Professionally speaking, last year was a pretty incredible year within my business. Every goal that I set at the beginning of the year, I was able to achieve. Fast forward a year later and I am emotionally and physically drained. Have you ever felt worn down, kicked around and used up? It's a feeling of extreme exhaustion.
My life is been filled with circumstances outside of my control. Many times, I have wondered is this what God's will for my life truly is or have I totally misunderstood Him. Teacher of the Year I am clearly not, so should I be homeschooling? I love sharing joy and making new friendships through Sabika Jewelry, but should I be marketing something so easily attainable for some and not for others? Friends comment on my social media posts with such generous words of thoughtful encouragement, but does that mean I am qualified to hit that "publish" button so that my words will be heard by even more and BTW, open me up to negative critiques....true friends love unconditionally, but the entire world not so much.
When you feel as though you are completely worn down, continue to follow your heart and don't give up. When you only see your circumstances, follow your heart and don't give up. When your dreams are not coming together quite the way you had expected, follow your heart and don't give up. When I say dreams, I mean everything that you believe in your heart that God wants you to accomplish.
When I am completely exhausted or overwhelmed and distracted by my circumstances, that is when Satan says, "Game On!" Satan is determined to convince me to give up on teaching my children forcing me to think that I am not qualified... when I know God has given me all the tools I need. Satan is determined to convince me that bringing joy to others and sharing opportunities through my business is more about making money than it is in changing someone's life...one of my best friends works for Sabika and she encouraged me to create this blog so that I could continue to share my love and faith to a broader audience...JESUS is first not the JEWELS...but look how it has come together.
My mama constantly reminds me the importance of Proverbs 18:21 which states that our tongues have the ability to speak life or death...so I must be careful over the words I speak. I want to speak the word of God over everything in my life. I want to defeat Satan and thankfully I don't have to do it alone...Isaiah 52:12 says that the God of Israel is your rear guard....in other words, He's got your back!
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