{"id":11068,"date":"2015-07-28T12:50:09","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T16:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angelaminelli.com\/blog\/?p=11068"},"modified":"2022-08-25T22:24:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T03:24:24","slug":"gods-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angelaminelli.com\/blog\/gods-work\/","title":{"rendered":"What It\u2019s Like Doing God\u2019s Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/angelaminelli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/key-to-life.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"key to life\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-11071\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/angelaminelli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/key-to-life-150x150.png\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a>Even just a few years ago, I would&rsquo;ve never written a blog post like this, but needless to say, things have changed.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHaving been raised Catholic, the will of God was instilled in me at a very young age.&nbsp; And while I did, and still do, believe in God&nbsp;(partly because it was forced on me!), I turned away from it, rebelling against the pressure to conform and the expectations of people who never really &ldquo;got&rdquo; me.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tLet&#39;s just say I had to go out on my own and find myself first before I could fully commit to the belief that a God even existed.&nbsp; There were so many things I was taught that I didn&rsquo;t agree with, such as the fear of God. &nbsp;I mean He was loving right? Or that the only way to practice your belief meant going to church and tithing.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIt wasn&rsquo;t until many years later that I found my way back to the whole concept of a higher power, but not by attending mass and paying penance. &nbsp;Rather, it was a deep spiritual awakening that reconnected me to the Almighty in a way that felt much more real and&nbsp;authentic.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAnd took me by complete surprise too.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tEveryone has their own form of worship, and while I&rsquo;m not perfect, I believe faith is a personal thing, one that cannot and shouldn&rsquo;t be dictated by organized religion.&nbsp; In other words, I know I&rsquo;m not going to hell if I don&rsquo;t give 10% of my earnings to the church every week and I don&rsquo;t need anyone trying to tell me otherwise.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn the end, it was my faith in myself, along with my desire for truth, that truly saved me.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tI was a wayward soul for years, dabbling in excesses and refuting the word of God, thinking how could there even be a God with everything that&rsquo;s wrong with the world?&nbsp; I felt He failed me at times, making life hard, not realizing the good times were from Him too though.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t(There was so much more good than bad by the way.)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBut as with everything, I tend to take the long road, making it harder on myself than it has to be, while all the while He&rsquo;s right there waiting for me to figure it out.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMy jobs were unbearable, my relationships deplorable.&nbsp; Food was my drug of choice.&nbsp; When I finally hit rock bottom <strong>I finally realized how disconnected I was<\/strong> in the first place from my true spirit.&nbsp; My intuition.&nbsp; The all-knowing.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWhich led me back to the one solid truth that I had denied so many years before.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tI don&rsquo;t preach, and God knows I have my faults, but it was in those times that I discovered the truth of who I am.&nbsp; An infinite being, capable of infinite things, but I&rsquo;d been led astray only to rediscover myself&nbsp;all over again.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAs a result, today, I do God&rsquo;s work.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIt may not seem like it, but God&rsquo;s work can show up in many different ways that don&rsquo;t even involve religion.&nbsp; Instead, <strong>it&rsquo;s simply about being in service,<\/strong> to people, to humanity, to the planet and all its inhabitants.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tI may not be a priest, a pastor, a minister, or any other person of the cloth, but I&rsquo;m still a servant.&nbsp; A faithful one at that.&nbsp; I know Christ consciousness resides within me and that I am God, created in His image, and therefore possess His same power. &nbsp;&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tI can do anything.&nbsp; Be anything.&nbsp; Have anything!&nbsp; And I can do it in a way that serves the Lord and my fellow man at the same time.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tLeaving my job 8&nbsp;years ago to build a business in the field of natural health with no other job or spouse as backup was a risky move at that.&nbsp; Yet I was compelled, so I did it anyways.&nbsp; But because all my so-called security was now gone, I had no choice but to find it in something else.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tSo I found it in faith, and trust, and my connection to source energy, that which I call God.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tI never wanted to be a&nbsp;bible-thumping holy roller, and by no means am I,&nbsp;and I don&rsquo;t have to be to share my beliefs about what works for me.&nbsp; My day-to-day now involves doing meaningful work, helping people heal from emotional and physical trauma that&rsquo;s interfered so long in their lives they never knew there was any other way.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBut that&rsquo;s not me so much as it&#39;s&nbsp;God, working <em>through<\/em> me.&nbsp; Plain and simple. &nbsp;I never experienced that same level of satisfaction in any other job I&#39;ve ever had.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tNow I look forward to life instead of trying to avoid it.&nbsp; The magical things that happen to me every day never cease to amaze me.&nbsp; I could never do it without God&rsquo;s help, or my own understanding that I was worth saving and fighting for.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tI&rsquo;m a survivor, of many things unholy, but had I not known deep inside that there was so much more to me, <strong>I would&rsquo;ve given up<\/strong> and never had the chance to do the work I was always meant to do.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t[bctt tweet=&#8221;You can do God&#8217;s work and be in service, doing work you were meant to do, too.&#8221;] The saying, &ldquo;That which you seek is seeking you&rdquo; is undoubtedly true.&nbsp; But it&rsquo;s up to you to know what that is, and do it, which can be far from easy, and a long road too, but just as worth it and satisfying for you as it was for me when you do.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tNo matter what your beliefs, no matter your station in life, your best asset is your faith too, because when you have nothing else, you&#39;ll find everything you need just by having a little faith.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMy free report <span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><em>The Top 10 Ways to Stop Feeling So Tired All the Time Drug-Free and Naturally!<\/em><\/span>&nbsp;will help! Download it by clicking on the big blue button below:\n<\/p>\n<div align=\"CENTER\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/angelaminelli.leadpages.co\/leadbox\/146cf0d73f72a2%3A130cefb1c746dc\/5656058538229760\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/Z-ZpI0NlTmOOo04x5u9NWxY8CFZxAx7qbxkwrLhnj7joVdtJr0Vfde0W46txIg1DYmuqCK-Mg-q1jtA1X1dY=s0\" \/><\/a><script data-leadbox=\"146cf0d73f72a2:130cefb1c746dc\" data-url=\"https:\/\/angelaminelli.leadpages.co\/leadbox\/146cf0d73f72a2%3A130cefb1c746dc\/5656058538229760\/\" data-config=\"%7B%7D\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/angelaminelli.leadpages.co\/leadbox-1471633258.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\t<br \/>\n\tLove&nbsp;Always,<br \/>\n\tAngela\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAngela Minelli<a href=\"http:\/\/angelaminelli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Landing-page-image.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Landing page image\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-10242\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/angelaminelli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Landing-page-image-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a> is an author, speaker and founder of Angela Minelli International, a heart-based global business serving purpose-driven everyday women and entrepreneurs whose self-image and weight issues are inhibiting their confidence and blocking them from pursuing their life&rsquo;s passion.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAngela&#39;s joy is in taking a stand for women who are living less than ideal lives, stopped by fear and doubt, which prevents them from <strong>stepping into their innate power<\/strong> and delivering their God-given genius to the world. Her coaching programs and products are designed for women with busy lifestyles yet allow for powerful transformation to take place within a small segment of time. &nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAs a natural health practitioner and digestive health specialist, Angela specializes in helping people overcome weight and energy issues through holistic, non-invasive protocols that address the root cause of their conditions, including adrenal fatigue, candida, thyroid disorders, and more. &nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tExplore the ideals that are the cornerstone of her work at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/angelaminelli.com\">angelaminelli.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even just a few years ago, I would&rsquo;ve never written a blog post like this, but needless to say, things have changed. 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