I have mentioned in previous posts the girl I am training at work. Love the girl. She is a ton of fun and an awesome nurse and we have become very close over the last month or so.

The other night she brought up a suggestion which threw me for a loop. She prefaced it saying, “I am a Christian and you know, I am all about making money.”

The red flags started waving at that point. Being a Christian should never be about making money. If I am not mistaken, it should be all about saving lost souls which hasn’t a blooming thing to do with making money.

Then she said, “I think we should start a nursing blog with you as the expert and me as the newbie and charge people money to read it.” I almost bust at laughing at this point for several reasons. First off, I am certainly no expert in my field. The only reason I have done so well with my current company is because, for some reason, I have the favor of God at this company.

Second reason I almost died laughing, is that not many people who are actual bloggers make much money at it. If I had made money at blogging do you really think I would have returned to nursing?

She was all fired up and I did not want to pop her balloon of delusion so I just told her I would pray about it. And pray about it is what I did.

This is one of the few times that I could tell the Holy Spirit was angry. I have called this girl daily giving her training on a continual basis with no extra pay from the company. I enjoy her, so I don’t really mind, but it seemed a bit selfish from my perspective for her to want to charge others for what she has gotten for free.

I also know that those who blog and make millions are a different kind of blogger than I am. I have tried to pull in some extra cash by doing affiliate advertising and even put a donation button on my blog but the cash flow hasn’t been much.

I do appreciate those of you who have ordered from my blog but I don’t expect you to only order from my blog, nor do I expect you to order so much that I can pay my mortgage. I am certainly not going to start charging people for reading my blog. When I publish my novel that will be an entirely different story. You will not get that for free.

This is the second time that someone has approached me with an idea of change for my blog. The first time was a guy who wanted to sell his social media ideas through my blog. I told him at best I would write a promo post for his ideas but he was NOT going to kidnap my readers for his new fangled idea. Neither is my trainee going to turn my blog into something which suits her purposes because she is stressed out at work.

The only one I give administrator rights to on this blog is God. I pray and meditate on what I think He wants me to write and then I write it.

Although I was shocked when she approached me with her proposition, after reflection, I realized she knew nothing about blogging so to condemn her for her lack of knowledge would be wrong for me to do. Besides, she is one of the best nurses I have run across in my entire career and to sway her from a career path which is perfect for her, would not be in either of our best interests.

So if she brings this up again I will politely decline her request and continue to give her the support she needs to be a rock star in the awesome company I work for.