Writing and Diving Boards

Ever have the thrill of jumping off the diving board?

Especially the bouncy ones:)

They are fun.

Depending on the board you could climb a short or

very high ladder.

The short diving board has a short ladder and is bouncy.

It is fun and you can go off it more times because the trip is not far AND

the risk is not much.

The mid-level diving board is not as bouncy and the ladder is a little higher.

When you get on it you think to yourself that it IS higher but still

doable.

The high dive is the big Papa of them all.

The ladder is a chore and when you step out on the board for the first time

your knees get a little weak.

There is no bounce to this board...no playing around.

You jump and hope for the best.

Today I'm comparing diving board to writing and posting.

Why I post what I post and where I post...

My actions are not whimsical.

AS much as they may seem they are...they are actually calculated.

When it comes to Facebook I didn't want to start it.

I didn't feel like I had time and thought it needless.

BUT 

my girls talked me into it.

I now use it as a tool.

It first was to just update my status and post pictures.

I would use it as most I guess do.

Until I felt like God wanted more from me out of it.

I saw how people used FB in a negative way and used it to hurt others.

I thought that if FB is reaching soooo many people then it's time to 

REACH them in JESUS NAME!

So, I pray and read...and then I started to post a verse.

I started to post encouraging words...words of advice.

Some were to those that I knew needed to hear...but not directed to them and some

were to me...but not directed:)

What happened is that I started to get messages from people saying God is speaking through 

me to them.

OR that God is giving Me or Hannah (Hannah is doing the same) exactly

the words they needed for the day.

To please keep posting.

I was shocked....and encouraged.

Some moms that don't do much on FB might think, "Why is she on there so much?"

Well, this is one main reason.  

Another is because...this is where my girls are...there friends are...my family is...

my friends are.

I don't spend forever on there...I have a phone that allows me to check

and enjoy the updates:)

I am proud to say that I am a part of a Jesus movement through FB.

Bouncy low dive...You put stuff out there and you are calculated.

I'm not risky on FB It's not my High dive...It's more like my low to mid dive~

bLoG wOrLd

Whatever goes here on my blog.

It is for me and my family.

It not to hurt anyone...and those that know me know that I never want to hurt anyone.

Peace and blessing~Peace and blessing:)

With that said there are some issues that are riskier that I may address here.

There are time here on my blog that I feel lead to share my past.

To share why I have very little memory...and then again I may not.

I will share that I take medication for my headaches...which might contribute

in a few too many typos.

I share here whatever God places on my heart....

Sometimes I jump right off the high dive without a care and sometimes I 

jump (aka..hit submit) and pray that God will bless it.

What happens after you JUMP?

Sometimes you gracefully hit the water and everyones claps.

Sometimes, even on the low dive, you belly flop!

People laugh, they point fingers, they talk about you like that was 

the only part of who you are. 

They didn't care about all the other dives before...

They don't care about the tears that now are being wiped of by your towel.

When you get the nerve to go back to the board you hear them talk behind you.

The only way to get through it is to JUMP AGAIN!

Keep pressing on.

UNWIND:

Speak what the Lord has placed in your heart.