I ask for the Lord to use me daily -to be a light for others to see His goodness. I also ask for the Lord to bless my creativity. My heart is always in the right place, just not my head and for that reason, I have made a very costly error in not moving when the Spirit tells me to move.
A year ago, I was blessed with an idea that could make a huge impact in the world. I only told my husband about it because I didn’t want anyone else to steal the idea. I worked on it for about a week, but allowed my finances to be an excuse to not continue. I looked for patents – none were found – not even pending. I knew that I would have to hire an attorney and then pay for the patents. The costs seemed to keep piling up, so to add another bill was just not a smart thing to do (flesh talking). But God gave me that idea, right? I knew the Lord wouldn’t bring me that far and leave me. So, I did the easy parts; bought the supplies, created a journal to document the ideas over time and I even tried to make it myself. Then, I put it all in a drawer and left it alone.
Some time later, my husband asked what I was going to do with my idea. I told him that I needed help with drawing. He told me to try it on my own. He told me to add the free apps to help me with drawing. So I tried. I worked on it for another week or so, then lost interest.
I always kept in the back of my head, thinking…”I need to work on that” but then, I didn’t for one reason or another -“It’s too expensive,” “I don’t have time,” and “It’s no longer needed.”
Late last night, I opened my facebook page and what was staring at me in my face? The idea the Lord gave to me. Except, it didn’t have my name on it…deservedly so. It was on a major news website. I couldn’t even be upset. I could not even cry. It was my own fault. The Lord supplied my needs according to my faith, but as it said in James 2:14-26, “Faith without works is dead.” He handed me bread to eat because I was hungry, but I didn’t eat because I was too lazy to lift my hand to my mouth.
I can only pray that I do better when given another opportunity.
I decided to write about it today because I believe it’s important to share my trials just as I share my testimonies and so others dont make the same mistake. Keep the faith, keep praying and keep going- don’t quit.
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