There is a Change in the Winds Says I

These last 4 months we have not seen any sort of activity on the new business front. The amount of calls and proposals made in these last months defy all odds. Statistically for every 100 calls you make when cold calling you should generate at least one business opportunity, but this has not happened for the new business. (www.slyd.us)

However, come January 2009 several opportunities popped up. Our company had one client come back after 2 months of no contact and want more than we had originally quoted, with a check in hand and signed contract. Incredible! We also procured 2 referral partnerships that so far have generated several warm leads.

My husband and I have been praying for quite some time about what was going on, and why we were not even seeing what the statistics show. We came to this conclusion... we are exactly where God wants us to be, and we needed to stick our heels in and push through the storm. I know that when you are where God wants you to be, and doing what he wants you to be doing that is often when you come under attack from the enemy. Our finances were out of control, our marriage was getting pretty rocky, strange things happened with our friends and we were freaking out.

As of the middle of December when we realized we were where God wanted us to be things started getting better. We started spending more time in prayer, and the Word and things began to change. Our banks started working with us, our marriage began to smooth out to where it was before we took this leap of faith if not better, our relationships with friends improved, and we were given new ministry opportunities (will get into that some other time).

Things are still changing and improving and we are clinging to Gods faithfulness and promises that he will not let his holy ones be put to shame. He is our only hope, none of this is possible without Him.

I have an orchid collection and have had it for around 5 years now. They have not bloomed for over 2 years now. In some ways I feel as if these are symbolic for what is going on in my husband and my lives. For around 2 years we didn't really know what was going on and were just plugging away living up to the term "the daily grind." When we grasped that God is truly for us, He is faithful, His will not let His holy ones be put to shame, and started devoting more of ourselves to Him I noticed there were new bloom spikes popping up on my Orchids. I feel that more will start blooming as we continue to open ourselves up more to Him. The blooms arelike a little reminder from Him to me that He has not forgotten and he is working.