Followers

Last night I Tweeted something, as I often do, and when I checked back the next morning I noticed my number of 'followers' had dropped substantially. Now, I'm not the sort of person to keep score of my followers on Twitter and shed a tear or celebrate as the count fluctuates. What really got my attention was the nature of the said tweet and its effect! So here's a blog about this little occurrence :)

The tweet:

However, today was amazing!! I've never been at such an electric event. Atmosphere bursting with God's presence. #wcconf

The hash tag refers to the conference I had been to this weekend. It's an event that sees Christian worship leaders from around the world meet together and receive teaching, encouragement and blessing from a team based here in London. This year's event was amazing and I really did experience all of the above!

But to put this into context, the majority of followers I have on Twitter are people who have discovered me through my second greatest passion: music. And I'm so thankful for their support! It always astounds me. But having lost followers because of a 'faith related' post (my greatest passion), I was disappointed by my own reaction. My initial thought was, 'Maybe I should avoid posts like that in future... It's self-defeating to make people dislike you and stop listening to your music as a consequence. Keep followers and listeners - and avoid God tweets.'

It wasn't long before I despaired at my own reasoning! As much as I want to reach as many people who will listen, I also need to show people the real me. My ambition for my YouTube channel has been to write honest songs full of life experience, and to write from the heart without holding back (As my blog 'My Heart Sings' explains). To then act upon different principles to the same audience on a different social platform really would be defeatist! 

I love everyone who reads these blogs, watches my videos, keeps up to date with my Facebook page and follows me on Twitter. I know there are people in that group who probably read a tweet like the one above and think 'Okayyyy o.O That's a bit weird...' and despite this, stick with me through the rest of the time when I may appear more normal. To all of you who can recognise yourself as one of those devoted individuals - it's an honour to have your support. 

Final thoughts? I can't be prepared to compromise creatively, personally or spiritually and still aspire to excellence. I hope to stick by that belief from now on; even when the doubts appear and statistical milestones vie for my attention!