When I think of the pillowcase project I like to think I brightened some difficult days or added a small dose of love to a few treatment plans. I hope this project made a tiny portion of the world a little better. Pillowcases were an important part of life for me the first several years after I was diagnosed with Crohn’s.

My heart is filled with gratitude to my Heavenly Father for the light that kindled within me, and the idea that sparked to make pillowcases. He used my young desire to change the world, and He changed me.

He allowed me to experience a small portion of the immeasurable love He has for all His children, and that love is what instigated my decision to make pillowcases for kids in the hospital. When I made that choice I didn’t realize how important it was. Or rather, I didn’t realize for what purpose it was important. I unknowingly allowed God into my heart.

God’s welcome light changed my sight.

The decision to start Jessa’s Pillowcase Project was a choice Heavenly Father blessed me with. It was a choice that changed my heart and sight for the better.

It has been a long time since I made any pillowcases, but every day I make choices that are easier because I chose at a young age to be kinder than it was easy to be.

What started with pillowcases was a changing of my heart. That changing hasn’t stopped. Hopefully it never will. I trust God to change my heart continually. I want mine to look like His.

Jessa’s Pillowcase Project may seem at first or second glance to have little to do with pillowcases. Everything it is and now will be originated with pillowcases. It will always be a part of me for the better. This project and platform is still all about kindness and using the difficult things thrown at us in life to draw closer to God. The pillowcases were a project that changed my heart. My heart is still an in-progress project.

I pray that today and every day our Heavenly Father will make something of our heart. In the decisions He places in your life today, I hope you will let your younger self teach your present self to turn to Him in kindness and wonderment.

I challenge you to open your heart and let Him in, even as your heart faces challenges.

With love,

Jessa