Have you ever questioned that ‘thing’ inside of you? You know, that rumbling from the gut, that causes you to lay wide awake in bed at night, your mind going crazy with ideas – ideas that could be profitable? Have you ever wondered if you are normal as you lay there with your foot tapping the side of the bed, your heart rate increasing, your eyes darting back and forth, in the dark, with excitement while something is being created inside of you? Come on now, admit it. I know that I am not the only one that has had their spouse tell them that it is time to sleep, not do the Virginia reel in bed. Are you one of those people that must have a notebook by your bed because the best ideas come when you are nodding off to sleep? They just well up inside and they must be acknowledged and written down. When you feel the growling of a new idea bursting forth, do you question if it could be last night’s chili on the move or maybe an alien or a tape worm? No… it is your purpose. Accept it. God created some of us with this unending urge to create business ideas. Fighting it just prolongs the process of finding a portion of our identity in Christ. He created us in His image with these minds that are bubbling over with idears, as my friend from London says it.
I come up with business ideas as often as other women think of shopping. I don’t fit into the typical womens knitting group, talking about ….um, uh, … Oh, my goodness, I can’t even think of what one would talk about in a knitting group. I am so out of the loop when it comes to the typical women things. Don’t get me wrong, my family is a priority to me. We have five children and we just completed our 17th year of schooling them at home. Often the focus of our schooling is the economy and what we can do to prosper in todays economy, no matter what it looks like.
I love to cook gourmet meals from the healthiest ingredients. I thoroughly enjoy hanging out with my family but the topic of our conversations tend to lead toward real estate investments, how to market something on the internet, how CNN stands for Constantly Negative News, how to buy stocks and so on. Last year our third son, Patrick, bought and sold his first investment property on the same day and he was only 17 years old. Each of our five children have had their own business since they were around five to six years old. It is amazing how much someone will pay for pocket lint! A little creative marketing and bam, there you go. (He was 12 and has much better idears now)
I have a strong desire to teach my children how to be successful entrepreneurs in this nation. I feel that it is my duty as a mother to teach them, to the very best of my ability, how to be successful ministering in the marketplace and providing for their future families.
That is my purpose as well as encouraging as many other people in the market place as I possibly can, before I am six feet under. That is what I am passionate about. That is my purpose. The love of Christ is so easily shared when you are helping someone else feed their family and their dreams.
In His Purpose, it’s a GREAT place to be!
