BELIEVE!!

Believe in GOD and His power!! Going through this small business adventure for the past year has, at times, brought me to points where I don't want to believe... Satan has put up a great fight with me and I know we have been in the ring daily... However, I KNOW GOD WILL PREVAIL!! Along with Him he will bring me!! God is molding me, and yes it is painful at times, excruciating!!! So tense there are moments where I do forget it is Him working on me... I forget God is God and let my mind race and run wild with crazy doubts and fears... SATAN IS TO BLAME FOR THIS!!!! Then, there are those AMAZING moments when I remember, not because I choice to, but because GOD reaches out to me and pulls me back... those moments when God shows me HE is ALWAYS here... ALWAYS watching, listening, loving me... It is in those moments that I find peace, reassurance, confidence, HOPE!!! One of those recent moments goes something like this... At our business things are tight... I don't even know how we will pay the electrical bill... however, God has told us to tithe, give Him a portion of our money... it is HIS after all...! This is something we do regularly with our personal finances; however, have never done with the business... Quite honestly, I didn't know where to begin... I'm not sure we are making a dime... So, what am I to give??? K-Love has been doing a pledge-a-thon this past week and I was listening to the radio... Needing 1 more business pledge to meet the goal set, I decided to not assume 1 other business owner from the millions around the US would call and fulfill this pledge, I called and made a pledge... A few days later at church I was sitting in our Sunday School class next to a couple I had never met before... after class the wife and I got to talking and sharing a little about each of our lives... I mentioned I owned a business and gave her the name... She IMMEDIATELY said... "You are KATIE!!!" Surprised and wondering if being "Katie" was a good or bad thing at this particular moment I said "yeeeeeeesss" This woman's face illuminated and she got so excited, because on that day I made the pledge to K-Love she was listening to the radio and heard that "Katie" from High Maintenance Day Spa and Salon in Conway, AR had pledge to give to K-Love!!! She was so excited and grateful for my contributions... she was already planning on coming by to visit and give us her business!!! God knows what we need and what we want.... HE is always here and has a plan so intricate and detailed we cannot imagine... God placed Melody in my life to encourage and reassure me!! He created that little moment in time... It is moments like this that keep me going... Times when God shows His mighty power and work to me that make me BELIEVE!!! He is REAL!! He is HERE!! He is the ONLY way!!! Just BELIEVE and He will set you free from so much more than these worldly problems we create for ourselves.... Just by BELIEVING!!

Where to begin???

I decided to join the blogging community because I have so many things to say, discuss, vent, and so few people with whom I honestly feel have the time to listen... So, with that said, shall we start???

My husband and I opened a business a little over a year ago... for those of you dreaming of doing so, GOOD LUCK!! It has got to be one of my biggest regrets thus far... sorry for any discouragement... However, to shine hope on the dreams of future small business owners, we had no idea what we were doing!! In fact, I'm not sure that we do even now. We opened a day spa and salon... I'm not a cosmetologist or therapist of any sort and my husband has worked in the automotive industry for the past 10 years... What were we thinking??!!

I know what I was thinking... I was thinking this would give my husband the opportunity to leave the automotive industry and allow for more quality time at home with the family. I was also, like many aspiring small business owners, looking forward to working for myself. And of course, I was hoping it would make us lots of money :) So far, NONE of that has happened!!! We've spent savings after savings and minute after minute on this business. I've discovered that I hate working for myself; I'm a terrible boss!! I've also discovered that no one else likes working for me either....