I just recently, like a couple hours ago, discovered Jon Acuff's "serious blog". it's no secret how much i LOVE Stuff Christians like , so naturally i was excited to dive in. however, it wasn't what i expected at all, it was great writing and great advice, but i walked away, (well, clicked away) with an erie feeling. Here is this Well renowned blogger, author, and the basic epitome of awesomeness pouring into me and i feel icky. i am doing "everything right", why aren't i as famous as him? he has a verified twitter account for goodness sake, he's arrived. why haven't i arrived? do i have to blog for four years before i get consistent traffic? i have a 5year plan and spending four of those years trying to build a name for myself is NOT part of the plan.
Instead of going to my own twitter account to complain about my life, i was directed to blog about what was going on in my head and what God was trying to tell me.
the bible says in Isaiah that every word of God will produce fruit, it will accomplish everything it is intended to accomplish and prosper everywhere it goes. it's cool, how god works. we have to realize if god told us to do/say anything, and we do it. we have succeeded. we have arrived. simple as that. the very fact that god is trusting us with his word, (the same word the created THE UNIVERSE) is SO MAJOR! we have to redefine our measure of success. blue twitter checks and heavy blog traffic doesn't mean we have arrived. those things are nice but they do not define our success as believers. Obedience is success.
God is all about simplicity. he's so legit.
<3 ∞,
Ryen Lynette Cooper.
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