Pam Padgett ... teacher
A few weeks ago Joan asked me to talk with a man named Jesse who was assigned by Google AdWords to help us with the ad for our blog. When we spoke, Jesse told me he is a Christian and has read the
Bible and thought he could really help us with our ad since he
understands what we are trying to do. We set a time to talk on the telephone the following week.
I kept feeling that I probably "should" look over information
about our ad before that meeting, but every time I tried to do that it
was like a heavy burden, and I talked with God about how heavy this
felt. Finally, one day I was able to look at the information a little.
Although it wasn't real easy and I didn't spend much time in this, I
saw one setting that might need to be
changed, but wasn't sure. I prayed, asking God to please show me
whether to make this change or not.
The following morning I woke up with a recurring thought that I should
make this change. I prayed, and believed this thought was from God, so I
made that small change. After making this change, I had another thought about
what to look at, then another thought, then another, gathering
information along the way. I kept praying, asking God to lead me.
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(Comments by Joan Boney ... I believe this is an example of the Holy Spirit "guiding us" into all truth ... one step at a time ... take that first step, then there is another step ... Jn. 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
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Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean
not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and
he shall direct thy paths.
Throughout the day, ideas kept coming about what I needed to look at.
The heaviness was completely gone, and I enjoyed looking over everything
that came to my mind and gathering information.
While doing this, my attention kept being drawn to how the ad bidding was setup. This had been changed last fall at the recommendation of another ad man assigned to work with us.
In looking at the information gathered throughout the day, our blog has
had far fewer "pageviews" since then. I felt that this setting needed
to change back, but couldn't see how to make that change. When I spoke
with Jesse two days later, he told me how to do this, and also suggested
some other changes.
After changing the bidding setup and making the other changes Jesse
suggested, the number of pageviews started going up. When I spoke with
Jesse earlier this week, he specifically mentioned that changing the bidding
setup had likely helped with the increases. Since he said this, I've
thought several times of how the bidding setup kept standing out to me
after asking God to lead me in looking at the ad information, and also
how easy it was to look at the ad information that day and the heaviness
in this was gone. I've been reminded of the following concerning this
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Matthew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I
will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am
meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For
my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
I've also been thankful to God for Jesse being assigned to
work with us this month. He has suggested many things, keeping in mind
that we are just trying to make the blog as visible to people as
possible. Whereas most ads he works with are probably for
companies/organizations trying to make money in some way, he really
seems to understand that what we are doing is very different and
suggests things that help us with this.