there’s no more hurt or destroyed godly relationships.

Our time together will strengthen you in my love and grace and peace with an ability to communicate how you feel rather than running from things called to build you.

Love,

Your Father

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My Testimonies

My Sister,

So often, society, aka the world, can make us forget who we are.

We live in a world where the love of self is more glorified than loving God.

And We leave him out of the process, not realizing to truly love ourselves is to know and love him.

During my single season, especially during the pandemic, I took the time to do the work (the ugly work!) and get to know the Lord,

so I not only fell more in love with myself but with him too.

You can’t self-love without God.

He is a part of your makeup, and you can’t truly tend to the relationships he is granting you without knowing how to truly love him.

When you don’t; strife, confusion, unforgiveness, and other negative experiences will enter into a relationship that’s meant to be sacred.

I’m not saying you won’t have disagreements when you love God, but you will now know how to handle them and love through them.

The enemy loves to send counterfeits to cause us problems and make us not trust or not want to love again.

I know this because my many years of failed relationships with friends and men showed that I would settle for any attention I was receiving.

When they didn’t reciprocate the amount of love I was giving, I assumed that was what I deserved.

But I (and you) deserve nothing less than the love of God, and that’s a mighty love.

Of course, some will fall short, but we want to pray for godly relationships with people who are seeking him the way we are and learning to love the way he desires us to.

This part of the work is imperative for your next level in life.

You will renounce the word curse, which is not of God, and learn to forgive and extend grace to those who need it.

I gained twenty-plus pounds during the pandemic, and I had to decide if he made me in his image.

If I don’t like what I see when I look in the mirror, then we have a problem.

I am supposed to see him in me, but I won’t beat myself up. So I will just change my behavior.

This week, be honest with yourself.

What are some of the things you need to stop doing to be in a better relationship with God or yourself?

Maybe it’s turning off the TV and sitting with him quietly or taking better care of your body.

Journal your thoughts about the change you want in your life.

-Love, Camara

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Also Read: Understanding Testimonies! – Diademng (thediademng.org)

Psalm 139:14-15 KJV

[14] I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Marvellous are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.

[15] My substance was not hid from thee, When I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

https://bible.com/bible/1/psa.139.14-15.KJV

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