I know it’s been a while since I just sat down to chat with my readers. I can’t believe how incredibly busy this year had been…and that Christmas has me feeling like a reindeer in headlights!
I wanted to write today to share how incredibly blessed I felt today when I sat down at my computer and decided to check in on my little ole blog. I was completely blown away to see all the views on my site! When I made the decision last December to back off of writing on the blog daily I braced myself for what I assumed was the inevitable decline in popularity of my blog. I mean, who wants to read a blog that isn’t updated regularly? Initially, most of my traffic was for my Homemade Colored Sugar Sprinkles, which was a little discouraging….cause who wants that to be their legacy on the interwebs???? But over the last few months I’ve been seeing more and more traffic to my serious posts, like this post A Sacrifice of Righteousness and my Free Printable Bible Verse Cards.
Recently, I began realize that over the past year or so, I have pulled away from people. I think when Gram passed, it hit me hard. Not only because she is gone from us, but also because I know the many different lives that she touched, people she loved and encouraged when no one else would. I watched in disbelief as they couldn’t be bothered to pay their respects to her, to speak kind words at her funeral…. And it made my cynical. It made me lose my focus. I forgot that when we love on the unlovely, when we give second, third, forty-fifth chances, that we aren’t doing it for them or for us. We are doing it for Him. We aren’t doing it for Earthly reward, we are doing it to build treasures in Heaven.
Each time we serve, love, forgive, sacrifice our desires for other human’s well being, and there is no applause, no accolades, no recognition, we are building our reward in Heaven.
Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven. Matthew 6:1
So, all that said, I am going to try to schedule time in my day to post more regularly on the blog. Why? Because I like to think that I am helping and encouraging my readers, whether I know it or not, and if I never know it, all the better :)
Thanks girl! Finding the right balance between all the options can be dizzying. But really just walking in what the Lord has put on your heart is always the best path to follow. Glad you’ll be back for awhile. And zero judgement for the frequency with which it happens. Love you!