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It's Lent -- Time to get "Unstuck" and Find True Life in God

By
Managing Real Estate Broker with National Land Realty 120358

It's Lent -- a time for reflecting on our life in all it's manifestations.  What are we doing right and what are we doing wrong?  Where are we "stuck?"  What is working and what is not working in our life and in our business?

I watched a TED talk last week by Mel Robbins, How to stop screwing yourself over and discovered that if I think of something and don't act on it within 5 seconds, then I'll never do it.  It was about how to get "unstuck."   Now when I think about something I am starting to act on it, knowing that if I act on it I can overcome my tendancy to procrastinate, put off, ignore, fret over, and just never get to it and never do it.

Unbelievably enough, that is why I am blogging tonight.

This morning I had a conversation with my web designer and she pointed out that I needed more backlinks.  I realized that Active Rain was a great source for backlinks.... to push traffic to my Tulsa real estate website  from a more prestigious real estate website.

So here I am blogging on Active Rain.... again.... I thought of it and I'm doing it.

 I have not blogged on Active Rain in years.... many, many years.  Yet I know that when I did blog regularly on Active Rain my phone rang because people were finding me on my website.

Somehow I got away from it because I believed I needed to be blogging on my own website and not on Active Rain.  But that is crazy!  My blogs on Active Rain get many more viewers than my blog posts on my own website.  Just the few posts I wrote years ago have been viewed over a million times..... I just checked the stats.... it's unbelievable.

I guess I wanted to do it my way rather than the way I knew was working.  Oh well.

There's an analogy here between my blogging life and my spiritual life.

I know what I should do, but I don't do it. 

I know I should be praying and going to mass, but I haven't been doing it.

There are no excuses.  So when I think of it I should go to mass.... every day..... wake up, get up, run to church, give thanks and start my day with thanksgiving.  

Plus, I need to do a little examination of conscience ...... review everything and confess it and change it..... whatever it is.... if it aint right, fix it..... be it in my personal life, my business, or anything else.

So there it is..... accountability.

What's working and what's not working?  Analyze it.  Lay it out.  Commit to making a change.

Changing our way of doing business is much like changing our way of running our spiritual lives.

So I am going to be blogging daily and telling you about what's on my mind.

I can tell you think I am rambling, but this is what is on my mind and in my heart.  I want to tell the world about what I have discovered in the past eighteen months:  True Life in God.  Yes, that's right.  I even put a link to True Life in God on my website.   There it is, a backlink to my website, which in turn gives a backlink to the very words of Jesus Christ himself.  

No kidding, Jesus wants backlinks too.  Even better, he wants us to share this with everyone we meet, no matter what race, color, religion, or political affiliation...... so why not use Active Rain as a portal for evangelization.  Now is the time, ladies and gentlemen, to share Christ's love with everyone we meet, especially with our real estate clients and colleagues.  We are in a people business..... so let's start sharing God's love.

So while I am at it, here's another backlink to my website where I share my passion to pray for our country.  Join the prayer network to pray for our country's leadership at this time of immense change.

We are at the precipice looking down.  What are we going to do with that?  Look up.  Trust in God's mercy, which is enveloping the whole world.  Spread the word.

And follow me.  Let's make this blogging work.

 

 

 

 

Comments (5)

Michael J. Perry
KW Elite - Lancaster, PA
Lancaster, PA Relo Specialist

The spirit is eternal and will live forever when the body fails . GOD intended us to spend eternity w/ HIM , but our sins make that impossible. No matter how we sacrifice , do works or perfect /curb our performance we can not remove our sins ! Only the shed blood of Jesus Christ can wash us white as snow . HE has paid the price of our redemption and is alone worthy to be the LORD of our life . All that is required of us is to repent and confess HIM as LORD and immediately the Holy Spirit will become our guiding light and make us Christ like through our Sanctification ! Maranatha !

Mar 01, 2017 07:39 PM
Debbie Durkee

Michael, thank you for your comment.  I am so glad to find other Christians on Active Rain.

Mar 23, 2017 08:46 PM
Stavrula "Sam" Crafa, RNC,GRI, CDPE, PSA
Future Home Realty - Seminole, FL
Providing the integrity and service you deserve.

Amen Debbie Solano and welcome back to blogging. I am Greek Orthodox and we started Lent just this past Monday. Just got home from a lenten church service, openned up Active Rain and there was your post. A great post, by the way. Wishing you a blessed and spiritually uplifting lenten journey and may God grant you all the blessings that life has to offer. 

Mar 01, 2017 07:44 PM
Debbie Durkee

So here I am almost a month later thanking you for commenting on my blog post.  I just have to get back into the habit of looking at Active Rain every day.... or several times a day.  Blogging is a habit.  I think when I was really taught into it (ten years ago) I did it to get points.... but I also learned to blog.  

Mar 23, 2017 08:44 PM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

I was looking for your current blogs. I hope all is going well for you.

Apr 05, 2017 04:29 AM
Barbara Murphy
Tartan Properties, Pensacola~Pace~Milton~Gulf Breeze~FL - Pace, FL
GRI, e-PRO, GREEN, FMS, MRP

Found your post this morning while searching for Tulsa area Realtors and was encouraged and inspired by it!  It's true...you never know who you'll reach (or when!)  :-)  Have a Blessed Day!

Nov 04, 2018 03:57 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Great information.  Thanks for sharing and have a happy Sunday!

Mar 28, 2021 06:58 AM