When You're Not Expecting It!

Wow! These past few weeks have been challenging and exhausting.  I honestly don't know where to start.  It's funny how your life seems to be going at a moderate pace and everything is in balance and then you hit a crossroad ... wow, I wasn't expecting that!  I wasn't expecting technical difficulties to  take place with my blog that left many of my readers out of the loop with my posts because they were no longer getting them by email.  I wasn't expecting that the problem is taking place Google-wide and I surely wasn't expecting to not be able to talk with a LIVE person to learn how to fix the problem. For weeks, I have tried to figure out how to solve this problem and I have gotten no where.  I thought about changing to another blog and even began the process of creating a new page, but I stopped, because it wasn't what I wanted and it was very limited.  The levels of my frustration just kept rising.  I never expected to have to deal with this.  I  couldn't stop thinking about you, my readers!

This blog is very dear to my heart.  It was given to me by the Lord and like everything else in my life, I want to be a good steward over it.  It is important for me to share, not because I want you to know all about me, but because, I want you to continue to know about the Lord and be encouraged by what He is doing in my life, and what He can do in your own life.  It has been hard for me not to post, but, I have been discouraged.  And although, my posts are delivered through various engines to all of my readers, I couldn't be at peace knowing that, some of my readers were not being encouraged.  All of my readers hold a place in my heart; you are loyal and faithful readers who continue to encourage me in my transparency. We are all on this journey together; Growing together, Believing and Standing in faith together and Trusting God together.

So where am I at today? Well, I am still not happy with the fact that many of my readers will not receive my posts by email. And I have not been able to figure out how to fix the problem, even with Google posting instructions on how to do so.  I am not a tech guru so that is a fail for me.  And I don't want to change over to another site.  Although, I am experiencing some challenges, there are still other benefits that I receive on this site that other sites don't offer.  So with that being said, "I am trusting God."

I am trusting God, that my readers will remain dedicated and not forget about me.  I am trusting God that although those readers are not receiving my posts by email, they are still hungry enough for an encouraging word from the Lord that they will visit the site on their own.  I am trusting God that no matter what today looks like, tomorrow is better! I am trusting God, that Google will understand the need and urgency of not only my blog posts to be delivered via email, but the blog posts of others.  I am trusting God that even though the speed of life has increased, my God has not and He is still working all things together for my good.

Maybe your not dealing with a technical issue and maybe life for you seems to be at a moderate pace, but maybe you are trusting God for something else.  Or maybe you need a shift spiritually or naturally...trust God.  In His word, we are encouraged to not lean on our own understanding, but to trust in Him with all of our heart, Proverbs 3:5-6.  When I was trying to understand why all of this was taking place, I became discouraged and unmotivated.  I was ready to abandon what the Lord has given me.  But then, as I kept getting inquiries from readers on why I hadn't posted and was I going to continue to post, I was reminded that God's word is still going forth and just as much as I want it to be out there, so does HE! Things will turn around, it's His will for us.  In this situation, I had to surrender myself and turn to the Lord.  I encourage you today to do the same.

Remember, surrender all...
Tynisha