Topic: The year in Review (Part 1)- How It All Began!
Good morning ladies and gentlemen! How are you? I hope you are good! Can you believe it; Sammie’s Daily Dose is 1. This has been an awesome journey. I was very happy and excited about this. Today, we would be looking at how Sammie's Daily Dose came about (in full detail)!
When I began Sammie’s Daily Dose, I thought that a year was thousand miles away. However, it has come by so quickly. I did not even realize. I literally did not.
In my mind, I thought Sammie’s Daily Dose would turn one in August. Over the weekend, God asked me to check the date of my first post. I did that! And Guess what! I realized that Sammie’s Daily Dose turned one a few weeks ago. Yup! Almost a month ago. I was overjoyed and grateful. Now, let us take a trip down memory lane…
July 3rd, 2018 was the day I created Sammie’s Daily Dose and posted my first message. I started this blog with “The Ruth Series.” Before this, I used to send daily devotionals to my family members over WhatsApp. A week before 3rdJuly, I asked my friends what to name these. My mum suggested “Samuelle’s dose.” My very good friend, Issabella Ahadzi suggested “Samuelle’s Daily Tips.” I would like to say thank you very much to these wo individuals. They have supported me and this ministry since day one.
The name “Sammie’s Daily Dose” came about when I infused both ideas. Sammie was a nickname I had acquired in Sixth Form. Thought it had a nice ring to it compared to Samuelle’s Daily Dose! This is how the name came about. Interesting right? All this while, I was so excited. I had a name for my WhatsApp messages (still had no clue that in about a week’s time I would create a website and have blog just geared to spreading the Gospel through Bible study and Bible devotionals).
I came home (from Summer school) on Saturday, 30th June 2018. I was preparing to watch a movie and sleep. My parents and sister were out of the house. I had the whole house to myself. I was so happy. Then, the Holy Spirit (all of a sudden) drew my attention to the devotionals. Then, He asked if I had thought of how these messages may impact others’ lives. Well, I responded by saying that I could publish a Devotional. The Holy Spirit said no! He told me to create a website and post the messages there each day. He told me that by doing so the messages would reach so many people.
I was awed; but scared. I had so many questions. I told the Holy Spirit that I am not one of those girls with thousands of followers on social media. Nor, did I know that many people. The Holy Spirit just told me to relax in Him; everything would be alright. And looking back, indeed everything was alright.
After this conversation, I did not tell anyone my plans. I remembered that during the year, we learnt about website creation (on WordPress)- in school. I had heard about Wixsite and wanted to give it a try. I searched for it on the internet and signed up with a Sammie’s Daily Dose email (I had just created). By evening, I had finished creating the website. I was so excited. I still did not tell any one of my plans. The whole of Sunday went by! I was so excited about my blog and had not told one person. I prayed to God about it every evening.
On Monday, I began to plan out my first message. The Holy Spirit told me to begin with the book of Ruth. I was very happy. Then many thoughts crossed my mind. “What if I am not hearing the right voice?” “Would people even read this blog?” “How would people hear about this blog?” And many others. That day was full of mixed emotions. Spent my time mostly going over the website and perfecting the mobile version of the website (which I had discovered that you have to spend time designing both the laptop version and mobile version of the website).
Tuesday, 3rdJuly 2018 came by! My dad dropped me off at school once again. Came home for the weekend and to spend the then holiday (Republic Day) with my family. As soon as I got to my room, I jumped on to my bed and opened my laptop. I began to write my first message. I was so excited. The message came with so much ease. It was as though it was coming from my own mind. I was so excited.
After two hours, the first message was ready. In the two hours, I had to pray for wisdom, read the chapter twice, identify the particular verse and write on it. Went on to the website and uploaded the message. I thought I was done! But oh no!