Jumping In With Both Feet!

I'm always looking for ways to serve God better.  And every time I step up and submit to Him my whole body cries out,  “NO!! Don’t go there! It’s new! It’s scary! You won’t be able to do it!  It’s too hard! You’re gunna fail! 

But I do it anyway.

Stepping out in faith. Climbing out on that limb.  Jumping in with both feet. It’s becoming a pattern with me. And although it’s a scary pattern sometimes, it’s also intensively beautiful, deep in rich colors and gorgeous in design.

Since 2004, when Jesus was finally able to break through my walls of self protection and show me how He loves me, how He sees me, how He has His best set aside for me, I have been full and wanting to share with others. My capacity for joy seems endless!

During the pandemic of 2020 I started an online Art Mastery course. It changed my life in ways it would take me hours to tell!  I stepped out on that limb. I was rewarded!

So, now that my life as a professional artist is established, what next?

I saw an ad on Facebook for an online course for becoming a “Destination Retreat Leader”  Since my reawakening in 2004 I have wanted to find a way to share what the Lord has taught me about myself and Him and the relationship that we share that no one else shares.  

So I jumped in with both feet and I’m learning how to find really, really nice locations to offer retreats on How to build “Intimacy with Jesus Through Prophetic Art”

I think this is the scariest thing I’ve ever done!  I know that it’s a whole lot more work than I’ve ever done! I’ve been at it since March 2023 and I’m taking my time, to make sure I get every nugget and understand every point. 

​Little did I know that leading a retreat meant building a clientele. I have to have an email list of people who are willing learn to trust me even if they don’t know me personally. (Even if they do!) So now I have the beginnings of an email list, (14 at last count) and a newsletter and my website with this blog on it and the sales page that is already made and waiting for people to look at and salivate over!
https://www.judygoddardart.com/intimacy-with-jesus.html I also will beginning to add Youtube videos.  All of this is intended to give prospective retreat attenders a chance to know me, to see for themselves that I mean what I say; that my objective is to help them see themselves in a different light and delve deeper into an intimate relationship with Jesus, deeper than they’ve ever known before, deeper than they knew they could!

My dream location is Skyland Lodge in Shenandoah National Park, in Virginia. It’s a place I know very well and long to share with others. I can’t wait to show them all the places I have loved there.

So, even if I sometimes hear myself screaming in my head that this is scary and I should stop RIGHT NOW, I’ll continue to build my retreat.

The farther into the process I go the less I feel like,
“NO!! Don’t go there! It’s new! It’s scary! You won’t be able to do it!  It’s too hard! You’re gunna fail! 

It’s gunna be a blast! And I’m going have such a good time! And I’ll get to help people with the knowledge and wisdom the Lord has given me!

Have you ever "Jumped in with both feet?" Have you done something daring and scary and were glad you did?  Tell me about it! I'd love to hear!
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