Influencer Karissa Collins could not have envisioned her life with 11 youngsters for herself, however she wouldn’t have it every other means.
“My youthful self didn’t need youngsters and didn’t need motherhood,” Collins, 41, wrote through Instagram on Friday, August 22. “God modified my coronary heart and opened [my] eyes. And never simply to what I might deal with however to what He might domesticate and prosper by way of little previous me. It’s life altering. Not only for me and my husband however for the lives we have now allowed God to present.”
Collins defined that she talks “about this a lot” as a result of she needs “somebody would’ve informed me God’s coronary heart on household measurement earlier than I obtained married.”
“I want I noticed fruitful and trustworthy households rising up,” she shared. “I want I knew the reality concerning the Bible and concerning the blessing of kids. I want I might’ve understood provision. Nobody talks about it. We simply do what’s proper in our personal eyes and our personal capability however in the end God desires dominion. He desires your give up. He desires your fears and failures. And he turns them into an attractive backyard.”
She concluded, “I by no means wished this life. I by no means wished what I didn’t perceive. However man oh man…that is so good! A life with no regrets written by God himself.”
Within the clip, Karissa posed along with her and husband Mandrae Collins’ 11 youngsters in entrance of their house. “Me to my youthful self that didn’t need children …” she wrote over the video, whereas lip-synching lyrics from Taylor Swift’s observe “I Forgot That You Existed.”
One month earlier than the publish, Karissa shared that she and Mandrae have been anticipating one other child. Days later, Karissa introduced that she miscarried and deliberate to let the fetal tissue move naturally. She beforehand suffered three being pregnant losses.
After sharing her miscarriage, Karissa sparked backlash when she shared a video of her children hitting her abdomen. Karissa famous that she’s not a fan of “controversy” and didn’t publish the video for followers.
“I apologize. After I posted that video, what was on different individuals’s minds was not on my thoughts in any respect,” she mentioned in a TikTok video on the time. “I by no means considered it that means. It was a cute second with me and my youngsters. I didn’t suppose anybody would even watch it.”
