I tried this blog as an experiment to release what I felt like the Lord had put on my heart to share and create. I'm not exactly sure what happened..I started to think "who would want to hear from me?" "Will what I have to say be significant enough?" "Will my bad spelling and grammar errors make me look dumb?" My husbands response was "Great, but it will be hard to keep track." Ugghh!! I cant believe I fell into this trap! This is exactly what I wanted to help prevent in all of you out there! So here I am. Again!
I logged on today and saw the two comments to my previous post. I thought I had my alerts set to let me know when someone posts something - wrong! Looks like I have some tech things to learn about this new adventure :) I have to say, today I was feeling really down. I found out the company I work for is closing next week. My husband doesn't make enough alone to support the household so this is a pretty devastating blow to us. Don't get me wrong, I know the Lord will provide. However, Ive never been good at trusting His timing above my own. I was sitting here praying and asking what should I do? Where should I submit my resume? Do I want to stay in the same field? When was the last time I did something that I felt was "me" professionally? Then I remembered my short lived afternoon when I was going to start a blog. I logged on and I saw the two of you below my first post. Two women reaching out, trusting that something as simple as a crazy woman's blog can add something to your lives. Suddenly my inspiration is back. If you guys will hang on, we can build something here, together that will help us be stronger, united, still a little goofy women of God.
To Anonymous #1 - Thank you! Thank you! Simply posting a reply of encouragement is what I needed. I hope you find your way back, I am sorry to hear that you are going through some tough stuff. I hope that the past few months have made it easier. Trust that you are not alone, there are circumstances in our lives that make it seem like we are. I hope you feel encouraged to know that nothing is bigger than God, and he can help us through anything. However, sometimes it would be great if he would just send us a email with the directions :)...I will be praying for you.
To Anonymous #2 - I am so sorry for your situation. I cant even begin to know how you feel. There are no words, or fancy one sentence encouragement tag line that I can give you...it simply sucks. I hope you know that I will be praying for you . Please keep me posted.
There it is...2 simple, hear felt comments. Its all it took to show that maybe, just maybe I can create a platform for women to help each other. I have a lot of ideas ladies....where this takes us no one knows! Hahaha, Lord help me!
What better verse than Proverbs 27:17
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
......or should we say "woman"
