From Job to Joy!

12-1-2015. My first blog entry - 8 views. I was thrilled. Over the moon. 8 people wanted to read what I had to say. I've walked through my life with God showing me amazing things through the smallest everyday actions. I mean, from a squirrel crossing a road to the unexpected death of my Uncle. There is nothing that God can't teach a lesson through.

This morning was no different. I got up with Justin at 6, made coffee, turned on some Joyce Meyers and listened to her speak on how our life is supposed to change when we accept Christ. Not instantly of course, over time. Then I worked on the website for New Life Baptist Church. Selfish plug there :) After that, I decided to write a blog. Do I know what I'm going to write about? Na. I figure God will take care of that.

I open blogger and just start scrolling through my 148 blogs over the past 11 months. I went back to the first entry and saw my wonderful 8 views. I remember trying daily to write a blog. The struggle, the fight, the frustration. It was a job. I had an infant. Not the most intelligent decision I had made. But hey, I'm an overachiever. I can remember my mom telling me that if it was going to cause me so much struggle, to drop it and move on. I didn't listen. I was determined that I could totally do it all.

I looked at the views. A steady 8-15 views for months. Then all of a sudden BOOM 56. I was ecstatic. I remember why. I wrote a blog about how to BE EMPOWERED. It was about weight loss and being beautiful in your own skin. Which was inspired by a friend of mine, Kristin Wallace, (Owner of Retro and Me) My little viewing pool exploded. Then plummeted again. Now I'm looking back over the last 5 entries...... 26, 43, 65, 34, and 47. That's a few more than my steady 8-15.

When I started it was little. I was starting at the base of the mountain. It took a lot of dedication and hard work to start rolling that train. I pushed and pushed and pushed. I struggled. I fought. I had days where I didn't want to do it. I would throw temper tantrums. I'm sure Kristin experienced the same when she was starting her business, that is now thriving!!! I finally stopped pushing so hard and let it come naturally instead of forcefully. From there on out, it was a joy instead of a job.

Your relationship with God isn't a job. If you treat it like that, it won't benefit you. It should be filled with joy! You learn new things all the time. There is so much that you can experience with God that you can't with anyone else. My Blog was a job at first. An unpaid internship. And now, it's a joy! Like being a mother, if I'm being honest. At first it was a job, now it's a joy. Take anything you do.

WHEN YOU CHANGE YOU PERSPECTIVE

IT WILL CHANGE THE OUTCOME!!!