Blogging: 1 year of Obedience

Wow!!!!! 1 year of writing this blog. One year of pouring out. One year of obedience. Last year I had been questioning what the Lord wanted me to do. I have a lot of thoughts that run through my head, a lot of messages the Lord gives me. I didn’t know what to do with them. In my limited thinking, I thought the Lord is giving me these things to get me through whatever it is I was going through. Soon enough, the Lord showed me that, yes, it was for me, but it was also for you.

I have gone through a lot of highs and lows in my life. I’ve learned a lot of lessons, both big and small. Through it all, I’ve learned that what I go through places me in the cloud of witnesses. MY testimony is set to help someone else go through their trials and tribulations and serve as motivation, encouragement, and witness that God can do all things. This revelation birthed The Speaking Heart Blog. I remember asking my cousins about blog names, wondering how to create one. Then the Lord spoke again with the name I needed.

What has this year been like for me? It’s been a year of constantly determining what I needed to share. Before even thinking about blogging, I was journaling. I would hear a word from God and write it down. When I started this blog, I had multiple journal entries that served as blog entries. It was just a matter of figuring out when to release them. I’ve also learned that not everything is worthy of sharing in the blog. Some things are encouragement. Some things are my feelings that need to stay in my journal. Learning the difference between the two has been interesting and caused a lot of blogs not to be posted. The goal is to encourage, not allow my feelings to give wrong guidance or instruction from God. There are blogs that I didn’t share because I was concerned about how it would come across. Would my words get twisted? Is this the right time? Needless to say, any blog I feel conflicted about stays to the side until I get further instruction. Some even go in the trash. It’s a process that I have to be extremely careful about. I want people to hear God’s voice through my assignment. Not my voice.

I am proud of this year of blogging. It truly has been a rewarding experience. Yes, I can get caught up in wondering if people are reading it. Yes, I want to see shares or likes. What I realized is, the likes and shares don’t mean anything. Yes, they are great to have, but my assignment is to post the encouragement. If no one reads the blog, I’ve still been obedient to what God asked me to do. If I don’t get a share, I’m still working on the assignment God has given to me. In my obedience, God is doing the work. He is sharing it with the right people. He is allowing that one person, or maybe more, to be encouraged. That is the reward. My obedience is in doing what God wants me to do.

I want to encourage every one of you reading this today. Taking the leap to work the assignment is not always easy. You will question your ability to do the work. You will have moments of doubt. You will get frustrated. You will feel alone. On the other side of those feelings, you will gain confidence. You will believe in yourself. You will rejoice in the work. You will have a support group.  Don’t worry about who, what, when, or how. Be obedient to the voice of God. He has all of it thought out and worked out. He needs you to be obedient.

Cancel out the voices of other people. Hear the voice of God. Whatever it is God has placed in your life to do, do it because it’s your assignment. He has put the right people, places, and things in your path to complete it. I pray God is doing miraculous things in your life. I pray you are growing and learning in Him. I pray He is manifesting your heart’s desires right now. I pray that whatever promise He has for you is being fulfilled.  If no one else believes in you, know that I do.

I’m so glad I listened to His voice. The Speaking Heart Blog has been life changing for me. My heart has found its voice in and through God.

The Speaking Heart Blog 1 year anniversary. Thank you for listening.