I am Itching!

 
I am itching!

We are not open yet over here at our Main site. 
(Our Member's Area is, have you joined yet)
You will know when we are open as we will have our 'Open House'.  I wanted to make an entry into my journey column and share what God is doing with me and our site.

Building Take Root and Write is like no other journey I have been on. I have experienced so many emotions and God has challenged me in many ways that I did not see coming! It has been a lot like being pregnant! Have you ever felt spiritually pregnant? Your mind/emotions are in high sensitivity mode. As the birth draws closer the challenges to just even get around grow harder. You begin to feel like you will burst. When I was pregnant with my daughter, the few days before my water broke, I had an outbreak of itching that covered my entire body. It started suddenly in the car about 20 miles from home.
I am talking ITCHING! No rashes, just every spot on my body itched at the same time. Which meant every piece of clothing was making me itch more. We had a blanket in the car and it took all of about 15 minutes to get me out of my clothes and into that blanket.  That might sound  crazy to some of you, but  this was not hives, or chicken pox, this was what I found out later to be a great surge of hormones.  There was no relief. Not until after Isis was born, and my hormones settled.

I am itching! Take Root and Write is truly fixing to be born.
My emotions have been all over the place.
I have experienced sadness when I  thought certain women  in my life would be part of the site and have had to accept that they will not.
I have experienced peace, as I have released this site to God, and letting him pick the women that will write and read, NOT me. He has better resources than me.
I have experienced boldness and perseverance as I have put myself out there to women I do not know but I believe God has led me to, to present the vision of Take Root and Write.
I have been humbled, by His grace.  The women He has brought into my life, through emailing and learning  about them. Soooooo many women of God with hearts and passion to serve Him through writing and encouraging other women.
I have experienced patience! Yes, there is still an exclamation point after the word patience. That is pretty funny. I had thought at the very beginning of seeing the vision for Take Root and Write that it would all come together quickly. It really seemed quiet simple to me. Well, God has showed me He has His own timing for Take Root and keeps growing the ideas and details that require more start up time.
I have been encouraged. God has either encouraged me Himself when I so needed it, or used someone else to do it for Him. He has consistently  held my hand  while at the same time kicked me from behind to move me out of my comfort zone and trust Him.
I am so thankful that He has not let me give in, in any way. I am so thankful that He has showed me this is not MY project. That it is His and His to control. I am thankful that He has brought in an amazing group of women to write for you, encourage you, inspire you, challenge you.
Now I am anticipating when I get to set out the Get Ready for Open House date.
Ready to birth this baby!
Support me in my labor! HA! Leave a comment if you like, I love to hear from you!
I will leave you with a pic of what I see while I sit at my desk in my office at home on my laptop.

Comments

[Chris D]

breathe, easy now -- your due date is coming. at least you can know it won't be longer than that! :-) have a great weekend!

[Nancy]

Tweet tweet! Thought I'd give you a twitter back. Thanks for coming by my site. It's fairly new so I haven't gotten things organized yet. I was very happy to see your visit and comment. I have friends (online) that live in FL and love them dearly. Have a wonder-filled day in the Lord!