I have to admit… it’s easy to get discouraged.
Yesterday I was going to write a blog post and I was looking at the google analytics on each of my posts. 1 visitor was all that my last post had. Sobering.
If I’m not linking my blog posts on social media, not very many people are coming to see them. If I do link them, I get a faithful 30-40 views. Thank you for those of you that come and read what I’m writing.
I battled yesterday… what’s the point in continuing to write this blog? Feeling bummed out, I felt the Lord ask me: “If just one person was blessed by a blog post was it worth it? Would I do it for the one?”
Oh.
My friend Jeff shared a quote with me, that blessed him recently. I paraphrase – “God’s not asking you to be successful, He’s asking you to be faithful.”
I was thinking it’d probably be best to shut google analytics off. And not measure “success” in the number of views I get. But be faithful and write, and share.
Where is the fine line between success and faithfulness? How does God define success? How do we still have tangible goals, and measurable outcomes, without just painting a bullseye around wherever our arrow hits?
I wonder how many people quit early, because they are basing their work off of initial feedback, instead of persevering, pushing through, being faithful and then one day seeing “success.” I wonder if in our microwave generation, we can learn to appreciate things that have to marinate to reach it’s full potential.
by Jim Baker
It’s a good thing Abraham and Moses and David didn’t have Google anaytics to determine how they were doing.
It’s a good thing Abraham and Moses and David didn’t have Google anaytics to determine how they were doing.
Ah I tried to post a comment but it didn’t let me. Anyway, I said that I enjoy your blog posts because they encourage me. They come from a place of sincerity, not people pleasing. We have enough of that online
It’s a good thing Abraham and Moses and David didn’t have Google anaytics to determine how they were doing.