Wow!  I have been a long time updating my column!  I guess life has taken over these days and time becomes more and more precious.  Abigail told me that I better get a new column out there soon or there were going to be rumors of my demise!  No reason for those rumors!  I am still here and still fully involved in working with the Southern Gospel Music Forum and SG Business Group.

When I first started designing websites I never dreamed in my wildest imaginations that I would be involved in something the size of SG Business Group!  We design websites for several artists and promoters and own several of our own websites.  We own an online store, this website, websites providing ecommerce services, a website providing guestbook services, websites specializing in Southern Gospel Music in the Northeast and an online radio station.  God has certainly blessed us in a number of ways.

I had someone ask me just the other day if I had envisioned this happening.  I thought about it and, of course, I had to say no.  Although, after giving it a little more thought, I realized that God was fulfilling some of my dreams and His Plans from when I was younger.  Like most kids growing up I had dreams!  At one time I wanted to play third base for the Yankees.  There was a talent problem there!  Then, I wanted to be a professional golfer.  Another talent problem!  Around the age of thirteen, I began to discover business and in particular Investment Banking (I didn't know it was called that then).  God allowed me to eventually make my living in that field and I am so blessed that He did.  However, I also developed an interest in starting companies and the inner workings of that.  I always imagined that it would be great to own a Christian Music Store and/or a Gospel Music Radio Station.  The internet had not been invented yet so I certainly never saw this coming at that time and certainly never realized that God was making that calling on my life at that time!  However, I realize now that God has blessed me once again by giving me the desires of my very young heart!  He waited a few years to do it but once again, I am blessed that He did!

I say all of this to say ... be patient!  Society today leans toward the concept of wanting something and getting it now!  That concept might be the number one cause of the debt crisis facing America today.  It took me years to achieve those dreams that I had.  What I realize now is that God was directing my path all the way here!  I would never have been able to manage the stress and such of a job in Investment Banking when I was younger.  God led me down a path where I joined that industry at the age of 35 after working in several other industries.  I have enjoyed every minute of it!  I was in my early 30's when I got involved in the Southern Gospel Industry after being a fan my entire life.  Again, I never would have had the knowledge to be successful in either of these when I was younger.  So, as you can see, there was a long period of time between God revealing what He wanted me to do and actually allowing me to do it!

I should also say that God put many people in my life to help facilitate His Plan for my life.  There are important people in my personal life, my professional life and my Southern Gospel life.  Some have been here for the entire journey.  Others were here only for a season but all have had an important role in the development of God's Will for my life.  Also, none of this has been accomplished without a lot of work and dedication on my part.  I believed that God wanted me to accomplish these things and that it was His Will for my life so I assumed He wanted me to get the knowledge to be the best at them that I could be!

So, if you feel as though God has called you to do accomplish something but nothing seems to be happening to that result, don't despair!  God works in His time and you just need to be patient and wait on Him.  Seek His Will and you will see that He might just fulfill all of the desires of your heart.  Look at me ... I'm living proof!

Until next time!

God Bless,

Scott Evans

Editor, Southern Gospel Music Forum

www.sgmusicforum.com