To my blogging community: do you ever feel like you are repeating yourself or writing about the same stuff all the time? Do you wonder if you should quit, shake things up, or try something totally different?
Me too!
Recently I read something encouraging from Billy Graham:
“In college I had a professor who deliberately repeated himself three times. He said that the people in the first two or three rows will get the message the first time. The second time the people in the middle of the lecture hall will get it. The third time the people in the back will get it. And the ones in the front row will never forget it.
We need to keep that fact of human nature in mind as we share God’s love with the people He puts in our path. We need to repeat ourselves—to repeat our acts of service, our deeds of love, and, yes, our words of truth.”
Fellow bloggers, we are made for a purpose. Our experiences give us authority in certain areas because we have lived through things, been really focused or enjoyed certain things that we learned a lot about.
Don’t ignore your gift, it may just be the inspiration that someone else needs to hear, or give them a new interest, open them up for a needed distraction, or make them curious enough to explore something new.
I am a firm believer that God directs our gifts to be a blessing to others.
We may not always know how we impact someone’s day or life, like ripples in water, our words can go on and on.
If you are thinking about trying a new format or subject, go for it! But by all means, don’t stop what you are doing. Don’t stop repeating yourself. It’s who you are and what you do. People out there need you!
“So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.” Galatians 6:9
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