There Are No Guarantees

  Wow! What a week…and it’s only Wednesday. It’s 11:45 p.m. when I’m writing this. The framework is going up on the interior of the new building. It’s so exciting to watch the floorplan that my husband and I came up with for Soar 2.0 (that’s what my husband calls it) become a reality! I often have to catch my breath thinking of what we are trying to accomplish.

            The new arts center will have 2 dance rooms, 3 music studios, an art studio, 2 BATHROOMS, and finally an office. Yet, the reality of getting into this building is that it takes a lot of hard work. Coordinating with the contractor and shopping for all the new items we need while we continue to finish this year requires working more hours than I care to count. This whole time, we continue to homeschool our children and bring one of them to therapy. I laugh when my husband and I finally talk most nights at midnight and say, “What do we have to do tomorrow?”

            Why do I share all of this? First, I want our families to know the reality of what it takes to build this. Many people think that owning your own business means you make a ton of money and don’t do much. It’s just not true. It takes years of building. Years of pouring into your passion and believing it will work! Second, I want to look back one day and read this. I want to smile on the first day of classes in the new building and remember that this hard time was all worth it.

            I titled this “There Are No Guarantees” because it is true. There are no guarantees something will work when you step out in faith. Yet, at the end of the day, I want to say I had the guts to step out and just believe God would catch me. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve calculated as much as I can on the business end. I’ve prayed and believe this is where God is leading. Yet, there are so many unknown variables that I can’t calculate. What I can calculate though is that my God has never let me down. Even in life situations where I didn’t get the answer I was praying for, I still believe that He has always had a plan and purpose.

            As we finish out this crazy month with training camp, our last dance competition, and registration, we will continue to work as hard as we can to do our part, but we will watch God continue to put all the pieces together – the staff, the families, the building. It is all His!

(By the way, it’s now Thursday!)