"Huh?"
"What?"
"Can you repeat that please?"
I say that a lot. A LOT. Quite frankly, I can be a horrible listener. So when God started working on my heart to take a step back from blogging and twitter I was all like,
"Huh?"
"What?"
"Can you repeat that please?"
Unfortunately, I heard right the first time. God did not speak to me audibly per say. My Pastor often says that God speaks primarily through His Word. Through my daily Bible reading I ran across verses such as these.
Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. James 3:1
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:33
And 1 Timothy 6
These scriptures spoke to my motives. YES I want to help and encourage. It's my heart's desire, and it is a good and Godly desire. The thing is I was seeking other things too, on top of that. In other words, being a social media mini-celebrity seemed pretty appealing to me too. And while I'm being honest, the thought of bringing in some extra cash somehow through all of this also sounded very appealing.
Hear me.
I'm not saying that making money online is evil and becoming well known online is sinful. Not at all. Here's the thing though. As Christians, Christ followers, we should be following Christ and what He values.
Check out Philippians 2
It's about humbling ourselves, not seeking our motives. Even Christ humbled Himself and took up the cross for our salvation. In the same way, we should humble ourselves and through our motives by the wayside. Understand that it's for no other reason than to bring others to Christ. It's not about bringing others to our Twitter Page or Facebook Wall. It's about pointing others toward our Lord and Savior and praying that they come to know Him in that way in each and every area of their life.
And how about the whole getting extra cash thing? 1 Timothy 6 addresses that beautifully. What caught my attention was the fact that some have been lead astray by that lure to seek riches. Scary, right? Riches may come. Working is good. (The Bible encourages working) Sales may come, but what are we seeking? That's what God wants to straighten out. It's about our motives and hearts.
So yea, I shut up for a little while and let God lead me through His Word. During this time, God has been teaching me lots about the beauty of submission, leadership, and life. He's brought me hobbies beyond cooking in the kitchen which is HUGE. I've put on some weight since the holidays so learning to enjoy myself without packing on more lbs is a God send. He's delivered me from fears and anxieties that have bound me for years. He's teaching me how to grow as a child of God and as a wife. He's teaching me the power of contentment.
And yes, He is releasing me back into the wild (aka blogging and Twitter). lol
My hope was to come back with some sort of hard core strategy and be back with a vengeance, but ummm...it's not really that way. This is what I know. I want to share all that God has done so my posts will probably have a lot to do with what God has shown me these last several weeks from money saving fashion to managing the house to Biblical truths.
Also, know that I know that I am still a work in progress. There's much I'm still learning. If at any point, social media becomes too big in my life I'm going to have to pause again and re-focus. Don't worry. I'm also going to work on notifying you a bit more gracefully. As a matter of fact, I'm thinking I will try to stick to posting once a week. This will help.
Love you ladies! Thanks for praying and hanging with me.
