I have heard that so many times. It probably is the hardest thing to get started... Changing your everyday routine can be challenging.... But how many of us have started something and didn't finish it. The hardest thing for me is to listen to GOD and start at the right time.
6 years ago I started a spoken word ministry at the church I was attending. It was called Poetic4JESUS. My mission was to take GOD where is not normally acknowledged. I wanted to build a troupe and send them to open MIC nights and show to do performances that were spiritually based. Great idea huh. I was performing every first Sunday. I was going to a few churches and performing. But to no avail, I had no troupe and I didn't have the means to go to different open MIC nights myself because I have child care issues. I approached people, but they didn't want to do it. Some even said that they couldn't perform like I could. I offered to write the pieces and coach them, but no one wanted to do it. So, I thought, it wasn't meant to be. I'd started something that appeared to be awesome, but I lacked the drive, the people, or resources to accomplish that task. I was so discouraged, but the passion for spoken word and performing never died. It just fizzled a little.
Now, I have the babysitter. I have a little more confidence. Now I have people coming to me wanting to work with me to accomplish things that I'd only imagined secretly and kept hidden in the recesses of my heart. Some of the things that I desired to do and never told anyone about are coming to happen or very close to it. I'm very grateful for that. I realized that all the things that are happening now couldn't have happened 6 years ago. I wasn't ready. I wouldn't have been able to handle it. I wasn't conditioned enough to take on the task and challenges involved to make the best of it. I now know that. But before, I was stuck thinking that I had failed at a dream that I'd always wanted to accomplish. As long as I'm breathing, I'm believing that GOD put this gift in my grasp to do something awesome with it. I'm proud that he chose me for certain task. And although sometimes it can be scary (just a little) and I have a long way to go, it is something that He made intricately for me. So, I push on with that mind set. I study more. I pray more. I work more (and harder). I push harder. So that in the end I can look back and say, this way the right time to start, look at all I have accomplished.
So, it is hard to start something that you have always done! I think the hardest thing to do sometimes is to be consistent with it. Granted, don't put it off! But, pray for the discernment to know when is your time to start. The task may be hard, but the reward is great. If it is something that has been pressing on you to do, do it! The desire will never go away, but opportunities may pass. You can do it. It will be worth it. It will make you happy if it is meant to be.
For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. ~ Jeremiah 29:11
6 years ago I started a spoken word ministry at the church I was attending. It was called Poetic4JESUS. My mission was to take GOD where is not normally acknowledged. I wanted to build a troupe and send them to open MIC nights and show to do performances that were spiritually based. Great idea huh. I was performing every first Sunday. I was going to a few churches and performing. But to no avail, I had no troupe and I didn't have the means to go to different open MIC nights myself because I have child care issues. I approached people, but they didn't want to do it. Some even said that they couldn't perform like I could. I offered to write the pieces and coach them, but no one wanted to do it. So, I thought, it wasn't meant to be. I'd started something that appeared to be awesome, but I lacked the drive, the people, or resources to accomplish that task. I was so discouraged, but the passion for spoken word and performing never died. It just fizzled a little.
Now, I have the babysitter. I have a little more confidence. Now I have people coming to me wanting to work with me to accomplish things that I'd only imagined secretly and kept hidden in the recesses of my heart. Some of the things that I desired to do and never told anyone about are coming to happen or very close to it. I'm very grateful for that. I realized that all the things that are happening now couldn't have happened 6 years ago. I wasn't ready. I wouldn't have been able to handle it. I wasn't conditioned enough to take on the task and challenges involved to make the best of it. I now know that. But before, I was stuck thinking that I had failed at a dream that I'd always wanted to accomplish. As long as I'm breathing, I'm believing that GOD put this gift in my grasp to do something awesome with it. I'm proud that he chose me for certain task. And although sometimes it can be scary (just a little) and I have a long way to go, it is something that He made intricately for me. So, I push on with that mind set. I study more. I pray more. I work more (and harder). I push harder. So that in the end I can look back and say, this way the right time to start, look at all I have accomplished.
So, it is hard to start something that you have always done! I think the hardest thing to do sometimes is to be consistent with it. Granted, don't put it off! But, pray for the discernment to know when is your time to start. The task may be hard, but the reward is great. If it is something that has been pressing on you to do, do it! The desire will never go away, but opportunities may pass. You can do it. It will be worth it. It will make you happy if it is meant to be.
For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. ~ Jeremiah 29:11
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