Determining Factor

    Alright, before beginning, I should probably preface the decision for creating this blog/journal. We'll start with the West Coast Convention, there was a pattern with all of the speakers, not just the significant amount of money they had accumulated in the years, but who they were giving all of the praise and thanks to, to God. I've noticed over this past year how many people started to become more comfortable in expressing their thanks for God and how much He has blessed their lives. At this convention, however, even more people acknowledged it, not only gave thanks but they also started to preach and equivalate their dedication as biblical!

    I was blown away with the spirit at that event and how he was touching so many people with his words! I couldn't believe that God had chosen me to be in this business. That I get to be involved in seeing Him work not only through my life, but through others lives too! Then something dawned on me at the event, that God had worked through all of these individuals lives, taken them through a journey of growth. I thought to myself, and this was most likely the Spirit speaking to me, but I thought, ''What if I could become the next youngest millionaire? What if I can do it before convention? And what if, I could do it before my 29th birthday, before Mario did it?!'' 

    My mind immediately went into strategy mode. More ''What if, what if, what if'' thinking accumulated, but here's where the beauty of it all lays...I said to myself, ''I can't do all of this myself, I'm clearly not where all of the others are at, they spent years building their skills and growing their business, but...'' and this is a crucial but, ''but what if I do it with the Lord and through His power with His Spirit guiding me and leading me? What if I team up with the Lord as my lead agent?'' Can you imagine the exponential and supernatural growth that can occur when you team up with the Lord!? I can, and that is exactly what I plan on doing!

    My prayers the next few nights were directed on this dream the Lord had given me. I kept saying, ''Lord, I want to accomplish this, I want to be able to do this with your strength Lord. I want to show others what You are capable of through me. I want to give You all of the praise and glory and let others know who is guiding me and on my team.'' I started to run through my mind what speeches I would give on stage, what song I would walk out to, how I would talk about God and His characteristics. I wanted to be the person preaching about God to others and how they would know it is through Him and only Him that this is possible.

    I kept praying and talking to God about this, I would be reading His word and see the praise Paul would talk about for the Lord. I would read the words about God's power and the encouragement He would give to those who seek Him, the prayers He would answer and the work He would do in others lives through His Spirit. I kept telling God about the praise I would give Him, how how many people would know Him and how many peoples lives we could bless! I was encouraged through His word to declare the power He has and strengthen my testimony knowing that He is with me and nothing is impossible for Him, even helping a little gal like myself to accumulate supernatural growth in such a short time frame. 

    I guess this is what you would call saving faith like discussed in Hebrews 11, God has taken me on a spiritual journey and His Spirit has poured out into me like a sponge! Everything I am reading and what He is teaching me I am eating up and grasping! As I come to know my God, learn about His character and personality, I find someone filled with love, trust, faith, and patience to name a few. The Lord I think can be summed up into one word, love. Everything He does, it is out of love, He even says the greatest commandment is to love one another as He has loved us. When you look through a loving perspective, everything changes, including your attitude and that was what hit home.

    My attitude really changed when I engulfed myself in His word. I wanted to learn more and understand what I was learning and really grasp it, through His word, through worship, through others opinions/viewpoints and through others testimonies, including my own. I learned that if I wanted to walk with God and have Him bless me, I needed to do what He asked and be obedient. It's actually pretty cool because He made it really obvious and simple to me: if I do X, He does Y. So thus began my journey wanting to know His will for me and my life. 

    But back to the convention and my crazy idea of becoming a millionaire by my 29th birthday, accumulating more wealth than I have ever imagined in such a short amount of time. One thing I learned when going through this business is have a why and know what you are fighting for. I've never had a why or really known what it could be, I don't have kids, I'm not married, and I hardly ever do anything for myself or am motivated to do things for me. I was stumped, who or what could I possibly do this for? Well, God is good, He impressed upon me that I should do this for my family. I sat there thinking more 'What ifs'. ''What if they need a massive amount of money for their health? What if something happens and they can't pay for it or aren't prepared in a way to pay for something? Well, why can't I? Why can't I help bless them if I had the means?'' 

    My thinking dramatically changed and I thought about it for a second, but this didn't come from nowhere. The day before the enemy tried getting me to right off my family forever, that I was going to accomplish this and not tell them, not involve them at all, but what the enemy intends for bad, God takes and makes it good. Mrs. Olga called me and told me not to worry about my family, let God handle them and teach them, it'll all be okay. I agreed and decided I would do this for them and declared that I have no excuse holding me back, I am healthy and pray God continues to grant me my health so I may do this for them cause one day they might not. God placed me here in this business for a reason and I believe it's for that purpose. 

    God knows my gifts, talents and heart, He knows I love helping others, especially my family. That I would do anything for them and don't expect anything in return. He knows I have a good and kind heart, that I also want nothing more than to praise Him and give Him Glory. And this is what leads me to creating this blog/journal, documenting this journey God is about to take me through.