Go Back

The next few days and nights, I will be busier than I have ever been. This business that I have created for myself is flourishing and growing like I never imagined. I am so busy that I cannot take on one more customer for the next week. This is only Thanksgiving so I am wondering how I will handle a Holiday like Christmas. One thing that keeps me going, one thing that keeps me energized late at night and in the early morning is the desire that God placed inside of me to do this. He is the one that birthed this whole idea! He is the one that showed me how I can be creative, have fun and still make a profit for my family. There have been many times this week when I have doubted, worried a little and wondered if I heard God right. But I go back to the beginning of this process when I KNEW this was what I was supposed to be doing. Not always do I hear God so clearly but I heard Him when I prayed about this business. Not in an audible voice, no. But, I heard Him very clearly and I have been learning throughout my entire Christian walk how to know when I am truly hearing from God. At times, it is a step of faith and one may not always know when to move forward, you just have to trust. Then there are those times when you know that you know that you know that God has spoken. I KNEW that Jeremy Hayes was going to be my husband. I knew that we were supposed to buy the house we are living in now. I knew to call a friend the other day because God brought her to my mind during prayer. Not everything is a jump out at you kind of thing. But a lot of times, it is! As I have been working late at night and getting up early in the morning to continue and taking care of my kids, the home and my husband, I have wondered "Am I doing the right thing?" Then, I hear God's voice . I hear what He told me the night he showed me what He wanted me to pursue. "Things will be tough. You will be tired. You will have days when you want to give up and quit. But, don't. The pay off will be much greater than you ever imagined and this business will bless many. Do not let feelings change your mind. Depend on Me for strength. Depend on Me every single day. When you doubt whether or not you heard from Me, go back to what you know is true."

I remember where I was, what I was doing, the time of day, everything! I remember when God spoke to me. So, I go back! When I am tired, when I am stressed, when I am overwhelmed, when I feel like giving up, I GO BACK to what He said. Some of you today are struggling in your marriage. Some of you have situations in life that are bringing about a spirit of defeat. You probably think it would be easier to give up and not finish. How will you ever experience the joy of a victory? How will you ever experience what Jesus has waiting for you at the end of the trial? Keep going, keep running, keep believing, keep relying on Him for strength. Go back to what you know to be true. Don't give up!!

(Someone needed this today! I had no idea what I was going to write about but somewhere maybe in the United States, maybe in China, I don't know where but someone needed this. I know I did!)