Slacker, Avoider, or Unqualified?

So I have to ask myself this question as I post for the first time in almost
8 MONTHS.....

Am I a/an?
Slacker?  Avoider? or Unqualified? In the past 8 months, much has change in my life. We sold our house. We bought a new house. We moved into said house. We have gone on 5 trips across the country. I started school for my 10th year of teaching. I have tried to make our new house a home. We have tried to deal with where do we fit into this new community. Our family is trying to figure out how we live our lives in our new home.

Slacker? I would say no....things in life have changed DRASTICALLY.

Avoider? Possibly...avoiding the blog because I choose to do other things. Maybe. But I really find myself in the last category....

Unqualified? YES!! I think I quit or I stopped blogging due to the fact I feel unqualified to blog. But I don't feel God calls us to do anything because we are qualified, but because he will equip us with what we need at the exact time we need it. Maybe, just maybe, we should focus on not if we are qualified, but what we are called to do. He will give us with everything we need if we are just willing to do what he calls us to .

My dear friend Caitlin started her own blog. (This is the point where you should click on a link to hers and check it out cause its amazing (http://www.caitlinkasberg.com/blog/) As I saw she stated a blog (which is way fancier than mine but I will get there someday), we had a short convo about how I use to blog. And now I sit here again blogging.... I guess you can say I am saying YES to the calling to blog. I am reading an amazing book (if you know me, I am NOT a reader). It is call "The Best Yes" by Lysa TerKeurst (http://lysaterkeurst.com/) This is helping me do what God is calling me to and do it well, instead of trying to do it all and not really doing anything except be really, really tired.  You should give is a read if you haven't!

Best quote from the book so far... My best yes today......start blogging again. I feel this is not a disease to please but a command God is giving me.

What is your best yes today? What is God calling you to do that you feel unqualified to do? What do you need to say no to in order to say yes to what God is actually calling you to do?

He will equip us if we are only willing to follow His calling Olivia Howard

About Olivia

Olivia Howard is the Director of Choral Studies at Francis Howell Middle School in St. Charles, MO where she also helps in the character education program including a co-sponsor for Character Council and also helps mentor young girls through the Girls on Track program. She, also, owns & is the lead photographer for her business, Olivia Mae Photography. She is the Volunteer Girls Ministry Leader at her church and has been working with the Tide Youth Ministry there for over 7 years now. She has taught music for 10 years, photography for 5 years, and been involved with youth ministry for almost 15 years. Her husband is the current youth director at Dardenne Presbyterian Church in Dardenne Praire, MO. She helps focus on 6th-12th girls in the Tide Youth Ministry and also helps lead out the high school girls small group.

In addition, Olivia loves decorating & organizing her home, mentoring others in music & photography, perfecting the perfect coffee beverage, attempting to run 5Ks, serving with her husband Zac, and doing all things girly with her adorable daughter, Brooklyn and soon to be new baby, Harper.
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