Whenever God is calling me to something new, there is a scary, stepping out on a limb element involved; I’ve learned that being obedient to the Lord’s plan always requires bravery.
I’ve known since January 1st that 2013 would be a year of big changes, of new things in my life, a year of new beginnings. One day several months ago I was reading a blog, and a sidebar button for The Influence Network caught my attention. I went to the Influence website, and I immediately knew–deep down in my bones, butterflies in my stomach knew–that this was something I HAD to be part of, that this was one of the new things. I paid the membership fee and joined the network within a few minutes of pulling the site up. After joining, I learned that Influence has an annual conference in Indianapolis; I knew I had to be part of that, too.
September 26 I will be flying from Dallas to Indy to spend the weekend with hundreds of girls I’ve never met before. I will be sharing a hotel room with two girls I’ve never met before. As an introvert who is super new to the blogging/online business community, this is a big, intimidating leap of faith for me. I am choosing to be brave, to step confidently in the direction where I feel the Lord is leading me.
“The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives.” Psalm 37:23
As any good Pinterest fanatic/type A personality would, I’ve been researching what to bring to a blogging conference. In addition to my ever-present iPhone (Instagram!!) and the majority of the clothes in my closet, the two things I plan on having with me are my gorgeous new journal for recording profound nuggets of wisdom, and my hole punch/book ring combo thingy for storing all of the business cards I’ll be collecting.
I’m full of joyful expectation for what these three days will bring. I am excited for the life-giving, beautiful relationships that will be formed and for the invaluable knowledge I will come away with. In addition to practical, strategic advice from women who have been blogging and pursuing online businesses for years, there will also be powerful worship and Biblical teaching. AMAZE.
If you see me at the conference, come say hi!
(This post is a link up to The Influence Network)
