That's All I Had to Do

It’s January, and I’m in my happy place. This might sound strange to some, but I am doing something that makes me happy but really it's something I should have been doing years ago. My calling is to write. I’ve had people pray for me, prophesy over me, encourage me, and all those wonderful spiritual things, but for too many reasons to list I either ran or I sat. I ran when I was afraid. I sat when I felt unqualified. I ran when I thought I’m not good enough in skills or character to be used by God. I sat when I gave up mentally. Running or sitting, either way, both keep us from doing what we were put on this earth to do. And when we give up on our calling, we give up on true happiness. Real talk, this assignment was given to me 12 years ago at a life empowerment conference. Just looking at that last sentence makes me laugh and tear up. In July 2006 I had a calling to read, study, and write daily. I foolishly said no because I honestly didn’t believe I had anything to say nor an audience who wanted to hear from me. In other words, I was given a gift that I didn’t place value in. I won’t say that I didn’t have any happiness over the past 12 years, but just these past few months reading, studying, and writing have brought life to my life! This is supposed to be a daily blog where I post one blog daily, but I probably could post several times a day. That’s just how much content is coming to me every time I sit down to write. Around that same time in 2006 I went to a training at work on classroom management, and we were told to ask our students three questions. 1. What are you doing? 2. What are you supposed to be doing? 3. Why aren’t you doing it? In all honesty that can be applied to us. When we truly do what we are supposed to be doing, we can stand back and say, “That’s all I had to do?” And you will be asking it in a place of joy and peace.