A Pastor's Testimony of Faith, Motherhood, and Becoming
By Ciara Johnson
What happens when God's calling doesn't match your circumstances?
In Called, Carried, and Covered, Ciara Johnson shares a powerful, transparent memoir of obedience lived in real time. As a pastor, single mother of twins, and woman navigating public housing, financial pressure, emotional fatigue, and relentless responsibility, Ciara's story challenges the idea that calling requires comfort-or arrival.
This is not a story of perfection.
It is a testimony of faith in the middle.
Through deeply personal storytelling, scripture, and soul-stirring prayers, Ciara invites readers into the tension between calling and circumstance. She writes honestly about leading while still healing, trusting God with children and provision, choosing obedience when it is costly, and learning to rest without guilt.
This book is for:
Those who feel called but constrained
Mothers balancing faith and responsibility
Leaders serving while still becoming
Anyone trusting God in a season that doesn't look like the promise yet
The book concludes with 15 full-page prayers, written for readers who need language for the process-prayers for exhaustion, provision, waiting, surrender, and hope. These prayers turn the book into both a testimony and a devotional readers can return to again and again.
Called, Carried, and Covered is a reminder that God wastes nothing, grace meets us where we are, and faith does not require perfect conditions-only a willing heart.
If you are walking faithfully through uncertainty, this book will remind you:
You are still called.
You are still carried.
You are still covered.