30. April 2012 by Inspired Thoughts.

My internet domain is PamelaBurks.com. It represents the location where you can find me and information about me on the internet. I have dominion over everything within my domain which means I can change it’s apperance, information on it, who can make changes to it and what changes they can make. In my domain I’ve shared contact information, products, services, references and my creditability for the public to see. There are things in my domain that are not for the public to see however, things that are not completed, information awaiting my approval before its shared with the public. I’ve had my internet domain since 2007 but I inherited a domain also.

When Adam was created, God gave him dominion over the fish, birds, livestock and all creatures on the earth (Genesis 1:26-30). We inherit earthly dominion from our original earthly parents Adam and Eve. God however has dominon over all nations (Psalm 22:28) and heaven (Job 25:2) and His dominion is forever (Psalm 145:13). While striving to be good a steward over what God has given me dominion over I sometimes get confused about whats under my control. I want to control how people act, what people say, what people think of me. I sometimes step outside the realm of my dominion and step into God’s territory. When I take on a dominon that I am not equipt to handle I get overburdened and overwhelmed, discouraged, and afraid that I won’t be able to “fix” things that happen to me. The things outside of my control make me confused and scared….I don’t know what to do with them. These things that are not in my dominion should be turned over to God to handle….God, who has dominion over heaven and earth and me! He can bless my efforts and me so that those things that happen outside of my control do not harm me.

There are a lot of reasons that I sometimes cannot handle things in my world. Sometimes I’m too close to a situation to see it clearly & objectively to make a good decision, sometimes I feel others can change things that I depend upon and those changes will hurt me….these are the times I should turn things over to God and ask for wisdom and guidance in the actions that I take. I don’t have to make the tough decisions all by myself but I DO have to have faith that God will guide my actions. I believe that I can “Pray while I move my feet” which to me means when I need to make a decision but I’m not sure the right decision to make, I ask God to bless my understanding (Proverbs 3:5) and give me courage to make a decision (James 2:18) and bless the decision so that it is the right decision for me or whomever is the receipient of the blessing from the decision.

What I’ve learned and continue to learn is that I don’t have to have all the answers, I don’t have to do the difficult things all by myself, I don’t have to worry so much as long as I continue to grow my belief that God keeps his promises, God loves me enough to take care of me even I don’t think I deserve it or I feel I’m not worthy of it, God forgives and forgets what I’ve done in my past if I confess it and ask for forgiveness [and I should forgive myself and forget it also], I can’t do anything thats too bad for God to forgive, God expects me to turn to Him for my difficult decisions whether my situation is as small as selecting the right clothes for an event or as large as giving a kidney to someone in need, whether it’s a boyfriend decision or a life decision. As long as I can continue to trust that God will guide me to make the right decision, I can be afraid and still make a decision knowing in my heart that the result of that decision will be good for me because God was in the decision making process.

Asking for God’s wisdom and guidance is as easy as saying: God I don’t know what to do. I have these choices and I don’t know which one to take. Please guide me to the right choice and bless my choice so that I make so that the result is for me good. I trust you Lord and no matter what doubt I have in my mind, I know you have dominion over all and no one on earth can escape your direction, suggestion or command. You have dominion over all, included me. Thank you for your blessing, Amen.

Amen and God Bless,

Pamela

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26. April 2012 by Inspired Thoughts.

“Work is only one way to make money…..I’d rather play!”

I’ve always heard “Do what you like and the money will come” but I couldn’t quite figure out how.  I love sitting and chating with people about their dreams.  That didn’t sound like a job to me and i’ts not a job….its an enjoyable way to spend my day. I didn’t want a job…I had one of those.  I wanted to do something fun!  I alwasy heare of folks who change something that already exists and make a fortune!  WOW!  That’s what I want to do!  Well…..I realized that I could do that by combining multiple things that I know how to do and enjoy doing.

Here’s what I did….

I’m a project manager by trade…you know…timelines, teams, deadlines, budget constraints, stress…..grrrrr…. gives me a headache just thinking about it.  I learned a valuable lesson from my career as a very successful project manager…..don’t become expert at what you don’t want to do!  Oops, I guess I shouldn’t say that publicly because I may need to BE a project manager again at some point :-).  But to be honest there ARE aspects of being a project manager that I DO enjoy.  The fun parts of being a project manager is what I realized I could use WITH what I enjoy doing most and I came up with this….I can chat with you, listen to your dreams and use my talents in requirements gathering to clarify your desires into statements and actions that make your dreams possible. I can use my time management talents to define your resources and change ”someday” into an actual date.  And I can put it all together in a plan so you can see how to be successful at what you WANT to do!  ALL RIGHT!  I can live my dream by chatting with you about yours!  We can re-define your talents so you can LIVE your “someday” dream too!  What I call a Two-fer…two dreams fulfilled at the same time.  Soooooo….What do you dream about that you haven’t done?  What’s on your “someday” list?  What can you use, to create what you want?  You’re smart and talented…why not add “dream fulfilled” to the list!

“Dreams” today are the realities of tomorrow”  What do you “dream” about?

Pamela

So I saw that there is nothing better for people than to be happy in their work. That is why we are here! No one will bring us back from death to enjoy life after we die. Ecclesiastes 3:22
Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalms 37:4

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