NOT QUITTING, BUT HANGING IN THERE!

HURRAH!!!

YESTERDAY I REACHED 40,000 views!!!

IS THAT A BIG DEAL?!  YES, FOR ME IT IS!

You see, I started ‘God’s Enduring Love’ on May 26, 2012.  I didn’t know the first thing about blogging, but Word Press saw me through my ignorance and incompetencies and now my site has been up nearly 4 years since then.  In the beginning what was really tough was being a relic from the pre-computer age, meaning being computer illiterate.  Even till this day the learning is gradual, though I’m moving ahead slowly.  Six months ago I was talked into getting an iPhone so family members can text me and in seconds I could text them back!  So I am also learning how to use the computer features slowly, but surely, mainly with the help of Logan, my youngest grandson (12 y/o) who is proud to show off how smart he is for his Nana.

Logan has several years experience over me with computer education in school plus his gadgetry and computer games he’s grown up with.  All 7 of the grandchildren can tell anyone about the latest upgrades and how to shop on iTunes and the App store.  Of course what helped them is that as babies they were already playing games with the gamut of the mobile devices their little hands could get on.  It is amazing that they just learned how to do stuff without knowing how to read yet.  Even after they acquired reading skills, they still could figure out most anything on their computers without written instructions or a computer manual, a demonstration by a live tutor, etc.

Shortly after I started my ‘miracle’ blog,  in June 2012  I helped my husband with his blog  ‘God’s Hidden Nuggets for the Endtimes’ to post his many Bible lessons based on over 40 years of learning the Bible from the Holy Spirit.   He has really serious teachings, current events relating to last days, etc. and  zoomed ahead of me in viewership.  He hasn’t posted anything new in months now and still has daily hits, doubling my daily averages.  His last post is well read, ‘Warning- Hell is for Real. . .’  I feel happy for him that people are interested in his very provocative writings.

My original intent when I started blogging was to learn how to get a blogsite going for Drgold, my husband’s pen name.  I hadn’t planned to continue mine, but just wanted to learn how to format a blogsite.  However, curiosity got the best of me and I thought I would continue since I enjoy writing as much as Drgold, even though he is a better writer than me.  To this date Drgold has over 65,000 views, and after a hiatus of 10 months, he will soon blog again! 

I recalled what a WordPress editor said about blogging, that a 10,000 views minimum per year was a good indicator of a blog’s viability.  This year would be the year to decide whether I would continue writing or  have more time to pursue my other hobbies, art and music.   So I thought.  God has His own plans for my blogsite.

Anyway, this is the point I want to make.  No one who drops in here to my site comes ‘by accident’.  The sheer low numbers tell the story in themselves!   It is ‘God’s Enduring Love‘ that draws anyone to a not so popular site with often unpopular topics, but written for those God has chosen to Himself for His plan and purpose for their lives.   One will never know who reads my blog, whose life is touched by God.  An example was a Hindu man with a photography blogsite who liked to read my posts.  He died of a heart attack a year ago, a week after his last post, and somehow I believe that he reached out to God and God is with the Lord. 

SO, I made 40,000 views one month before the 4 year deadline I had set for myself.  

I want to THANK ALL OF YOU WHO READ MY BLOG POSTS, whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever reasons you have for visiting my blog, GOD KNOWS.   God has touched the lives of folks from large countries to remote little islands all over the world.  As I continue to write, my hope is to share God’s message of His Enduring Love for us all.   Many have read ‘Why Do People Resist God.’    We can only hope and pray that the resisters will experience God’s love, be blessed with the gift of  Salvation and have a better life than the one they now have.  

GOD BLESS YOU!

Liz (Shofar)