Redirected

Good Friday morning!

Thankfully, my computer woes were resolved on Wednesday but it took me most of the day. It finally occurred to me to email the friend who installed the software just to let her know what was happening. She said she wished I had written her earlier (like about five hours earlier). I could have saved myself a lot of grief not to mention hours wasted. I spent so much time trying to troubleshoot a problem, taking drastic measures at times where none were even necessary. The remedy was much simpler than the route I took.

Once the crisis was over, I started thinking how my approach to a computer problem is entirely different than God’s approach to me. As I said, the first sign of this problem, I tried to fix it, but I didn’t understand the problem. So, having researched a bit on line, I started troubleshooting, thinking maybe it’s this or that. Ended up uninstalling a couple of programs, twice, when I probably didn’t need to do this at all.

I am so thankful to God that He never merely “troubleshoots” in my life. He doesn’t look down from heaven one day and see that I’m hurting, or wrestling with some sin, or witness a bad attitude surfacing and start “fiddling” with my life. Rather, if God sees a problem, He knows exactly how He plans to fix it.

Okay, switching gears, the reason for today’s title, “redirected.” This is the last day I’m posting for a while—perhaps a real long while, though I’m not sure. To say I’m “quitting” my blog seems too severe. But I may be. Thing is, if I stop posting for awhile, y’all won’t know to come back and check, although it would be great if you did sometimes.

Here’s the deal. I’d been praying for a long time about whether God wanted me to expand the freelance marketing assistance I offered to a couple of clients to a full fledged business. He answered that prayer a few months ago when WordCount was born. Still not sure whether I’ll end up landing a full-time position here in the area and WordCount will merely supplement that job. (I thoroughly enjoy my job of administratively supporting authors). Or maybe WordCount will become my full time job. Time will tell. All I know is my business continues to grow. Recently had my new website designed, http://www.wordcount.biz, but I need to finish researching and writing the copy for that.

Further, I’ve noticed that I am spending long hours at my computer, far more than I would have if my job was off site. This has been robbing me of exercise time out in the glorious sunshine, or time with friends. Just time to chill. So much time spent at the computer soon cuts into my productivity. I’m busy, sure, but am I productive?

So the Lord showed me recently that my blog is one area that I need to cut out. It’s not just the time I spend writing it—I’m really slow and won’t even tell you how long it takes me to post each blog—but the time I spend mulling possible themes over in my mind. Actually, the part of thinking about the “when I remember” principles of God’s love, mercy, and grace each day is terrific. I won’t be changing that! Just won’t be writing all those thoughts down here!

Thanks for hanging with me over the last few months. It’s been such a blessing sharing a bit of my heart and my journey with Christ with all of you. Like I said, I may post sometimes. Heck, maybe I’ll post tomorrow if I suddenly feel a hankerin’ to share. But I also might not post for a month or two. Or six. Or maybe I’ll post next week but then not again for a month.

You get the picture. Just won’t be committing to any sense of regularity any more.

May God richly bless you this weekend with family and friends.

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven….I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him. (Ecclesiastes 3:1, 14)