God not only sees where you are, He sees where You Can Be!

     Wow, I can not believe it has already been a week since I felt that the Lord wanted me to start Seeds of Hope and Praise! Who knew so much could happen in a week?! I went from doubt, to insecurity, to anxiety, to happiness, then doubt again and now today? Happy. Very happy. It was so hard to step out and obey the Lord. I actually had no idea how hard it was going to be! I started out thinking I would make a separate page on Facebook (apart from my account) and not even tell my friends on Facebook. Now that would have been the easy thing to do. No putting myself out there and risking rejection. If it failed I could have just deleted it and went on like nothing ever happened. But for some reason the day I got on to do it I didn't. I put it on my page and held my breath, shaking and nervous about how it would be received. It was traumatic for me to say the least.  Then I took it a step further...I invited people to the page! Not a lot of people, just people I was pretty sure would like it.
Then the next day I invited a couple more and then a couple more. I also posted a status update telling people about it. I was really stepping out of my comfort zone. (I am still shocked)
     But I know God gave me the strength to push through the anxiety and insecurity. He has literally carried me through this whole process.  He has shown me more in the past week than probably in the past 6 months. Its exhilarating!
     One thing he has showed me is the value of perspective. During the first couple of days I invited quite a few people and only a couple liked the page. Instead of focusing on who did like my page, all I could think about was why more people didn't? Was it something I did? Or my pictures weren't good enough? Did they just not like me? The more I focused on the people that didn't, the more upset I got. But the Lord let me know that those few people who did like my page, mattered. They mattered a lot.  I don't understand why some people didn't like it, but its not my job to find out. Its God's job to make sure the right people see it. And all that really matters is the fact that I can spread Seeds of Hope and Sing my Praises to him!!
       Of course with now having more likes on my page, I am actually feeling a little more pressure to post really great stuff. I don't want to let people down. But as I say that, I know God is going to continue to provide, content and pictures opportunities. 

     


Thank you so much for visiting Seeds of Hope and Praise!! I pray that you leave with more hope than you came with!!!