Achieving My Dreams

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. Psalms 1:3 & Ecclesiastes 9:10

Written by Chalsey Dooley 10/13

When I started mapping out my goals eighteen months ago, achieving them seemed daunting. But I claimed the promise, “God will make this happen, for he who calls you is faithful,”1 and with His help, I went forward. My plan was to write and create thousands of pages of good-quality, faith-building books for children.

Here are the difficulties I was facing:

• Caring full time for my young children with special needs meant I had hardly any time to call my own.
• Lack of professional training.
• No friends or relatives living nearby for hands-on help.
• Health-related challenges.
• Limited resources.

I did have some assets, however:

• Equipment: a laptop and Internet connection, a dictaphone, and a camera.
• A supportive husband.
• Children with an endless craving for new stories to read together daily.
• Online friends who support my project and help all they can with proofreading, writing, art, and photography.
• Staying positive and content, and finding the opportunities that await me, discovering each day.

I came up with the following methods for tackling the job:

• Prayer and more prayer, and enlisting the prayer support of others. (When I pray, things happen. When I don’t, and instead think progress will happen naturally, things come to a standstill.)
• Thomas Edison once credited his success to “not looking at the clock.” Whenever there was a moment to spare—even just a couple of minutes—I jumped in and got working, regardless of my mood or the time of day or night.
• Visualizing the end goal and being convinced that it could be achieved, reminding myself of the passing time.
• Learning as I went by considering the observations, concerns, and suggestions of children, critics, professionals, old-time friends, and even people I had never met in person but who were keeping in touch online.
• Keeping my focus.
• Not setting hard plans, because those tended to fall through, but letting Jesus lead me.

Outcome:

The first 50 children’s and adult books, ranging from 20–200 pages each, are almost completed! They have been written and illustrated, and my website is up and running!

1. 1 Thessalonians 5:24 NLT.

*Chalsey Dooley is a writer of inspirational material for children and caregivers and is a full-time edu-mom living in Australia... nurture-inspire-teach.
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EVERY CALLING IS GREAT WHEN GREATLY PURSUED FOR GOD'S GLORY!

God can inspire you in anything you do! No matter what it is, you can do it in the Spirit! And every task, whatever it is, He can make glorious! Even if perhaps you don't have the most talent or experience God can use you! In fact, that is the way the Lord usually works--He takes the weak things to confound the mighty and He takes the people that really aren't the best in a worldly sense, so He can show what He can do! (1Cor.1:26-28). Though you may not be the greatest in the eyes of the world, you're the greatest in the eyes of the Lord because you're serving and obeying Him!--And He can make you strong when you're weak, to show it's His strength and His miraculous power!

The Lord is going to do great miracles in your ministry, you need to realize that it is nothing of you and it is only a gift from Him! What makes you really great is the greatness God gives you--the spirit, the inspiration! It's the Lord behind it all!--Behind and above and underneath and on all sides. He does all of it through you! When you acknowledge this to yourself and others, then He'll be able to show what great things He can do! GBY!




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