Defining Moment!

Greetings Women of Elegance & Distinction!

I hope this posting finds you well and blessed!

I am so excited this afternoon!

I have been praying and studying, asking God to clarify my calling. I have known for quite sometime now that my calling is to work with women from all walks of life: Encouraging them, inspiring them, and empowering them to live their best life! But that's the calling of a lot of women - So what? What is it about me or what I have to offer that is different? I wanted to know. I needed a "niche" area - A specialized, focused area so to speak. I needed clarification!

Thus my quest to find my "niche" began.

Prayer, lists, notes, studying, accepting offices, more list, notes and prayer, set-backs, delayed blessings (or so I thought), trials and test at home, work, and church, which in turn pushed me toward my current successes such as starting my own business, teaching class on the very obstacles that I struggled with for so many years (and that still plague me from time to time), to co-authoring 2 books for women, to joining networking groups that empower and support women entrepreneurs, back to studying, praying, more list and notes, trials and test, etc.....

However, today, the pieces are finally starting to fit together! They go something like this:

My Spiritual Gift:
- Encouragement
- Discernment
- Seeing potential in others

Innate Gift:
- Public Speaking
- Stage Presence
- Boldness

My Passion:
- Motivating, Inspiring, and Encouraging Women to be their "Best Selves" and to celebrate who God created them to be as women!

My Talents:
- Performing Gospel Music in American Sign Language

My Interest:
- Studying Inspirational Materials
- Studying Self-Improvement/Empowerment Materials

And on, and on, you get the idea.

Needless to say, there is still work to do. And that is why I am not announcing my calling just yet. You will have to keep checking back for more developments.

Again, what a defining moment this afternoon has been for me! I now have a focus so that I am no longer all over the place. Whew! I am now starting to see how every piece of the craziness is a part of the complete puzzle; it's the guide that led me to my "Defining Moment!"

Pastor Carlos Blake, Jr. put it this way: "Every journey begins with one step".

What's your journey?

What one step can you take today that will move you closer to your "Defining Moment"?

P.S.
Earlier, I mentioned that I am a co-author of 2 books for women. For more information, check out my website at: www.mo2vate.net and click on the products tab.

Be Blessed!

Yolanda McIntosh
President/CEO/Founder
McIntosh Mo2vations
www.mo2vate.net
http://mo2vate.blogspot.com

Blessed and Highly Favoured!

Wow! It has been a very long time since my last blog. Just under 7 months! My apologies.

I do hope that all is well with you and that you are overflowing with blessings that cannot be measured - I certainly am!

Speaking of blessings, God continues to bless me and show me His favour!

- Everyday, I experience life, I realize that I am "Blessed and Highly Favoured!"

- Everyday that I experience even a portion of good health, I realized that I am "Blessed and Highly Favoured!"

- Everyday that I have food to eat, a roof over my head, adaquate transportation, employment, and even BILLS - I realize that I am "Blessed and Highly Favoured!"

But Most Of All ...... Everyday that God continues to extend His mercies to me, inspite of my weakness and my failures, I realize that I am 'More Than Blessed and Highly Favoured!'

My favorite hymn is entitled, Great Is Thy Faithfulness. Why? Because as it states in the hymn, "His mercies are new Every Morning!"

Do you realize what this hymn is saying? In essence, it says: No matter what happened on yesterday, last week, last month, last year, etc.... Every new day that God allows me to see is an extention of His grace and mercy! Every new day is another chance at life! Every new day verifies the fact that God's love is unconditional towards me!

Although everyday is a new day, a day that is different than any other day that has been seen - a day that is different than any day that we will see in the future, inspite of that! Inspite of the fact that we change from day to day, week to week, month to month, year to year - Inspite of the fact that the people around us, our family, friends, etc... will do the same. The one thing that we can rest assured of - Is that God remains the same. He doesn't change!

'What A Mighty God We Serve!'

Yes, WE are all "Blessed and Highly Favoured!" Think about it.

Be Blessed!

Yolanda McIntosh

President/CEO/Founder

McIntosh Mo2vations

http://www.mo2vate.net/

http://mo2vate.blogspot.com