jj thames...naked.

"Everybody's story...ain't your story. So stop tryna fit into their fairytale template. Do you... God's plan for your life requires you...doing you. And you allowing Him to do Him, through you.  Let Him be the lead in your story... It'll be one rockin ride!" -jj thames. Flashback to 2009. I was 27 years old, a new mother (3 month little boy, Israel Angel)...In a new state (New York City)...and in a new position (full time minster) ...surprised? well...I sure was. I had dropped out of ministerial school, ran away from the church, from everyone that I ever knew, from my past, from all of my hurts (mainly the death of my 2 year old son)...and high tailed it as far away from Mississippi as I could go at the time. I was supposed to be in New York to pursue my music career...God had other plans. During this season of exile...I spent HOURS upon HOURS locked away studying and meditating on the word of God, worshiping, and spending t...

I've lived my life for me... Most bad, little good... Now it's His turn. -Jj Thames. People will take the one bad thing you did, and define you... how do you reverse that? I have lived a life so sordid that when I share bits and pieces, It leaves demure women and sophisticated ladies, clutching their pearls, and "blessing my heart." Many folks don't believe me, because by the grace of God, I don't look like what I've been through...matter of fact...it seems that the older I get, the more I fall in love with Jesus, and give Him my all...the younger people think I am. "Why do you jump around, and cry, and fall on your knees, Jennifer? Why do you outstretch your hands, and often become speechless and overwhelmed? Why do you smile, and spin in circles, and laugh when you are singing songs to God? It doesn't take all that...God knows your heart, and He is not moved by sensationalism and physical displays of emotion. It onl...

"No more bad boys... like...ever. my jerk quota has been filled. I'm not in 1st grade anymore, punching me in the arm, pulling my hair and pushing me to the ground ain't cute anymore. It now is grounds for an arrest. Shirking responsibility, reckless behavior, and defying authority isn't cool...it's stupid, and immature -grow up, already." -jj thames. I am preparing to lead a small group at my church. I am really excited about it.... It's about dating. cuz...dating sucks... and being a Christian girl, and dating...sucks even more, cuz there's no sex involved, and I'm not talking about no 90 day waiting period either! (yeah, I said it.) THAT slims down the sea of fish real quick... (Tuh! DON'T act like you've never been on that dating site *sideye*) We have all been catfished at one time or another. I met a guy online once...he said he was 6'2"...Try 5'2"!!!! I wanted to punch him in the face for wasting...

Scared? Do it anyway... -jj thames.   Pricilla Shirer once said that whenever fear surrounds something...typically that is the very thing that you need to explore doing. Fear will keep you from your destiny. God doesn't use fear to guide us. okay...so... I have been scratching my head on how to begin my record. as you know...I write/sing my truth. I have to be in the makeup chair in 3 hours, to prepare for my photoshoot for my upcoming record, Raw Sugar. But, I can't sleep. My show was amazing last night...I had an high off of it for a while...slappin myself up fives...but, I felt this niggling in my soul...An tinglng of my writers spidey sense, I knew what was coming. A "heart" song. I tried to ignore it. But, I haven't been able to dismiss this cadence in my head. I have tried and tried to move it out of my brain... like a 2 year old kicking and screaming...laying on the floor in the supermarket... "I don't wanna..." I don't w...

Time to let go... put pictures away... cover up my tattoo, yeah the one I got of you to prove my love... you said you'd give me your last name. but all you wanted, was my sweet love and to suck up my precious time... opened my eyes... opened my eyes.... he was sposed to be foolish over me  on his white horse  comin' to rescue me make me his queen, but now I see the only fool  the only fool was me.  -jj thames "The Only Fool Was Me"  from my upcoming new record "Raw Sugar" Today... is a bad frikkin day... yet, another one that I didn't even bother getting out of bed.  Dominos delivered... and my phone has been on silent.  I want to call somebody....but, I'm tired of talking about it. So, I figured it was a good time to write myself through the moment.  Whenever the feelings arise...I know that they are coming, because there's this foreboding gloom that descends on my visage...Almost how I guess it would fee...

Just when you think you've got it all figured out...something else changes... If you've learned all there is to ever learn about life and all of its facets...it is time to die. So just live and let yourself live...give yourself a break...stop beating yourself up when you're less than perfect. Get over yourself, and your finite view of who you are, and should be...take a deep breath...embrace your tiny, frail, imperfect humanity...stand in awe of your big perfect God...bask in the joy of merely being alive. He has a plan for your life that's gonna blow. your. mind. If you'll just get outta the way.  -jj thames. So... I started this blog for me... for me to discover, heal, help, love, soothe, understand, document, purge, hear direction for, and empower...me. well, I am amazed, humbled, and touched at how many people have found solace, inspiration, humor, and wisdom in my posts... however, I realized something... I started to get stressed out about this b...

The Promised Land is so grand- full of dynamic purpose, hope and destiny. Unfortunately, some people just can't go...no matter how badly you want them to...they don't want it badly enough for themselves. They willingly close their eyes to the vision of freedom and prosperity. They'd rather continue grumbling, complaining, and wandering in the desert. Don't fight their right to be mediocre. Keep marching forward. Take hold of your amazing future! -jj thames. This time last year, I was saying my vows, and looking deep into my new husband's eyes...promising to love, cherish and honor him for the rest of my life. We slow danced, ate cake,had an amazing gourmet brunch- maybe a couple too many mimosas, and retired to our beautiful suite at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis. My heart was full of joy and hope for the future. This year, Instead of laying on the white sandy beach in the Bahamas soaking in the sunshine and beautiful cerulean water, like we were supposed to b...