{"id":7067,"date":"2012-12-10T23:07:41","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T23:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=7067"},"modified":"2012-12-10T23:20:25","modified_gmt":"2012-12-10T23:20:25","slug":"when-is-a-risk-not-a-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=7067","title":{"rendered":"When is a risk, not a risk&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Snow.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7067]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-Blog Post Image wp-image-7068\" title=\"Snow\" src=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Snow-580x381.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Snow-580x381.jpg 580w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Snow-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Snow-270x177.jpg 270w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Snow-960x632.jpg 960w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Snow-600x395.jpg 600w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Snow-880x579.jpg 880w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Snow-350x230.jpg 350w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Snow-400x263.jpg 400w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Snow-370x243.jpg 370w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Snow-500x329.jpg 500w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Snow-750x493.jpg 750w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Snow.jpg 1324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I would like to encourage you to visit Scott Kelby&#8217;s blog today, right now!!!\u00a0 I&#8217;m so very proud of Scott for doing what he is doing.\u00a0 He has written a book, o.k. lots and lots of books, but this one is real departure for him.\u00a0 He explains how it came about far better than I could so watch his 5 minute video where he talks about his new book,\u00a0 then come back and let me finish the entry!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"8uKS9PJlFz\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/scottkelby.com\/\">Homepage<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Homepage&#8221; &#8212; Scott Kelby&#039;s Photoshop Insider\" src=\"https:\/\/scottkelby.com\/embed\/#?secret=5aPKrTlHva#?secret=8uKS9PJlFz\" data-secret=\"8uKS9PJlFz\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you come to this blog, you certainly know that I have devoted my life to Jesus Christ, and you know that I have no problem, whatsoever, standing up for my faith.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve know Scott for a long time and I&#8217;ve known he is a devoted Christian, and a wonderful father and husband, but he is not overt about his faith.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t get me wrong if you&#8217;ve ever read any of his books, his stand is right there in black and white, but he doesn&#8217;t wear it on his shoulder, ( like some people we know! )\u00a0 I&#8217;m sure Scott knows that coming out in the open like this might upset some people, and that is why I&#8217;m proud of him.\u00a0 He did it anyway.\u00a0 The scripture is very clear that if we are ashamed of Him He will be ashamed of us.\u00a0 Scott certainly is not ashamed of his relationship with Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Have I taken a big risk by being so open about my walk with Him?\u00a0 Yes and no, yes in that people can, and have, reacted to me the same as they will with Scott.\u00a0 The difference is I&#8217;m not Scott Kelby.\u00a0\u00a0 Scott has an enormous following and has earned the respect and popularity with many, many people.\u00a0 I know he knows, that this could not set well with a small portion those that follow his career.\u00a0 The question is, if God calls you to do something, can you let that stop you?\u00a0 We both know the answer to that, we can&#8217;t.\u00a0 What Scott will learn is that when you make a stand for Him, He will bless you beyond measure!\u00a0 How do I know this?\u00a0 Well, if you have been here more than a few times you know that is exactly what He has done for me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m very happy for Scott, because he has opened the door for even greater blessings than he has already received, and boy has he been blessed with a great family and wonderful people to work with.\u00a0 Some would say that if you step out and proclaim your faith that you are taking a risk, I would say if you truly know Him, and don&#8217;t step out, that is the biggest risk of all!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I will be praying that God greatly honors Scotts releasing of this book.\u00a0 That is an easy prayer to pray, because I know it is always God&#8217;s will that we make a stand for Him!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Be blessed,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the pilgrim<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I would like to encourage you to visit Scott Kelby&#8217;s blog today, right now!!!\u00a0 I&#8217;m so very proud of Scott for doing what he is doing.\u00a0 He has written a book, o.k. lots and lots of books, but this one is real departure for him.\u00a0 He explains how it came about far better than I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chronicles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7067"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7070,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7067\/revisions\/7070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}