Lesson 10

Whenever Jacob 2:18 ever pops up it is always a hard pill for me to swallow because it states “But before ye seek for riches, seek ye for the kingdom of God.”  I feel that because the business I want to create and build is for my profit of staying at home, having money to buy the things I want, to buy the things I want to give away, more time for family, church activates and service; it is never good and therefore it is evil.  I want to go to every canning assignment, attend the temple every week and participate more in Scouts, but because I have a job I can’t right now.  But having a business would allow me to, but I still feel that I am doing it for selfish reasons.  Maybe it is the spirit telling me that I need to focus more on Christ while still doing the business? 

So, I created a Facebook profile for A Penned Thank and nothing came of it after two or three weeks. My wife, who is also the calligraphy artist, took over the Facebook part of the business sold 55 cards within the hour of creating a page.  The last time I was on Facebook was over four years ago and so much had changed that I had no real idea of what I was doing.  I was not the person for the “job.”  My wife on the other hand is on Facebook a lot and therefore knew exactly what to do to get the more marketing and spread for my product and the proof is in the numbers.  After 24 hours we have sold 75 cards! I am thankful for her and this has taught me a very valuable lesson, the right people in the right seat is very important because it can mean broke or success!