Disguised as Blessings??

As some of you may know, I have another blog which I'm using to earn money by writing something about certain products, services and etc. It's not really that much but we consider that as God's added blessing for us to save up for a trip next year.

So, you could imagine my excitement everytime I see an opportunity that is reserved for me from that site. A few days ago, I was so happy because I saw 2 oppurtunities waiting for me. It was quite a difficult post to do since it's about a contest which I myself am not so comfortable doing. But I told myself, oh it's okay, I'll just have to make my post wholesome since I was after the oppurtunity which is worth 20$ and if I don't do it, the advertisers might black list me and therefore won't have future tasks ( I justified).

So, I spent a long time trying to make the post and finally showed it to my HUbby. But my Hubby was not comfortable with it and asked that maybe I should just let go of the task explaining all the pros and con (but mostly the cons) of the post. So, I did let go but with a very heart at first since that means letting go of 20$ ( that's almost 1,000 pesos in the Philippines) and that's a lot!

But then later, I realized that I did the right thing and that not all $$$ are blessings. If I did that post, I would have written something that I don't truly believe in and something that's not me. I also realized then that even in blogging I have to be true to myself, be how God wants me to be and write things that would bless others too.

So, that has been my lesson for the past days and I thank God for my Hubby who showed this to me. He even told me jokingly, "It's okay, we don't know maybe tomorrow you'll get a 40$ opportunity". And guess what, another 20$ ( 2 tasks) opportunity has been reserved for me the following day BUT it was from the same advertiser and therefore the same contest. But this time, I didn't bother to write a post anymore since I already know better.

It's okay if I just lost a total of 40$ tasks. I'm sure God will have other means to bless us and let us save money for our trip. For now, I'm at peace that I wasn't able to write something that I don't believe in and I wasn't able to encourage people to do it too. Whew!!