STEP into God’s
Adventure for Your Life
By Pam Farrel
In my new book, Woman of Confidence: STEP into
God’s Adventure for Your Life, I encourage women to live out God’s call
(what I call God’s adventure) If she will use the STEP method, she will gain
what she needs to live out that God given passion AND keep her great
relationships in place. I advise to
create an “adventure team.” Your
adventure team is made up of the relatives you have a close connection with:
your husband, children, grandchildren, parents, siblings.
When your adventure team is made up of
members of your family they tend to be more motivated and will help you in
emotional and tangible ways.
I hoped to gain this type of support from
my husband, Bill so I repeatedly shared with him my desire to write and make a
difference among the women of my generation. I knew he was on board when we had
three children. Our youngest was a newborn. Bill so believed in my dream of
becoming a writer that he took our last $50 and signed me up for a writer’s
confernce. He took care of our children so I could attend. He sacrificed so
much for me that day that it became the topic ofconversation at the writer’s
conference. One seasoned author said: “You want to write about relationships?
Write an article about the love your husband showed today. That is the kind of
love our world needs to read about and learn how to give.”
Get on Board
the Success Train
So how can you share your adventure plan
in such a way that your adventure team can get on board to help achieve the
adventure?
Share the
Adventure: When you share
the advenure and cast a vision, begin with a well thought out plan first. Place
yourself in each family member’s mind and try to answer the questions or
objections you think they might have. Talk about your adventure enough that
your adventure team is not at all surprised when you move into action.
Sensitize the
Adventure: When you
share the adventure, make sure you place the people you love in it! Share how
your adventure, or the preparation, education, and planning for the adventure,
might impact him/her. Share how the accomplishment of the adventure might
benefit him/her.
Structure the Adventure: Get input to tweak or adjust the adventure. In the process of pursuing your adventure, God will ask you and those you love to adjust, so be willing to obey Him. I adapted so he could finish his undergraduate degree, acquire his seminary degree and establish his early carer. He adapted so I could be an at-home-mother, finish my college degree and establish my writing carer. I adapted so he could take several of his pastoral positions. He adapted so our team teaching ministry could expand. It is like a back and forth tennis volley. Each of us taking turns so we can both suceed.
Learn more on the STEP method to achieve an adventure for
God, order Woman
of Confidence or attend the Woman of Confidence Adveneture evneing May 11. Everyone who purchases a copy of Woman of Confidence through this link gains an entry into a San Diego
Adventure: www.farrelcommunications.com/may11
Pam Farrel writes from El Cajn, California. www.farrelcommunications.com