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What Can I Say?

“I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.” ~ Ephesians 4:1-3 (ESV)

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Well, I can start with a huge, humongous “Thank You”! I have been truly blessed by my readers over the last six months. Not only was Sting My Heart honored by Sallie (A Gracious Home), Amy (The 160 Acre Woods) and Heather (Graced by Christ), but now also by Carol from “She Lives“. Carol liked this post and awarded it with her “She Likes My Post Award“. Yup, I have another cool button gracing my sidebar. Thank you Carol :razz:…

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Not even 24 hours later I was informed that Sting My Heart was nominated for the “Sweet Scent ~ Unified Heart” award and was selected as a finalist. I want to thank all of you who nominated this blog. It humbles me that you believe that Sting My Heart is worthy of this award. I am in wonderful company: Holy Experience (Ann Voskamp) and Unfinished Work (Dianne) are the other two finalist for the award. There are many other bloggers nominated for different categories. Please check them all out. I know that you will find some awesome bloggers and some might even end up on your personal blogroll. The voting started and the deadline is December 15th. You just have to click on the below image and it will take you right to CWO’s award page…

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Now I Get it…

I just got a plugin link from my friend Jamie to install on this blog for the comment section (which I haven’t done yet). I just mentioned to my friend Carol, that I have about 400 unique visitors per day (which is double from previous months), but ‘my comments don’t increase’…

So, I did a little research on my stats page today…and guess what I found out? It had to do with this image (and others):

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You see, bloggers on MySpace.com (won’t find the link here), liked the image. I like the image too. It took me several hours to create. And I really don’t mind sharing. Really — I do like to share and I am kind enough to have offered people to download my glitter images. You see the emphasis? Download!

Please don’t hot-link to my images and post them all over MySpace. You don’t even credit where the credit is do. I credited the people who made the tubes (CCD’s Tube Heaven) and glitter (Design by Alana’s site does not exists any longer) available for me to work with.

I found nearly 600 links from blogs that hot-linked to this image. Not only did you disregard my request to download the image, but also invited all those nasty people on to Sting My Heart. You know, the ones who want you to have your body-parts enlarged/reduced? I don’t need anything enlarged or reduced. God made me perfectly!

So, please in the future, if you like my images, drop me a note (contact form is in the sidebar). I am more than happy to email the images to you. And if you are wondering why this is written at Sting My Heart? Well, I don’t post on My Lighter Side any longer, but it still is my blog – and I pay for the bandwidth.

So, a huge bubble was busted for me today — I thought that people actually like reading what I have to say and they are just to shy to comment…And to my regular 200 visitor: thank you from the bottom of my heart :smile:.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. ~ Galatians 5:22-23 (ESV ~ emphasis mine)

Have a blessed Sunday…

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Thankful Thursday ~ Friends


What Sting My Heart is thankful for this week

“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” ~ John 15:12-13

  • I am thankful for my friend Jesus (no link of Him, but you can reach Him via prayer). He did lay down His life for you and me. What greater friend can we have?

  • I am thankful for my friend Carol. She holds me accountable for the things I do and say.

  • I am thankful for my friend Jamie. She created a wonderful blogging spot for Laced with Grace.

  • I am thankful for my friend Vicki. When I am down, I know where I can find encouragement.

  • I am thankful for my friend Heather. Her honesty is refreshing.

  • I am thankful for my friend Darlene. Her heart for uniting women of faith in Christ is awesome.

  • I am thankful for my friend E-Mom. She always has a way to get my braincells going.

  • I am thankful for my friend Lynn. She always prays for me.

  • I am thankful for my friend Sissy. She always invites me to a chat on her porch.

  • I am thankful for my friend Chrixean. She taught me to be thankful for the little things in life.

  • I am thankful for my friend Janice. She keeps me motivated.

  • I am thankful for my friend Robin. She keeps me grounded.

  • I am thankful for my friend Diane. She reminds me to never give up on praying for someone to return to the Lord.

  • I am thankful for my friend Jillian. Her comments warm my heart.

Yes – friendships are precious. Every woman brings something different to the mixture. I am truly blessed with my on-line friendships. Do you have friendships like that? If you do, consider nominating the women for the “Sweet Scent Blog Awards” hosted by CWO. You can find details in my sidebar.

Hope you all have a wonderful and blessed Thursday…

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Welcome to Sting My Heart…

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…and this week’s ‘Chicks’ carnival. This week was an open theme, so you will find a wide array of topics ~ enjoy :razz:…

I hope you enjoyed the above posts. Thank you Michele for allowing me to host the carnival this week…Hope I didn’t miss anyone :wink:.

Have a blessed and peaceful Sunday,

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