FAITH FRIDAY :: 25 March 2022 - heading forward

 The time it goes so fast.  :-) 

I started watching YouTube again and got lost in food.  I am trying to find a good cornbread recipe to use up my older supplies.  Also looking to make some French Bread.

We can see videos from all over the world now.  It is interesting to watch how other people do things.

I like all the homesteading channels.  They have been sharing life at a level most will not think possible... I wish my early days would have been able to go in those directions.  I just couldn't find the path there.  It is a gradual change and a learning curve that takes more than I had.

I wish I knew what GOD was doing then.

Right now, I am heading into APRIL.  I have new forms for my goal and budget process.  I am trying to decide what is possible in my situation... and how to get from here to there.  How to separate the bad from my life and move toward the goals of GOD.

I only have the stories of the Jews to think about as the Antichrist rises.  It isn't easy to see a future where persecutions become life in America.  How to do what I can until it's my time to go away from here.

It isn't a happy day when I have to see what might be ahead.

I guess I wonder why I wasn't able to build what GOD put in my heart to do.  I think it would have been a better world if I had.

I am praying about what is left of my life.  What to do with it.  How to deal with my struggles.  Where to go from here.

I hope others are praying about our future too. 

The enemies we have are not nice.  They cause pain, suffering, hurt, violence, death.  I don't like having to deal with them.  What will it be like in twenty years?  I won't be here, but you might be.  How will you remain a good person in the middle of evil?  

Nazis are the only reference I have.

The things they have done seem like they will be nothing compared to the evils that are rising today.

I am one person.  What can I do?  I am trying to decide what that is.

FAITH :: Checking In and Sharing What's New

Hello, again...  My blogging efforts are really in sad shape.  I'm not sure what will happen with them, but we can find out together.  :-)

I have been working on how to get everything done, what to focus on first, and the path to the future.  It is an ongoing battle in my life.  I decided to try PROJECT  WEEKS and see if that gets my listings up and sales going.

The plan is to focus on one crafting project a week... like one week of art, one week of resins, one week of polymer clays, etc.  Then I can list what looks like it is worth buying!  :-)  

In the listing process, I am still trying to make PATREON my first priority.  My Patrons the special people in my life.  They will have access to Patreon-only options and products.  So I will have to work out how to achieve that.

My ETSY shop will be for other items.

My EBAY shop will be focused on AUCTION items and some BUY IT NOW options... I think finding my ART pricing there will be a starter action.  How does anyone know what their work is worth?!?  I have no idea!  I think it's a hit-or-miss target.

PAYPAL has an option to list things on social media and other spaces, so that will be a new option to try out.  I think that will be great.  I assume the fees will be PayPal only, but who knows...  I will try to remember to let you know.

BLOGGING is finding its place.  This will be my JOURNAL spot, maybe... maybe for spiritual issues, maybe just my walk with GOD and life.  I am debating what to do with the PUBLIC posting option at Patreon until I get my Patron spots filled... it may become my first place journal.

All this matters because my income seems to be having problems getting bigger.  :-)  I have PRAYED about it!  A long time.  A long, long, long, long time.  I don't see any reason it should have these problems for such a long time, so maybe GOD needs to step in.  I hope He does -- and soon!

July starts my Christmas season... prepping and giving.  

Spreading my Christmas giving over six months has made it a lot easier on my budget.  I tend to give to the same groups each year, so some just get their (small) donation from me a bit early.  Their computers don't know I only give once a year, so I get barraged with more requests the rest of the year.  I'm working on that problem, too.  :-)

Filling up my Christmas inventory started the Project Weeks effort.  I keep getting sidetracked with all the day-to-day battles and never get to making the things I want to sell for income.  I hope my Project Weeks will change that issue.

Keep watching my online spaces.  I am working on a LOT of new designs and ideas.  It will be great to share them with you later.

In Christ,  Deborah Martin

https://patreon.com/DebsRetirementPlan

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FEB 10 :: Checking in.

 Hi, again... just checking in for now.  Been thinking about a lot of things and haven't been doing any writing, posting, sharing... much.

We start with such faith that GOD will provide for our needs.  Then we discover our idea of "needs" is not always His idea of what we need.  Somewhere in the life where seeking and finding doesn't seem to happen, we wonder where GOD is taking us.

I have been remembering so many hard times, failed efforts, prayers, seeking, trying to move forward.  At this point in life, the question is how much more time do I have... how will I continue without GOD's interventions in my needs... and who will GOD want to continue this END TIME effort.  

I can't really compare WT to anything in the past, but the history I remember and the life that I have lived, tells me it is important.  Why hasn't GOD provided for it?  I wish I knew.

At one point I thought GOD chose me as a female because the Bible tells us there will be more women than men, and that women will be in distress.  We don't know when that happens in time, but we know it happens.  (The part where many women want men - possibly any man - to marry them.  In other cultures this is critical to the survival of women.)

Then all my struggles with poverty made me see America in a different way... and the church here.  It also showed me the great NEED for a different kind of preparing.

My radio shares a constant flow of Christian programs that believe a Rapture will happen before any believers have to suffer any Tribulation events, that so many billions will not have to die by the Antichrist, which really goes against anything in the Bible.

My computer seems detached from the internet... making any efforts I make seem futile.  No comments or reactions from topics that normally bring out the "thought police" and angry activists who hate GOD and anything that exists about Him.  No Christian interactions either.  It's beyond my ability to deal with.

and more...

It's been a lot of years.

How will we survive without each other?

I don't know.

I just keep seeing the films about the Jews being moved into their own section of town and then forced into trains and then forced into prison camps or killed.  The virus shutdown has shown me how fast our lives can be destroyed. 

We just are not even thinking about how to care for all the Christians in our world.

I guess I am seeking GOD about what to do next.

It's been a long hard prayer, and I haven't found the answers yet. 

My regular life is built around surviving...  food, bills, chores, staying alive, surviving, looking for answers.  Every day, every month, every year.

We all are trying to survive. It makes preparing for a difficult future out of reach.  I think the lockdowns have shown us how fragile our finances are.  I wonder if there is a purpose behind all this struggle.  

I wonder what GOD is trying to tell us.

Let me know what you think all this government tyranny is about.

In Christ,

Deborah Martin

WORKING TOGETHER INC

Oh, yes, on the personal list, I have also been thinking about my Bucket List lately.  One of my goals for 2021 is to make a list of places I want to go to on my way to NYEve at NYCity... and figure out how much money I will need for that... personal income, not WT income.  I am hoping for a 2023 New Year's celebration, GOD willing.

I am also still looking for 20 ART Patrons ($15/month) and 10 JEWELRY Patrons ($25/month), plus millions of General Support Patrons at $5/month.

Think about helping me reach my personal goals.  Thanks.

https://patreon.com/DebsRetirementPlan 

Wednesday, 8 August 2018

Today was busy... and strange... things happen, you wonder why, and you just keep going.

I put my newly purchased cube shelf together and started rearranging my supplies.  I am seeing Home Depot as my next "most important purchase" location... for the boards I need to lift up my worktables/workspaces... one or more of them, depending on the budget.

I did better putting this one together than the first one... I think there were pieces missing from the last one, or maybe reading the instruction several times helped.  :-)   Who knows.

In checking my emails I ended up linking to StoryBrand.com again.  I watched more than one podcast, linked to one of their guest speakers for some more... watching different videos is a lesson in how to make them.  You see the differences.  I am especially looking into website information... so I can have that in mind when I get to re-doing mine... which has been on the long to-do list forever.

I am (have been) planning to separate the programs within Working Together into different landing links.  It is just a problem with getting to it.  I don't have a modern style template site, but I am thinking about how to improvise into what I need.

I like the presentation/s by Don Miller about websites, the ones I have seen.  I learned about the way the eyes track anything when I was a waitress and there was information about new menu organization.  It is similar.  People don't change too much.  Mostly, I like the simple page material.  I have been trying to decide how to simplify and organize my site for ages... which is why I want to use links to get to each program.  His 3 components are making me think about what to include, what my call-to-action should be, and how to increase my images.  I may have to switch to a new site template, I'm not sure.

I have gotten much done on my new lists... and been side-tracked by things I didn't expect.  I still have to finish processing my yellow plums, then I will be happy.  Tomorrow will be soon enough for the rest of the reorganization.

I am praying a lot these days... about my faith, my sons, the world that I exist in right now, and what GOD's Plan might be.  When we have the ability to change our circumstances, things are different.  When we can't do anything but live through a situation, we have to endure.  I think this is some of the difference between the rich and the poor... the ability to affect the circumstances of our lives.

People having a right to be wealthy came up today.

The idea of having your own business is to increase your income as much as possible... so making a lot of money is the measure of success.  It is a hard place for me as a Christian and as a person.  I prayed for so many years trying to divide the issues into something I could live with. It is why I am the sole owner, why dividends would be issued if there was a profit (at 10%), and why all staff is to be paid at the same amount.

In letting GOD decide the level of profits that would be considered for dividends, I was separating the work of Working Together from things that are not Christian but still worthy of funding at a personal level.  The 10% of profits that would be paid as dividends is the tithe for the company... the reverse tithe I always wanted... and established by the SEC.

In wages being the same for everyone there is a statement of equality... as we are in the Body of Christ.  Naturally, WT has been planned with benevolent funds, too... but they are separated by programs and by the various needs WT is being created to fill.

Everything is based on what GOD provides, and any profits that may be left after everything else is done, taken care of.

Building something that doesn't fit any molds is a real challenge... I guess I should say "TRYING to build..." since it has been so long at a start-up level and been dealing with so much division and opposition.

In any event, it is GOD's work, and what I have been made to do.  Where it goes, how it grows, what happens to it... that is all in GOD's Hands.

What I need is for Christians to purchase memberships... and right now, the only membership available is the TRIAL Membership, which is only US$10 and for email delivery only... so it does have global access, if you speak and read English.  :-)  Details, details...

You can check out my current main website for more information and links, or the individual page link above.  I hope you will buy one for yourself, and one for someone else.  I hope to get my web page changes done soon, so if you want to read what is there now, better get to it.  :-)


I sometimes think about how glad I am to be saved... that GOD was in my life, that salvation has always been a part of my life even when I strayed.  Every time I read about the terrible things that are happening in our world, it makes me more glad to be a Christian, a dedicated Christian, and always growing into a better person instead of getting more lost as each day goes by.

I had hoped to help so many, but that isn't what happened. I know GOD understands what has happened all these years, but I hope I am able to find out and understand some day.  We all have those questions we want to ask GOD.  I have mine, too.

I better get going... I think I will eat something that I don't need to eat, but want to.  :-)

Until next time,
In Christ,

Deborah Martin
work2gather.us
Working Together Inc
Building for the End Times

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May GOD rise up and bring glory and abundance to Working Together, and the dedicated Christians that it will need to grow and thrive and protect us.
Amen.