08/17/2026
Our story; His glory 🙌🏽
A testimony project ✝️
💛Meet Holly💛
✨ Please start with an introduction, include your name and any details you’d like to share about yourself.
-My name is Holly Smith, and I’m 47 years old. I’m a pastor’s wife and a teacher, Brett and I have 4 children, and I am a Mimi to two sweet granddaughters. I teach Visual Communication & Design at a career center, but one of the greatest passions God has placed on my heart is studying His Word. I love writing and designing Bible studies and encouraging women to open their Bibles, dig into Scripture for themselves, and discover just how deeply God wants them to know Him.
✨ What is something that lights you up?
-My family. My church family. Studying God’s Word. And seeing someone surrender their life to Jesus.
There is nothing quite like watching God change a heart and seeing someone realize that the grace, forgiveness, hope, and freedom found in Jesus are for them, too.
💛 What is one thing you hope people feel when they're around you?
-Loved. Seen. Safe. At peace. I want people to feel like they belong—that they don’t have to have everything figured out or put together. I hope they feel comfortable enough to simply be who they are and know they are loved right where they are.
💛 Once I was...
-Once I was lost, broken, overwhelmed, and anxious.
I felt like I had to have it all together. Like I had to figure everything out, carry everything, fix everything, and somehow find my own way.
✨ Then Jesus…
-Then Jesus called me.
I had always believed in God. Deep down, I think I always knew He wanted more for my life. But there is a difference between knowing about Jesus and completely surrendering your life to Him.
When I finally surrendered it all, everything began to change.
I realized the “more” I had been searching for wasn’t about doing more, achieving more, or becoming more.
It was Him.
He wanted my heart. He wanted my life. And He began showing me that my purpose was to serve Him and help others come to know Him, too.
Then, on April 28th, Jesus saved my life in a way I could never have imagined.
A medical procedure went terribly wrong, and what followed was miracle after miracle. When there was no strength left in me, He sustained me. When everything could have ended, He said it wasn’t over.
He brought me back to life—literally.
And I will spend the life He gave back to me telling others about the One who saved it.
✨ His glory shines through my story because...
-Because none of this is about me.
He guides my steps. His grace carries me every single day. Everything I have and everything I am belongs to Him.
God called me.
He redeemed me.
He forgave me.
He brought me back to life.
And He set my feet on a path with a purpose: to point others back to Jesus.
My story isn’t about what I survived.
My story is about the God who carried me through it.
That is His Glory.
💛 Someone reading this needs to know...
-The God who performed miracles in my life is the same God who sees you right now.
The Creator of the universe wants a relationship with you.
He sees you.
He knows you.
He loves you.
People will disappoint you. People will fail you. This life will bring things you never expected and circumstances you cannot control.
But Jesus will never fail you.
We all have a choice.
Choose Him.
Choose surrender.
Choose to stop trying to carry everything on your own and place it into the hands of the One who already knows the way.
Let Him lead you.
Let Him love you.
Let Him give you the peace you’ve been trying so hard to find on your own.
And let Him lead you all the way home.
“And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
— Philippians 4:7
