I’m sitting watching things coming along as God is giving me direction. I could say that it’s overwhelming, but I feel so consciously that it’s the Lord directing my steps. If anything it’s overwhelming knowing that He loves me and had called me to work with Him and be His Co-creator.
It’s been a few years now that I’ve been working on building my coaching business, getting some clients here and there, creating documents, resources, researching, learning, writing, networking and more. Just recently I completed a workbook, “Discovering your Emotions through the Psalms.” I submitted it for publication, but it was frozen, waiting for copyright permission to use the book of Psalms. I honestly didn’t think about it being a copyright issue or that the Bible had ownership, but now that I know it makes sense. So anyway, I was approved for permission, however it is going to cost me a larger amount to accept the grant. So I took to prayer and asked several others to join me. I felt God had something greater coming and knew I needed to pray for direction and wisdom. I believe because I am submitting to God that He is directing and showing me what to do, step by step.
The publication of this book would fall under my business, though it wasn’t created for coaching, I feel my business is becoming an umbrella, a cover over what the Lord is creating with me. This is a new vision God has given me in just the last couple weeks. Yes, I will still Coach, I definitely still have the desire and passion for it, but He is stretching the bounds of what I first started my business as, and that was strictly coaching. God has given me so many ideas over the years of topics I’d like to write/create material for. Whether it be for blog posts, coaching curriculum, workbooks or books. Years ago God gave me a vision and I was so afraid to say it out loud that I would be speaking and writing a book. Knowing more of the path I’ve been down the last few years I have let go of the fear, and am leaning into what He has in store for me, and I’m excited. (Not to say I won’t be nervous or have some moments of far as I continue to travel this path!!)
I received the email that my request was granted just a couple days after submission. I had a couple questions, most importantly, if my estimated guess of how many workbooks I would actually sell would make a difference in the cost. I have yet to receive a response, even after sending an additional email, in case mine got lost in the mix. I began to feel God redirecting me to go a different way, by redoing the workbook, converting all the scripture to KJV, which is public domain, allowing me to publish my workbook bypassing any copyright issue. It is not the version I prefer, but it may be the solution to allow me to move forward. It will take time and I will have to do a lot of adjustment, but I feel that’s what I’m to do.
But this is not the last of what I have to share! It’s all to lead me to say that God is working through this situation to reveal to me part of what He has in store, and a big step He has given to me. Because I’ve spent much prayer, knowing others have joined me, and submitting this to the Lord, I know this was from Him. I don’t even remember what I was doing at the time, but it came out of nowhere…”you need to get an LLC.” Like what?! An LLC? I’ve already been down that road and came to the conclusion I don’t need one and I wasn’t going to look into it because it wasn’t necessary. But man, if this didn’t have me start looking into it. I was ok, I’m going to get this LLC. The more I looked into it I started second guessing if I heard God’s Spirit right. Really? it sounded stupid. I don’t need one, it seems like it involves money I don’t want to spend for one (especially because at this point I’m thinking I’m going to spend a lot to get publication rights), plus there are extra steps and money involved because I live in NYS. So I go to get in bed and I’m praying, “oh, Lord, I think I heard you but you must be talking about, like, down the road I’ll be needing or get one. Went to bed and that was that. Well, don’t you know I woke up the next morning, still laying in bed to wake up, open up Instagram (I know! But that’s not what we are here for!), and very quickly came across a video someone had posted that shared the story of when Jesus told Simon to throw the nets even though they had fished all night and had not caught one thing. Not only did they catch fish in their nets, but it was so abundant that they could barely pull it all back up into the boat and needed help from other nearby boats. It reminded me of another time, when I first started my business, that story was shared with a vision that He was going to bless me abundantly through my business and that I could have so many clients that it would be more than I could imagine or even handle alone. After watching this video I read the scriptures of this account. Something else that I got from the reading was how the men had been out all night and had not caught any fish. They tried their hardest. When Jesus tells them to try one more time, they probably thought, well that’s stupid, we’ve already done that and there is nothing to catch. I like them, thought it was stupid. But we know that they pulled those nets back up with so many fish, we know that could have only been done because they obeyed what Jesus had told them. So do we throw our nets down even though it seems pointless? Or do we listen because we know the unimaginable can be done through obedience? I am not going to obey because of what He can do for me and my business. I’m doing it because I have to walk by faith, trusting that whatever He is calling me to there is purpose. I don’t know what that purpose is yet, but I know He will show me when the time comes. But for now I’m going to focus on the steps He has asked me to take along the way.
So with this being said two things, the first, I’ve decided to edit my workbook to eliminate copyright issues, the second, I have officially submitted, filed, and have been approved for Life Unlimited, LLC. Thankfully, I was able to do the research to find I could file on my own rather than going through a company that would have charged me far more than necessary.
He is paving the way! I’ll need to be reminded, and maybe this is a reminder for you, that when we think something is pointless, or there’s no possibility that something could or should happen, He is in the business for making it work! He is a miracle worker, our provider, our hope, our Co-creator in all we do. There is nothing He can’t do.
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