Something Was Missing on Along Brooks Road
“For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.”
In the middle of the pandemic I started noticing signs of discontentment. I wasn’t happy with where I was in life. My finances, career, education, and my journey went from worry to full blown anxiety. I talked about that earlier this year. While God turned a lot of things in my favor I was still stuck with some worrisome thoughts. I saw so many people open up a new stream of income for themselves and I so desperately needed that too to live the life that I desired. It’s a no brainer that I wanted Along Brooks Road to be that extra stream of income for me. I always dreamed of that. God spoke a word on that, BUT your girl was hard headed and I almost missed the mark again with blogging.
Along Brooks Road was missing ME! I know your saying “Le’nae you are the author. How is that so?” I was forcing my blog to become a business before it’s time. I was doing that by masking the vision God gave me and not doing what God told me to do so Along Brooks Road could look sponsorship ready. I started to look like and sound like other blogs. I was taking in information so that I could bring in money. My focus was on money. I allowed my fixation over my finances to sneak into my purpose room and cause me to forget my WHY. I was taking matters into my own hands and not believing and trusting in what God promised me. My time will come where this blog will reap what was sown and I don’t have to do what everyone else is doing or take in all the information I see for it to happen.
I am working on my comparison, self pity, and anxiety daily. My therapy sessions have been really intense lately, and I believe it’s because God has given me warning signs. I can’t continue to live and fixate my thoughts on what potentially will kill me mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. So, things had to shift all around me. It looks different in each area, but for this platform it was a re-brand. The blog needed a re-brand because I had a breakthrough on what I was doing. It needed the true authenticity of me. Not words, pictures, and a system to make me look good for an extra check. I repented for my actions and I also want to ask you for your forgiveness because in some ways I wasn’t showing up like I was supposed to. So, you might as well say another layer of freedom is about to launch on this blog. I am going to do what God told me to do. I am going to work while I wait, and work in a faithful way. I want to make sure that I give God something to bless! I hope you like the rebrand and I hope you still stick along this journey with me. I love you sis!
“Cause when you get God, you get everything else that you need. You can seek out the things from this God, but if you seek out the God, the things will come.”
