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Mar. 5, 2006
Psalm 1 for me tonight
Psalm 1:1 - Blessed [is] the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Psalm 1:2 - But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Wow. So simple. I mean it's the first 2 verses of Psalms and I am sure I have read them 1000 times. But I need them now. I have found that I care too much what people the digital scrapbooking community think. How silly does that sound? I feel so blessed to have found a passion. To have found something that I love to do and am good at. And to have found something that I can do in the evenings to bring in side income for our family and make pretty good money doing it. But what started out of love and passion has grown into something it shouldn't. There are message boards and communities that as a designer I frequent as part of the advertising part of it all, to keep my name out there, to keep people knowing me on a more personal basis and want to buy from me. But it is out of control. I check the boards constantly for signs of people talking about my designs, check galleries for my work. I think about it all constantly. It needs to stop. I want my delight to be in the Lord. I want to meditate on His law day and night. I need to find a balance between doing what is needed in my business to making it a huge part of my life. It is NOT who I am, though it sure feels that way sometimes. I need to set some guidelines. I need to set limits as to how much of my time and energy is spent in these communites. They are not uplifting most of the time. I have made a couple valued friendships, and have found some great Christian women that love doing it now too. But I need to set up some rules as to how much time is spent in the boards getting my name out there. And not let these women become the people in my life I look to for guidance and counsel when many are not women I should look to for wisdom. It used to be only in my evening work time. Now I find myself doing it during the day as well and that NEEDS to stop. Okay. So what's the bottom line? 1/2 hour at the most quickly checking boards and ONLY during my work time in the evening. Starts tomorrow well since it's work time already :)
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