- Isaiah 41:10
I finally got to sit and watch “Facing the Giants” yesterday. It was a great movie!
The fact that we are still able to see good Christian virtues played out in mainstream media is uplifting. As my husband and I watched the movie, one particular scene really spoke to me. As Coach Taylor is receiving his own pre-championship pep talk in the locker room, he is told that the phrase “do not fear” is written 365 times in the Bible. What I perceived that to mean was that there are 365 days in a year, and in each one of those days the LORD is walking with us and we should not fear as we walk with Him. We have to hand our lives over to Him. I can almost see it as laying down our burdens each morning as we awake and picking up Christ’s cross as we walk through our day.So, today as I pick up my cross, I am laying down my fear of the unknown. We are “officially” launching the site this weekend with a Press Release. The fear is in not knowing what that can do for the site … how it can hurt or help us. I have been monitoring the daily stats on the website trying to keep up with where the visitors are coming from and how they got there. I have noticed visitors all over the US, Canada, Asia, Europe … and one from New Zealand yesterday! I get excited because I know that the gospel is being delivered all over the world!
I constantly monitor the search engines and have my husband verify the search positions to make sure it’s not “just my computer.” We are flabbergasted by the numbers and the position we have achieved on Google in such a short amount of time. My husband’s only response is “God’s hand is all over this.” Well, I hope so! I have not changed a thing or added a page without consulting Him first. Each night as I try to sleep I pray to God asking for clarity on this or an idea for that … and I awake the next morning with an answer! A crystal clear epiphany! (Except on that fashion page! Or maybe I’m not listening to what He’s saying about that one for some reason?!)
Nevertheless, my flesh takes over as I go into a new day, afraid of what it may bring. Rejection from a secular world … apathetic and cruel. Yet, as I lay my trust in Christ, I must fear not, for “the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.” (1 John 4:4) As I believe that God truly has a hand in this “project,” I pray that our online community for Christian preteen girls becomes worldwide … glorifying the name of Jesus Christ!
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