Certification

This morning when I reached for my blackberry to make sure there were no major crisis taking place in the world - that I would need to respond to immediately, I found an e-mail that took my breath away and made my heart skip a beat.... and then resume at a frantic pace. I knew immediately that my world had just shifted a bit and life would never be the same... 

There was the e-mail that I had hoped for, arriving much sooner than expected. Yet just like God, knowing that waiting is not my strongest trait. My eyes scanned the words and then again making sure I had read them correctly. my eyes started to fill and make it difficult to read them a third time... yes my certification was done and would be mailed to me later this week! 

As with all endings there is a beginning. The circle of life continues. The training, at least for now, was complete and it is now time to move forward and really start this! 

I have just this minute decided that I need to host a launch party to celebrate and officially "launch" this Ministry. I am thinking May 25th. This is a very special day for me. It was my Father's Birthday. and I can think of no better way to honor the man who was my earthly Father and believed in me without reservations and who in his final days told me he knew I would be OK and do OK because I had a firm knowledge of God as my Heavenly Father and I was willing to allow Him to  guide and direct me. I also want to Honor the one who is my Heavenly Father for being faithful to not only guide and direct me but also to provide for me and love me beyond measure. The one who has gently coaxed me to this place and given me the confidence to be all He created me to be. 

So May 25th will be the official launch of Ready Set Bloom Ministries. I hope you will join me for this celebration. Watch for your official invite! 

Love ya, 

It is Finished! or is it Just Beginning?

Well...

This morning I sent in the final documents and requirements for my Level one training. If all is OK, I will be receiving word of my certification as a life purpose coach within the next few days! 

I also today registered a domain name for my personal web site which A friend is helping me develop. the URL will be readysetbloom.com

So big steps and lots happening! stay tuned I hope to have some big news soon! 

Please keep me in prayer as I finalize all the details for the FBCK Ladies Retreat this weekend. We leave Friday morning and will return Saturday evening. God is amazing in how He once again is pulling everything together!  

Thanks! 

Moving forward two big steps

Well, here I am over the biggest hurdle (well at least the one in my mind) I had my photo shoot last night and now I feel like I am moving forward! That really had me down a bit as that for me was the most difficult task of all. As of today, April 18th I am finished with the "classes" and have submitted all the info, evaluations, quizzes etc. for certification. I still have some housekeeping things to finish like the web page, my final two sessions with my life coach, and I still need to finish my pro-bono sessions. That is ok though, I am meeting with my coach this afternoon, and I have one pro-bono scheduled for tonight and I am trying to schedule the other for tomorrow.  Sunday at the latest. I will need to get a one paragraph testimonial from them to submit and then I believe I will have completed all of the necessary requirements for certification! Yahoo! almost there. 

My wonderful friend who is working on the logo has been doing a wonderful job! I think we have just about nailed that down too! 

Getting closer.... 

It feels soooooo good to be in the center of God's will for my life! 

The voice of God

Well tonight I find myself in an unusual place I am not typically prone to musings yet tonight that is how I feel. It has been a day of contrasts, new beginnings and endings, joy and sadness, laughter and tears. I am struggling a bit to find my balance as the pendulum swings strongly back and forth between the extremes. 

The past two days have been emotional ones. A lot of people I know and love are hurting, emotionally right now. So I will take this time and space to share a few thoughts with those of you who are in that place. (you know who you are.. and I love you and I dedicate today's blog to you) 

We sometimes allow ourselves to go to places in our minds that we believe, or think or feel is the right path. We pray about these things but often pray that God reveal to us that we are right or please God convince others that we are right and they are wrong. We often use our feelings as a gauge as to what we believe or the path we should take. We tend to not dig deeply into the right places and think things through in the right way. we tend to see things as black or white our way or the highway. This kind of thinking can be dangerous and more times than not faulty. Mostly because it is not Gods way of seeing things. We forget that scripture tells us that Gods ways are not our ways and Gods thoughts are not our thoughts. It is easy to get caught up in our feelings or the way we see something and forget that God sees everything, the beginning and the end all at the same time. He sees things that we cannot see. He knows things we cannot know. Most importantly we forget God is faithful. He is faithful to Love us in spite of ourselves, He is faithful to guide and direct us into the paths that He knows are best for us, He is faithful to help us to grow into the people He wants us to become. No matter what that takes. That is the part that catches us up. we don't understand why He would allow some things to happen in our lives. instead of crying why, we should be crying out what. not why God are you allowing this, but rather What God would you have me learn through this. Not easy when we are hurting. If we could just step back for a moment and let our anger, and disappointments and feelings fade into the background and ask the right questions we would have much more peace in our hearts as we surrender to God those things that are Gods. 

Gods word tells us that we were never meant to understand but to trust even when we do not understand. I loved the words to a popular song that starts off ... "I'm not skilled to understand, what Gods has willed what God has planned" What a truth. One we need to remind ourselves of often. God spoke to us through this Sunday morning, Did you catch it? Did you hear God's voice in the voices of the children? I was reminded of the verse that says and a child shall lead them. 

Love ya!

A Logo!

I am so excited today! Not only do I have class tonight which puts me one step closer to my goal, but a dear friend Theresa who recently moved to NC has so very graciously agreed to help me create a logo! She e-mailed some beautiful designs within just hours of my request. I am so blessed that God has put so many wonderful people in my life. It is just like God has handpicked so many of you to bless me and bless me you have! I remember a dear lady from my church many years ago told me that friends were like flowers and God creates for each of us a beautiful bouquet. God sure has picked a huge beautiful one for me! and He filled it with some of the sweetest most beautiful flowers/friends! 

Once I have the completed logo I will be able to get the business cards and stationary. I am working on some marketing materials and letters to have ready to send out to local churches once I get the stationary. All of this is so exciting.

I was talking to one of my classmates this morning she is a director at a pregnancy center that has decided to change their counseling format to a life coaching format. She is a pretty amazing women whom will be presenting this concept at a national conference soon. She is so excited about how this will change and hopefully redirect the lives of so many of these young women who come to them for help. It is amazing to me all the ways God is using this type of ministry to help out so many other already existing ministries to expand their services and disciple so many. I realize this is truly a discipleship ministry this walking along beside someone and seeing Gods purpose for their lives unfold is an amazing privilege. 

Well thanks for reading! I hope you are having an awesome day full of Gods blessings! 

 

Two more classes...

Well last night was class night... And that means that there are only two more classes till I finish! I am so enjoying this class and all that I am learning. last night we did several case studies and went over things that can and will cause a disconnect between us and a client, as well as some of the common types of character traits that we will see in clients. It has given me a new way of looking at things. I am also gaining insites into my own behavior and thoughts... pretty cool. The really cool thing is that everything is brought back to God's word. What is the truth about how God loves us and how does God see us? and Why does God allow things into our lives? and How does God want us to respond or react to things, and to the world as a whole? I love that they have us redirect everything back to God!

I also love the fact that my kids are truly interested in this whole process. Mandie and even Shawn keep asking me questions about my classes and about the whole process of setting this ministry up. The very best part however is they way I am able to share with them how God is working things out for us. The amazing ways he is providing, and to be able to reinforce His faithfulness in all things. That is just the most wonderful blessing to me at this point. I know that God has plans for this ministry to bless people and to guide and direct them. However the way He is using it to bless me and my children... well I once again find myself standing in AWE of MY GOD! I can clearly see how He is being faithful to the promise in His word to be my husband and a father to my children... to not only provide for us but to teach them life lessons that only He can. So if this ministry were to never do anything more than that I know that every moment and every dollar invested has already been worth it. However, I praise God that it will not stop there. This is not just lessons learned for me and my family. God has revealed too much for me to even consider that would be His only purpose, and isn't that wast this is truly all about, Him revealing purpose to us? oooh Ya! Praise God!!! I hope you all have an awesome day! Watch for the Blessings they are blooming all around us!

In the beginning

Welcome everyone! Thanks for joining me on this amazing journey.

This is hopefully going to be the best place to keep up with all that is going on with Ready... Set... Bloom! I will bring you up to speed here and please please please feel free to leave me comments, concerns, ask questions etc. I will be happy to reply as best as I am able. I also promise to take your comments and seriously consider them. One thing I am committed to with the start of this ministry is to be open to God's leading. so I promise to give serious thought and prayer on all suggestions.

Where I am now... I have chosen, along with the help of my awesome friend Sue the name for the ministry as Ready... Set... Bloom! I have checked the State of Florida Database and this name is available. So I just need to file the necessary forms and I am on my way. I am initially setting this up as a DBA. This will most likely change but for now this should be sufficient. (and a whole lot less expensive!)

I am enrolled in Level One training at Life Purpose Coaching Centers Intl. With the completing of this program within the next few weeks I expect to finalize all the requirements and become a certified life purpose coach! I am praying about and ask you to join me in prayer about moving forward to level 2 and possibly level 3 training. I believe that this would be beneficial. I am not sure however if God feels it would be necessary. So please join me in prayer about God's will in this area. I also do not have the finances available to cover the training costs so if God wants me to move forward that would also be something I would need Him to provide for.

I am working on the marketing materials now and have put out some feelers to have a logo created and a web site as well. This is going to be necessary for many reasons and needs to be completed prior to any printed materials even business cards are done. The content and types of materials I am able to create, so that is the part I am working on.

For the start up I will be running things from my home. Initially using my home office to conduct coaching sessions. I do hope to in the future finish off the "garage space" to allow for actual group sessions or "classes" This would require some modification to complete. And I would also need to consider as well the fact that Shawn has pretty much made this his own space. except when his sister is visiting and then he looses all rights as she takes over! LOL So this may be awhile down the road.

Well that is all for now. I know that these few paragraphs do not seem like much, however with my current schedule and with the training in full swing and lots of homework... well all in God's timing. I am trying very hard to walk that fine line of not getting ahead of God and not dragging my feet. So that would be my final prayer request is that I walk this journey in God's timing and not my own.

Love ya all!