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The Unfolding

Jasmine Barr: "This may not be exactly what it means to be a Hebrew Israelite. I'm just telling my story." | Unfolding Short Stories

The Unfolding

Northwestern Media

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9867 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

As a Black Hebrew Israelite, Jasmine spent years trying not to mess up or break God's law, living under strict expectations. After long prison phone calls with the man who would become her husband, she began to see Jesus differently, not as a taskmaster but as Savior. This is her story of laying down a heavy yoke and finding rest in Jesus. 

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0:00.0

Now, this may not be exactly what it truly means to be a Hebrew racialite.

0:05.5

I'm just telling my story.

0:07.6

God's story, your life.

0:12.4

Unfolding short stories.

0:17.0

A couple of weeks ago, we shared Justin Glover's story from our live storytelling event in Kansas City.

0:23.9

While Justin was in prison, he was spending hours on the phone with a woman named Jasmine, now his wife.

0:31.2

At the time, she was deeply committed to the Black Hebrew Israelite movement.

0:36.2

But through their conversations and their Bible study and through the Holy Spirit's work in her life,

0:42.3

Jasmine began to accept Jesus.

0:44.9

So last month when we had that live storytelling event, after Justin shared his story in front of a small crowd,

0:52.4

Jasmine went into one of our recording studios and just

0:55.9

shared her story into a microphone. So today we have her unique journey to Jesus.

1:03.1

My name is Jasmine Barr. I've never told my testimony, so I guess this will start with me

1:09.5

searching for Jesus.

1:11.7

I've went to church in my life off and on with family members.

1:16.3

And it was very encouraging, but at the same time, I really wasn't paying attention to what was going on.

1:22.0

I just knew that I was in the building.

1:24.7

Fast forward to after giving birth to my children, my two oldest,

1:30.4

my son and my daughter, I had started going down this journey where I wanted to find Jesus

1:36.1

because I was making so many what I would consider bad mistakes. We're just fornicating.

1:43.0

So I looked for Jesus and I asked one day, I remember

1:47.9

being in my cousin's apartment on the floor and just bawling my eyes out and I was just like,

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