I am always
so excited around this time of the year! Of course I am excited about the
Holidays but I am also excited about preparing my Vision Board for the New
Year!
In 2008 while
sitting in my apartment in Atlanta I was listening to Joel Osteen preach a
sermon on writing down your visions and goals. The scripture from the sermon
was Habakkuk 2:2-4. At that point of my life I was going through a rough time
so I grabbed my journal, cried out to GOD and wrote down my desires. I stayed
focused on that scripture and faithful to GOD’s will for my life. Two months
later I was on a plane headed to the Middle East (one of my desires) where my
life has forever been changed.
In 2010 I
read about Vision Boards and as I looked more into it GOD took me back to the
scripture Habakkuk 2:2-4 and I have been creating a Vision Board every since.
In December 2012 I hosted my first Vision Board Social with about 15 of my
girlfriends and the event surpassed my expectations. We cried, laughed and rejoiced
over what GOD was going to do in the New Year!
This year I
wanted to take you on this awesome journey with me! So pull out your magazines, scissors, glue
and poster boards and lets get started because 2014 is fast approaching!
Just in case
you are not familiar with how to do a Vision Board there are several different type
of Vision Boards you can choice from.
Check them out….
The “I Know Exactly What I Want”
Vision Board
Do this vision board if you are clear
about your desires or if there is a specific thing you want to manifest in your
life (like a new home or starting a business). Since your desires are clear
search through magazines for pictures that portray your vision exactly.
The “Opening and Allowing” Vision
Board
Do this vision board if you are not exactly sure what you want. You can
create this vision board by going through each magazines tearing out images
that speak to you. I normally do this type of Vision Board because I learn a
few things about myself and my passion. Most times when you find your passion you
really find your purpose.
The “Theme” Vision Board
Do this vision board if you are
working with one particular area of your life. Choose pictures that are in alignment with your theme.
You can also take these same ideas
and keep an on gong vision journal instead of creating an actual board. For the
individuals that like to use computers for everything Pintrest is great for
creating a virtual Vision Board.
Something things to remember.....
Before starting on your board spend some time seeking GOD for the vision that HE has for your life. We should always want to be in the perfect will of GOD! Romans 12:2
As you
are doing your vision board it might
change as you are making it and you may have a picture on your board that you
may think represents one thing but it may manifest in another way. Last year my
board was a mixture of knowing what I wanted and being open. On my board I
placed several pictures about traveling to Kenya to do mission work with women
and children. In August it looked like I wasn’t going to make it on my mission
trip so I started praying and asking GOD others way I could do mission for Kenya. That is
when HE gave me the idea to design a HISBlessedOne Supports Africa Tshirt and donate all the proceeds to provide the villages of Kenya with clean drinking
water. Imagine if I became so focused on what my
board said that I didn’t listen to the Holy Spirit.
Stay open, pray and ask GOD
for discernment.
In Habakkuk 2:3 the word reminds us that the desires you put on your vision board may not come when you want it...but it will come at an appointed time. Verse 4 goes on to say....stay faithful!
So I am
excited for 2014! I am sure it will bring plenty of blessings, smiles, growth,
friends and of course a closer relationship with CHRIST! I pray as you do your
Vision Board that the Holy Spirit will reign down on you and guide you.
Let me know
how it goes!
Blessings
A'Keta Julinate'
“Write the vision
And make it plain on tablets,
That he may run who reads it.
For the vision is yet for an appointed time;
But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie.
Though it tarries, wait for it;
Because it will surely come,
It will not tarry.
And make it plain on tablets,
That he may run who reads it.
For the vision is yet for an appointed time;
But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie.
Though it tarries, wait for it;
Because it will surely come,
It will not tarry.
“Behold the proud,
His soul is not upright in him;
But the just shall live by his faith.
His soul is not upright in him;
But the just shall live by his faith.
