Faith versus Fear

One of the things my Pastor has taught in a series on Faith, was that fear is the opposite of faith.  Well now, how did I get to be this old, and not figured that out before?  Anxiety is one of those things that has worn me down time and again - and the funny thing was - it never did a thing to improve my situation!  Just wasted adrenalin!

So how does that apply to my business?  Sometimes, I fear that I just won't get enough business.  That's been pretty much unfounded.  About the time things slow down, and I let that classic "Oh, now what am I going to do?" start again...the phone rings or the emails show up with more work to do.  I do a good job at what I do, admit when I've goofed (sadly, I'm not perfect...are you???), and do what I can to make any needed corrections.  People are happy with that, and they refer me to others - voila!!  Work!

Other times I fear learning something new.  Now, I'm not going to kid you.  It is sometimes tough to learn new things.  Sometimes, it's just not my cup 'o tea, and I have to admit defeat - but how would I know unless I tried?  Having faith in myself, believing in the skills God has given me...venturing out of my safety zone, has allowed me to learn a WHOLE lot of new stuff.

Fear is wasted energy.  I have to "preach" that at myself often, because it's really my first, instantaneous reaction to some things.  Reminding myself that God is not the author of fear, that He's with me every step of the way, and that he equips me with intelligence, common sense, talent, and skills is little by little, putting fear out of my life - business included.

Are you practicing faith or living in fear?

“Faith isn’t the ability to believe long and far into the misty future. It’s simply taking God at His Word and taking the next step.”  Joni Erickson Tada


Mark 4:26-27,28-29 – Faith is like a seed; plant it in your heart. God gives the harvest at the appointed time.

“Faith is believing that God is going to take you places before you even get there.”  Matthew Barnett -

Announcing my Virtual Assistant Dedicated Blog

VIRTUALLY
GETTING IT DONE

It's time to set something up separately from my personal blog www.conniescapers.blogspot.com. Don't get me wrong, I'd still love to have you stop by me regular blog, but to follow along with me on this business adventure of mine, it'll be easier to see what I'm doing, then sorting through all the more personal blogging I do.

I've now been virtually assisting clients one whole year, almost to the day! My first year anniversary! It's been a great experience. There have been some trials along the way, but the good definitely outweighs the bad. It's been a year of learning a tremendous amount of techie stuff, (with a tremendous amount of techie stuff yet to learn), a year of learning from mistakes, taking on challenges I never dreamed possible, and generally, being tickled beyond words at the opportunity.

I have two great clients, and am open to whatever comes my way. As it turns out, both my current clients are from Canada, and here I am in the US, in southern Ohio. There's part of me that still chuckles that you can work for someone in another country, from the comfort of your home!

My goal with this blog is to share some of the things I've been learning, and hopefully ask questions that my readers might have answers to! I hope other Virtual Assistants, especially new ones, will feel free to share here as well.

I want to thank Rhea Perry from Educating For Success, her own Virtual Assistant, Denise, and my first client - Stacey, for all their help and encouragement during this last year. It's been greatly appreciated.

Well, that's enough of an intro for now. Will share something new soon.