Diary of a Maker / dealing with discouragement

Here I am once again with an unplanned and different post than I had intended…Diary of a maker.

This week I’ve really been dealing with discouragement about different aspects of my business: low social media engagement, blog views not growing as fast as I would like, projects taking longer than expected or just not working at all…

Honestly, it’s exhausting putting your heart and soul (not to mention countless hours) into something and just not seeing the fruits of your labor. This has been an ongoing struggle for me. And perseverance has been really difficult – to say the least – at times.

This isn’t just a hobby for me. Yes, I love it and am so thankful for the opportunity to do it. But, I desire to make a decent income from it that can help our family out!

getting real

I’ve had a couple of really low moments. I’ve been asking God, “why will you not bless this”. “I know this is what you’ve called me to do, yet I am not seeing a whole lot of success.” Yes, these are conversations I have with God frequently. He wants us to bring it ALL to Him. He is our Safe Place, our Friend, our Father. And He wants us to bring him the happy, the sad, the mad, the frustrated! I am so thankful that He has shown me this instead of me always feeling guilty for my feelings. The feelings are there, regardless, and He knows them already. He gave us the ability to feel for a reason. And when we are surrendered to His will for our lives, He uses those feelings to connect us more with Him.

This brings me to the point of this diary of a maker post. As I’ve been honestly talking with God about these things, I feel like “who is this for” has really been impressed on my heart. Not in a fearful or condemning way, but in a loving and nurturing way. This is God’s business, God’s blog, God’s creative gift…I am just fortunate enough to surrender to using these things.

That doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t have goals and pray for big success in your life. You definitely should!! It just means – when we are surrendered – we accept His timeline and way. God loves giving gifts to His children, (even more than we love giving gifts to our children!) but He also sees the whole picture and knows what is best for us. If we truly trust this, then it will all be good in the end. 🙂

reflecting

So, my new goal is to try to remember with each design, pattern and post, that this is for His glory alone! Not mine. If these things aren’t received as well as I hoped, then I need to be satisfied with that being enough. Now, I am human and this will definitely not always be easy. 😉 But, He is the one who gives us the ability to live this way…by His Spirit alone!

Thanks so much for reading!

<3 Taralah

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Diary of a Maker / dealing with discouragement

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