Beautifully Broken Authentically You Ministries

My name is Jenise Erickson. I was born in Palos, IL and grew up in Bridgeview until I was ten years old. Then we settled in Plainfield, IL. I studied at Rasmussen University leaving with an Associate’s degree in Medical Administration graduating in 2012, and a Bachelors in Healthcare Management graduating in 2015. I also briefly studied at Liberty University in 2018 a few classes for a Master of Divinity.

I am a single, mid thirty-year-old woman who became a believer at age eighteen.  However, this doesn’t qualify me as an expert, because I am STILL learning new things, still amazed at the pouring of the Holy Spirit, and of Gods love. 

From a young age, I lived a very sheltered life, I struggled with many types of emotions, mental health, sexual abuse, self-harm, and a lot of loss in my backstory. For many years, I was lost in experimentation and orientations because of the abuse I suffered. In 2021, I entered into a civil union with another woman, that I know was NOT ordained by God, I knew that I was making a mistake, and yet I was so lost and grieving a relationship that I had with a man. I allowed myself to stray from where I know God was leading. I knew that I would have to learn the hard way. 

I eventually moved to Arizona in 2022, and I found a new world awaiting me that I hadn’t experienced before. I had always been afraid of change, afraid to move.

Yet I found myself, and I found my voice while I was there for 8 months. I found that doors were closing for me there. I was determined, however, to make a life there by myself because that is where I learned how to speak up and stand up for myself. I realized that my heart had changed, and I wanted to follow where God wanted me. Not where I wanted. 

One day, a friend of mine asked me a question that I was dreading, but knew the answer to: “What do you feel God is nudging you to do?” 

And suddenly I felt the spirit say “I am going to redeem your mistakes, but you need to follow where I am taking you. Go back home to IL.”

Within a month I sold or donated everything. Suddenly doors started to fly open and that allowed me funds to move back. in Mid-May of 2023, I drove the 26-hour ride back home with what I could fit in my car. 

There are times in our lives, which God orchestrates to draw us closer to himself. I am thankful each day that he never stops searching for me, and he never gives up. I am a child of God, and I’m thankful for the continual lessons and growth. 

I strive to be an honest, kind, gentle, God fearing, woman. I aim to help others who feel pain, hurt, and confusion find a way in this hard world. As I’ve experienced firsthand. I intend to use my experiences and my life as a testimony to helping others find their way. 

Know that wherever you are on your journey of life, I vow to help you reach your full potential- I am a hands on, “Get up and Go,” and “Here I am” messenger of God. 

Blessings and Gratitude,

Jenise Erickson