I Make My Friends Think…

thinking blogger award

My friends Laurel at ‘Laurel Wreath’ and Terri at ‘In His Hands’ graced Sting my Heart with the “Thinking Blogger Award”…Ladies, you are very kind to this old gal…I am thankful from the bottom of my heart.

Here is what Laurel had to say about Sting My Heart:

Iris, at Sting My Heart, not only has become a close blogger friend, but her heart for God and her testimony on her marriage, and her gently spirit make her one of my favorite people who definitely make me think. Go visit her and poke around, you will be blessed.

Terri’s take on Sting My Heart:

…She is the epitome of a true believer and so full of encouragement and wisdom. Her blog glows with the love of Christ. I don’t know what the rules are on nominating someone that has already been nominated but I have to include Iris.

***Update*** Heather, from “The Roller Coaster Ride of my Life” gave me the “Thinking Blogger Award” as well. Heather said:

Iris at Ephesians 28:10. This lady inspires me constantly to hold fast to my beliefs and to keep trusting in God! If you haven’t already, check out her blog!

Thank you again for your wonderful words…I am truly blessed to you know you…

But how this award goes, you pay forward…Meaning you send this award to others in the blogsphere that make you think. Here are the official rules of this award:

      If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think,

      Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme,

      Optional: Proudly display the ‘Thinking Blogger Award’ with a link to the post that you wrote (here is an alternative gold version if silver doesn’t fit your blog).

Here is my list of bloggers that make me think:

  • She Lives“–Carol always makes me think–turning to Scripture. Understanding what Jesus says is sometimes not easy, and sometimes even devastating. Check out this post from January 11th…After you have read that post, check out her entire blog, because she is always is pointing you to the Bible.
  • TNChick“–With her Saturday Photo Hunt, she always makes me think what to post for the weekly theme. Couple of weeks ago, I was stumped. Couldn’t think of anything to post for this theme. If you are not a Photo Hunter yet, check it out. It is fun (and most of the time easy).
  • The Preacher’s Wife“–Lisa is a woman that warms my heart. As her blog title might give you a clue; she is married to a pastor. What I love about her blog? She is real and approachable. Check out her post “As if there is anything better in the world…“. Why did that post make me think? Lisa shows that it doesn’t matter what age-group you are. We all have a common denominator – Christ Jesus
  • Fruit in Season“–Christine makes me think about my marriage with her new Monday meme “Marriage Monday”. Although our marriage is pretty good, there is always room for improvement. Check out her latest topic of “Expectations“. I hope to participate this week.
  • Darlene Schacht’s Blog“–Darlene is an incredible woman who has come up with the wonderful weekly meme of “In Other Words”. This brings women of faith together on a weekly basis. Read her post from last week Pivotal Moments — if that doesn’t make you think, I don’t know what will.

This is only a small fraction of the bloggers I ‘hang out’ with and make me think…My hope is that you will check at least these wonderful gals out. If you need more good reads, check out my blogroll

Blessings on your Palm Sunday evening and as always…

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I think it’s amazing to hear how people move across entire oceans to be with the person they love…that’s just what Iris did when she moved from Germany to Arizona in 1991. She keeps this blog about her life and inspirational writing that warms the heart and at spots will bring a smile to your face! Check out the blog’s logo for the title…Sting my heart.

Thank you Bill from Critique My Blog, for taking time out of your busy to stop by Sting My Heart….

Blessing to your Tuesday evening,

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Back to normal…

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…what ever normal is in my life 😆

The Ultimate Blog Party was a success for Janice and Susan (girls, you did a great job)…Over 900 blogs linked to the ‘party post‘ and some even stopped by here. The door-prize winners are announced as well…

The devotional I donated to the blog-party is on its way to Merci at “Spit Out the Cat“. I have won something too 😛 . Not from the ‘official’ prize list, but from Christy at “Bon Bon Boutique“.

The cool thing about the party was that I hooked up with an old friend, and found a new one…I hope you had a chance to browse some of the blogs…

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This week’s IOW quote is by Liz Curtis Higgs from her devotional “Rise and Shine“:

“One of the secrets to a happy marriage is remembering the source of our joy, which is not one another. The source of our joy is the Lord. Yes, we share tons of joyous moments, but we don’t expect, let alone demand, endless joy-filled moments from each other.”

Our hostess this week:

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I hope to see you there to read your take on this week’s quote…

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Marriage Monday

Christine’s topic on this week’s Marriage Monday topic: Sharing activities with your spouse and supporting him in his work…

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It is spring break in the state of Arizona and my Sweetheart will be off the entire week. As for yours truly, I have to work 😥 . If you are wondering about time change. Well, we moved from Mountain time to Pacific Time. So now, I am behind 3 hours from my blogging friends at the East Cost. Speaking of friends from the East Coast. I will be meeting her on May 4th IRL for lunch…I am so excited about that!

Well, I better get going–hope to see you tomorrow at Laced with Grace.

Blessings on your Sunday and as always…

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What’s Going On?

A lot! Especially in the blogging world. The Ultimate Blog party hosted by Susan and Janice is in full swing until the end of this week. I hope you will take a minute to check it out. I have to apologize to all my visitors from Friday–I am a little overwhelmed with all your kind comments. I hope that I will return all your visits by the end of today….

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Tomorrow, Terri from In His Hands, will publish her first post at Laced with Grace. I hope you have a minute to stop by and welcome our newest member to the team…I know that you will be blessed by what she has to share.

BTW – we have a new ‘feature’ on Laced with Grace. We highlight a blog from the LWG blogroll in our sidebar for a week. Every Monday you will find a new blog to explore…

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Tomorrow I will be sharing my thoughts for the first time at the new CWO blog…I hope to see you there…

Speaking of CWO; I will be your hostess this week for IOW with a quote by Martin Luther: “To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.”

I pray that this quote will inspire you to think about prayer and that you will be sharing with us your own thoughts with us on Tuesday…

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Marriage Monday

Last but not least, please join Christine at Fruit in Season with her new Monday meme on marriage…Just click on the above button–it will take you right to Christine’s wonderful blog…

I told you there is much going on this upcoming with in the Blogosphere…I hope to see you soon…

Blessings on your week and as always…

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