The Land Owner

“The land must never be sold on a permanent basis, for the land belongs to me. You are only foreigners and tenant farmers working for me.”
Leviticus 25:23, NLT

God was saying that the people would one day possess land in Canaan, but in God’s plan, only God’s ownership was absolute. He wanted his people to avoid greed and materialism.

The Real Land Owner

When I position myself with the attitude that I am taking care of the Lord’s property, it will influence me to make what I have more available to others. This would be difficult to do if I have an attitude of ownership. I need to think of myself as a manager of all that is under my care and not as an owner.

Everlasting Sin

I lavish unfailing love to a thousand generations.* I forgive iniquity, rebellion, and sin. But I do not excuse the guilty. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children and grandchildren; the entire family is affected – even children in the third and fourth generations.”
Exodus 34:7, NLT

Why would sins affect children and grandchildren? This is no arbitrary punishment. Children still suffer for the sins of their parents. Consider child abuse or alcoholism, for example. While these sins are obvious, sins like selfishness and greed can be passes along as well.

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I must be careful not to treat sin casually. Not only do I need to recognize my sin but I must repent and turn from it. The sin may only cause me a little pain now, but it could impact me later in other areas of my life. Worse yet, the result of my sin can show up in the lives of my children and grandchildren.

It is safe to rationalize that sin will always have a less than desirable effect in ALL areas of my life – present, future, personal and business included. To reap any reward and thrive today and forever, I have to be able to quickly identify, turn away from and repent any and all sin.

Lord, have mercy on me and help me to be all that I can be and all for your glory. Without you, I am nothing. I need you to help me see and act appropriately at all times.

My Motto

The weekend before last, hubby and I rearranged some living space within our home. The result was that I got to increase my office space. Since the move, I have become completely comfortable in my new space. I even went out with a friend and picked out an inspirational wall hanging to place behind me for when I am shooting video. The wall hanging has become my office motto and totally sums up my entire business (and life) philosophy. It sends the kind of message that I want emulate and it makes me smile as I enter my office each day I work.

All things are possibleI am also impressed with how the layout of the office scape turned out. Now, I sit at an angle facing the door instead of having my back to the door. To my right is a window that allows me to see the daily, sunny New Mexico weather. My dogs come in and lay at my feet and occasionally sit up right next to me nudging my arm as I move my mouse across the desk mat.

The New Office Space

I don’t have a professional desk yet – the previous desk is built into area in the main part of the house. Being that one of my websites is a craft site, I was able to use some crafty ingenuity and create a desk and work station using some of the existing things that I found around the house. Good thing I enjoy organization and storage gadgets.

It is amazing how improving your work space can impact your business. My first week flew by as added and scheduled blog post after blog post to some of the the sites that I have. I hope to continue and build up this new found momentum and be able to increase business cashflow for the business. I am feeling the curve starting it’s upward trend toward what is certain to be the “make it or break it” point. So far, I have been rather blessed and am “making it”. It would just be really nice to have a little more wriggle room.

At the end of the week, I was excited to have the opportunity to apply for a sales and support opening within a prominent WordPress forum and business community. I look forward to finding out if I will soon be working for them. I believe I would be a great fit for their need and it would also allow me to grow my own expertise and knowledge base. I have made it into the final stages of the process, I am one of 20 final applicants. This could be the opportunity to stabilize a little more of my income. The bottom line here is really this – I saw an opportunity, took action and did my best. I know that whatever the outcome is how it was meant to be.

In addition to all of that, I am still offering free online technical support for quick questions relating to anything internet for my own business. I make myself available for online chat to provide quick, simple, low-cost answers to any online challenges. So if you see me online on Skype and need a quick answer, just ask – it’s free. You can connect with me on Skype (add contact KerryCarron) to take advantage of this support and let me know that you were invited from this article. If it gets to complicated to solve the challenge with just the chat, then I point you to other help or we can schedule a paid appointment.

Fear Not!

But Moses pleaded with the LORD, “O Lord, I’m not very good with words. I never have been, and I’m not now, even though you have spoken to me. I get tongue-tied, and my words get tangled.” Then the LORD asked Moses, “Who makes a person’s mouth? Who decides whether people speak or do not speak, hear or do not hear, see or do not see? Is it not I, the LORD? Now go! I will be with you as you speak, and I will instruct you in what to say.” But Moses again pleaded, “Lord, please! Send anyone else.”
Exodus 4:10-13, NLT

Moses was really trying to get out of doing what God had asked of him. Moses seems like somewhat of a reserved man and apparently not a very good speaker. He was afraid to step out of his box for fear of embarrassing himself and God. But God tends to see things quite differently than we as humans look at ourselves. And God was looking at His task for Moses differently too. God knew that Moses only needed a little help and when that help is from God, He knew Moses would say exactly the right things and take exactly the right actions. God let Moses know that He had created Moses’ mouth and would ensure that Moses would get the words he needed.

It is easy for me to focus on my weaknesses, but if God asks me to do something, then he will help me get the job done.

I procrastinated adding this series to my website, for much of this same type of fear. Who do I think I am? No one, really. I even went so far as to consult with a few minister friends before I began posting. But I have a strong conviction and desire to spread whatever I know with anyone willing to listen. I was (and to some point still am) terrified that I might say the wrong thing.

I know God wants me to spread His Word too. This message was what I needed to hear. If the job involves some of my weak areas, then I can trust that God will provide words, strength, courage, and ability where needed.