I have to say, I am SO excited for this day. The only way that I can think to share my excitement, is to tell you how this all began.
If you are reading this, you are most likely a friend, loyal blog follower, & supporter of my family. You are probably aware of the challenges that we have faced over not only the last 4 months, but also the last two years. So many of you have sent notes, cards, emails, gifts, Bible verses, prayers, & encouraging words when I needed them the most. I have been so thankful & blessed for each & every one of you.
On this particular morning, I woke up to a tough start. I knew that I would need to do something out of the norm for me to get through the day. Often times we need to live one day at a time, right? Someone told me that when you are going through a trying time, you have to fake it until you make it. That was my plan! I picked up the kids & told them that we could do whatever they wanted & I wouldn’t rush them. They chose going to the mall. Ugh. I hate the mall. LOL Faking it was going to be harder that I bargained for.
We walked through the mall, had a little lunch, a little window shopping, a little snack, & even a little fun. We came upon one of those “stores on a cart” & something caught my eye. It was a rhinestone cross. Actually, it was a rhinestone cross on a purse. Now, I am not your typical girl who loves purses. I really don’t care for them at all. However, I sure do love the Lord & I thought of this purse more as a way to display what my faith means to me. Much like wearing a cross necklace. For anyone that knows me really well, you know that I absolutely can NOT buy things for myself. I always talk myself out of everything because I can’t justify spending the money. So even though I looked at this in such a positive way….I couldn’t spend the money.
For whatever reason, I couldn’t get this purse out of my mind. I had been home for several hours & for the first time ever, I was kicking myself for not buying something. I decided to look online & see if I could buy this purse for less & that would be my justification. I am quite aware that I am busting my tail working two jobs but I needed more convincing. As it would turn out, I couldn’t find a single website that offered the products to the public that I had fallen in love with so quickly.
Some of you may not understand this, but there was a defining moment while I was sitting in my office chair, where I felt the Lord leading me. The events of the entire day were much too random to ignore. Besides that, I needed this for SO many reasons. I am an entrepreneur at heart, I need something positive to focus on, I want to do something that I would really love to do, & I would be so blessed if I only had to work ONE job aside from the website. I would actually have time to spend with my children. Allyson has even helped me with the website tonight & she is really excited too! Maybe this will be something that will bring her & I closer.
With that being said, www.FaithCarried.com was formed. This was not without the help of a few loyal friends. I didn’t even have a credit card or bank account available to me to buy the domain name. There has been a lot of support behind this project already & I will be forever grateful.
I hope that you all will take a few minutes to check it out. I would love to hear any feedback that you might have. Please help me get the word out by forwarding a link to your friends, family, posting on your blogs, posting on Facebook, Tweeting, & even recommending great sites that I could advertise on (very inexpensively) that will gain great exposure. I could really use all of the help & support that I can get. If it isn’t too much to ask, would you please pray for our new venture & for my family. Even though I do not have a single doubt in my mind that the Lord has chosen this path for me, I am a firm believer in the power of prayer. I have seen miracles happen, oh just a few times.
Thank you & God Bless -
