It's amazing what can happen in a year! If you had told me January 1st, 2014 that within twelve months I would be, well, A) blogging, or B) have an essential oils biz that's growing and flourishing, or C) found something as wonderful as my Facebook oil discussion group LEMON DROP LOVE -- which is NOW over 750 members... I never -- I mean NEVER -- would have believed you. That's what happens, you see, when your dreams get dashed again & again. The long story I could tell can really be abbreviated by "Fool me once, shame on you... Fool me twice, shame on me!" So this time around, I wasn't setting any major goals or dreaming big. Instead I was ready to roll up my sleeves and just see what God and His sense of humor (which I adore about Him,) had in store for the year. But one song that my dear friend, Leslie, had played for our Community Bible Study group during Leaders' Training the previous September was Hillsong's amazing anthem "Oceans"! It had been such a blessing to me again & again, knowing that my job was to get out of the boat and T-R-U-S-T God without understanding nor knowing where He was leading... Well, a year ago... January 6th to be exact, was Lemon Dropper Appreciation Day. The first one! I had no idea what was going to happen as A) [yes, I'm enumerating again,] I had just come out if the oily closet on December 10th, and under a month later I didn't want to inundate my newsfeed with all things oils!!! And B) I had no idea what they were going to do... And I was uncomfortable posting much on Facebook before -- I couldn't guarantee all my FB friends wouldn't de-friend me within an hour with posts going every 30 minutes All. Day. Long. So there I was, sitting at my laptop in a complete quandary, when BAM! I got an idea! "Make your own group!" I heard clearly. "What?" I asked myself. "Just do it!" was the reply... But I wasn't the one talking to myself. So I did. And SUZI'S LEMON DROPLETS was born. I added ONLY those people I had already been talking to about the oils... About 20 peeps tops. And then I let out a HUGE sigh of relief. Maybe it wasn't the parting of the Red Sea... Or Peter walking on water... But I really felt like I trusted without knowing. And the result? Not yet 365 days later, this amazing little group -- renamed LEMON DROP LOVE -- after our team of "Lemon Droppers" and because my leadership team has grown leaps & bounds and it's no longer just MY group but OURS -- we have 754 members. And I am so grateful because that number represents many lives that have been changed because of these amazing essential oils... Both due to the medicinal nature of them, as well as the financial blessings they represent to my team members. So here's my lesson for 2015: I'm willing to trust again. I'm willing to get out of the boat. And that, once again, is a small miracle if its own. |
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