Historically, LUF has been known for publishing too many articles, too fast, that are too long. This has been the product of being a Christian who has been masquerading as a Small Business Owner for nearly 5 years. The last 2 years have been particularly fun as the good Lord has provided me with the unique opportunity to run the business that He gave me from home on a daily basis. As he delivered one blessing after another I, in turn, used the luxury of "more free time" during the day to serve Him as best as I could by researching and writing as many articles as possible. Well, I'm sorry to say that those days are about to change starting today.
As for the quantity of writing on LUF, you'll be happy to know that those bags under your eyes from staying up late most nights (trying to catch up on anything that was published in this space during the week) will be disappearing soon. In what's been a whirlwind of a start to the New Year, He's single-handedly made my small business virtually non-existent (and brought it to the point where I will most likely need to shut it down; in fact, it's already in the process of being shut down), and He immediately led me to a new position working for a new company altogether.
It has only been me and God as Business Partners for the past 4.5 years so this is an unexpected change for me. Yet, please don't think I'm complaining. I know that there are thousands of people out there who would love to be working again in any capacity. That's not what this is about at all. I merely wanted to let all of you -- my dear brothers and sisters in Christ -- know that starting today (with my 3-day trip to Chicago, IL) I will have A LOT LESS TIME time research and write articles, and it's quite strange for someone like me to be facing that reality.
Again, that was the beauty of being a Christian masquerading as a Small Business Owner. The freedom and luxury to come and go as you please and the time to devote to quality research used for writing all those posts for Him was what I absolutely loved! I'm wondering what He has planned and why He's slowing things down dramatically just when I think they need to be ramped up. His ways are not our ways, right? Hmmm...
When you know you're the Lord's, and you know that you're His, and you know that there's nothing between the two of you, then you can have confidence and fully place your trust for the future in His highly capable hands. However, I don't want to ever get to the point where I start to believe that "confidence in God" means being able to tell Him what to do. No, we stand at attention before Him and serve Him -- always -- not the other way around.
So, although I admit that I will miss the daily schedule I've grown so accustomed to (the writing for all of you and the corresponding via email with all of you), I also recognize and accept that this blog, this ministry (if I'm even allowed to call it that), is not mine (it's not the "property of JRed") and it never was, but is and always will be His and His alone.
Back in August 2008, I trusted Him with all of this when it didn't make sense to me to start a blog and commit to it on a daily basis especially when my small business was just starting out. I followed His lead in bold confidence and He established this community of believers that still continues to grow into one that builds up the Body of Christ on a daily basis. Praise the Lord for that!
I will remind myself of what He's done in the past since it provides me with hope for the future amidst all kinds of uncertainty. The truth is, I can't even begin to imagine what He has in store for me, LUF, and this fellowship of believers next!
God bless all of you for your constant prayers and support! Please continue to stop by regularly. No, there probably won't be new columns posted daily anymore, but I plan to continue to follow the Holy Spirit's lead and publish pieces as often as I can. In this world, and at this moment in time, there's sure to be no shortage of topics either.
Stay tuned!
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1/25/2010 06:00:00 AM
Jeffrey K Radt ("JRed")
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