Step Out!!!

What are your next steps? What new and exciting things are you about to embark on? Let’s take them together.

Scary. I mean scary. There are always some type of questions that you ask on the inside, when deciding to do something new. Should I do this? Will people judge me? Will this be the 1^st and last time I do something like this? I have been a people pleaser most of my life and just recently I decided, you know what, what I think and feel does matter!!! I cannot worry about how people are going to take what I do or what I don’t do. I am the one that has to live with it. As long as what I do does not cause harm to others or is disrespectful to Father God then I am going to go for it.

This is not about anything that serious, but I decided after getting sick and tired of excuses, to make a move. I am going to take one step at a time and go forward towards my goal of entrepreneurship. I have lots of dreams and I really believe this step is the one that will continue to take me on to the next destination and while I am traveling if I can help someone along the way then I am doing great.

Anxiety and fear always tends to creep in when trying something new, but I have learned that I have to do it (whatever it may be), in spite of the fear. The fear may not go away completely, so are you going to wait for it to completely subside or subside enough to get your bearings and press ahead? I say do it in the midst of the fear and move ahead; as long as I am moving forward even if it is baby steps that I am taking I am good.

Phillippians 3:13-4, ¹³Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, ¹⁴I press on towards the goal for the prize of the heavenly^*call of God in Christ Jesus.

There is indeed a fear in moving ahead, because of the fear of the unknown, unless you are one that just thrives off of new and exciting things. I, for the most part fall in the first category, because a majority of the time I have a fear of the unknown, but I am choosing to press on towards the goal that I believe that God has for me and sure I have a few of mine in there:)

This is one ride that I cannot make or take on my own. I have the backing of my husband and he is very supportive and I love him for that, but this is one of those times that I had to look within myself and ask the Father for a push and I believe He gave me one. A few weeks back I was really frustrated at how my life was going. I know that the Father has me here for a purpose and my life has some meaning to it, but I started to become frustrated to the point of movement. I believe He allowed me to get to that point to examine myself and ask Him for help going forward. There are things that I want to do, but have not met the “right” people yet to help me make it happen but for this one step, this one, I do not have to wait to do so I decided to take it.  Besides, He is a Powerful God and when I am ready for the “right” connections He will make it happen.

But until then, the step was/is was to publish my first blog post (http://wp.me/p5hANz-m). I want so many things in life and some of which I really do believe that Father God put in me/gave to me whichever way you want to put it, and I am just tired of just playing around with them. There is a price to pay for having you own and/or helping someone else have their own. I had to examine myself and decide if I was/am willing to pay the price and how much of a price I was/am willing to pay.

Luke 14:28 New Living Translation
“But don’t begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it?

This passage has something to do with being and/or becoming a disciple and that one needs to look at what it might cost you to become one, but as it relates to the topic of:

Trying something new:

1. moving to another location
2. quitting one job and going to another
3. deciding to be self-employed
4. having children

Cost of trying something new:

1. loss of friends and family
2. loss of income
3. loss of sleep
4. loss of stability

Is there something you want to do that is new and challenging for you to step out in? Well, it is time to move forward and not look back. Take a chance/step and see where it takes you. I have plenty of other new thing (steps) to take so why not take “our” next steps together. I can push you and you can push me (in a good way of course).

God Bless!!!