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This was a beautiful post! I felt called to start a blog so in April I started http://www.thatmamalove.com
I am still learning how to write better and sharing my true feelings and life on the blog! I have a passion for motherhood, holistic health and fashion. My blog provides me with that outlet to share all my passions with others!
Lindsay I am so happy to have met you on IG and hope to continue our friendship becasue you are an inspiration to me!
Xo Jenna
Hi Jenna! We sound very similar in regards to our passions and what we like to write about! :) Thank you so much for your sweet and encouraging words!! <3
I can totally relate. I have had my blog for 3-4 years and had never really taken it seriously out of fear. I was soooooooo afraid to write what was on my heart. I would write a post, put the link on Facebook right before bed and then I could not bear to look at it for the next 24 hours out of fear of what other people would think of me. I broke this fear the more I wrote. I also love fashion and I used to be so afraid to write about style and post photos of what I was wearing because again I was so afraid of what others thought of me. I would constantly ask myself, am I a Christian if I like clothes and spend money on them? Now when I post about clothes, faith or whatever I never feel that same fear. It didn't go away right away but the more I pressed through the easier it became.
I cannot tell you how encouraging this is. It's always been my dream to be a writer, to be creative, and to use that for God. I've been wondering so much about how i can go about doing that, what that would look like practically for me. I'm now in my final year of university, and really feeling the pressure to find a 'career' after graduation. On top of that, I'm getting married in July and will have a husband, bills and mortgage to pay, I'll have responsibilities! It's terrifying!! But also SUPER exciting. I want to pour my heart and soul into creating content for God, into spreading His love, His light, His grace and mercy and unwavering devotion to the far reaches of our planet. I feel so drawn to blogging because of this - the potential for God to allow someone to stumble across a post I've written and for that to impact them in just the way they need impacting.. It's amazing.
This was an encouraging read, because we can all relate. I started my blog two weeks ago, and it's far too easy to panic about not being good enough, not being successful, being unable to support myself through doing what I love. But what this post has helped me to realise is that when my eyes are fixed on God, when I'm following His calling, all of the pieces will just fall together, because it is His hand that is forming and leading my future.
Thank you again for this post, I wish you absolutely all of the best for your blogging career, your lovely little family, and your personal walk with God. You are a light in this world, and an inspiration to others who was to join you along the way!
Hi Lindsey,
so I am the one who's been messaging you on IG (@simplyelegantpeony hopefully you remember me lol) on starting a blog and you helped me out so much even though I feel like I have annoyed you time and time again! I didn't publish it yet because of fear of the criticism I would face. So often I have been bullied and pushed around for the things I have done or said and that fear overcame me again. I know God's calling is for me to share my testimonies, to share God's truth and light in my life to those around me because I have been avoiding it for years but He still calls me back but the only way I realized I can truly get my voice out there is by making a blog because maybe there are other girls, other mamas, other Christians struggling where I struggled and can't overcome it but just need some encouragement in their lives..
I guess what I am trying to say is, reading THIS post encouraged me so much, I actually started crying while reading because I felt that fear was holding me back. You are such an inspiration and I thank God I found your blog. God bless you and your family! You brought back a sense of Hope to my life.