As I suggested four years ago, one of the truest test of our faith is our ability to stay focused on God (His guidance is best) when our current situation doesn’t match our dreams or vision. My advice is keep your blinders on at all times… ALL times. Blinders will keep you from becoming distracted by what’s happening around you, as well as prevent unnecessary delays. Listen, I don’t know about you but I’m tired of the delays, especially when they are very much preventable.
From here on, eyes forward and blinders on. God has so many wonderful things planned for you, but you must stay focused.♥️
Already up reading past journal entries so I may as well write. This particular message is a brief summary of what I wrote eight years ago, August 2, 2015.
Message…
Your blessings will find you. You won’t have to seek them out, God will deliver them to you. Remain faithful.
Eight years ago, I was at one of my lowest points in life. I had recently separated from my ex; car was breaking down every other day; house was going into foreclosure; and I didn’t know if I would get the raise that I so badly needed. That was eight years ago. In that same journal entry I wrote –
“I feel like the world is weighing down on me. This load is very heavy, but I thank God for helping me make it daily. The steps forward are very small, but I do know I’m moving forward.”
Despite what I was going through, I knew deep down I was moving forward. Later on that same evening, I had received an email from the department chair saying that they had petitioned for me to receive an even larger increase in my salary from what we had discussed. I didn’t even have to lift a finger. God intervened on my behalf.
Since then, I have been up and I have been down, but never that far down. Even with setbacks I have constantly moved forward. I was listening to a message yesterday where the young lady said your setbacks have made you stronger. And she was right, each setback did make me stronger. What would’ve taken me out eight years ago seems like child’s play today. God is good!
That’s all for today. I haven’t been drawing like I used to. Feel like I’m running out of flowers to draw. Maybe I need to really focus on drawing one thing and perfecting it. I’ll let you know how that works. Until I draw something new, I will reshare from my Facebook memories. Here’s what I shared last year. Be blessed.♥️ ~ Shaun
SPILL, Threads, TikTok……. The list goes on and on. Ugh… too many platforms to name. Sadly, I’m on almost all of them. I know Threads is a part of IG, but it’s still another distraction. At this moment, I just can’t get with it.
Years ago, I thought it was cool to have so many accounts. I loved the excitement of interacting with people from different spaces. I was a multitasker and truthfully, I was probably suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder. I had accounts for every facet of my life. But y’all, after a while it became a bit too much, especially when I was receiving notifications from multiple platforms. Back then I had to be in the know and one of the first ones to reply to a post or retweet something. It was crazy!!
Today, I only receive notifications from one account. It’s as much as I can handle without becoming too distracted. With that said, I still have way too many accounts and feel like I haven’t been focusing on important things like national and global issues. Those were the things I used to be concerned with. It’s time for me to get back to reality and focus on what’s important. People are truly suffering while we are scrolling down timelines obsessed with other people’s personal lives or stories posted solely for clicks.
We have to start focusing on real issues or we will be the ones suffering.
So yes, I’m okay with being left behind when it comes to the newest social media craze. The future of our world is more important.
It’s Shaun’s World 
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