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Thankful from the bottom of my Heart

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” ~ Colossians 3:16 (ESV)

I am inching myself back into the blogging world. Yes, I have been absent for a while — I needed to regroup and figure out what is truly important in life and to me…

So, why I am I writing a thankful post today? I have two wonderful things to share with the blogging community (although one thing is bitter-sweet)…

  • Some of you know that I had a ‘Silent Auction‘ last week on this blog. Although I didn’t get many bids for the print, the ‘winning’ bid is extra special (and bitter-sweet). I want to thank Marsha and CWO for bidding on the print. The ‘winning’ bid was submitted by CWO.
    Here is the very cool part: Darlene placed the bid in the name of all Christian Women around the globe — so in essence – you placed the bid too šŸ™‚ . Since the bid was from the community of Christian women, Darlene requested that the print is not shipped to Canada, but to sweet little Gentry Rose.
    This is the bitter part: July is the last month that CWO is being published. I have known CWO (and Darlene) from the beginning. I truly believe that I would have not made that many connections around the world if it had not been for Darlene following His lead…Darlene, you always will have a special place in my heart…I thank God for you and your commitment over the past 4 years ~ I love you, girl…

  • The other thing that I am truly thankful for is: God gave me a dream and is making it in little pieces reality. I only have shared this with a few of my closest friends, but now I am ready to share with you all. I am trying to build a portrait business. The only part that is hard to have the energy after an 8 hour work day to take portraits and promote my business. But I know that I can dream big with God…If you have time, check out my ‘business’ website: Iris Nelson Portraits…Let me know what you think šŸ˜› …

Thank you for taking time to stop by today. Remember: No dream is to outrages if God is leading the way šŸ™‚ …

Visit my dear friend Lynn at Spiritually Unequal Marriage, to visit other Thankful Thursday participants.
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Thankful Thursday ~ Precious Words

ā€œThis is my comfort in my affliction,
that your promise gives me life.ā€ ~ Psalm 119:50 (ESV)

Godā€™s Word to me is the best comfort there is ā€“ donā€™t you agree? Yesterday morning I read Loriā€™s interview with Rebecca St. James at CWOā€™s web-site. One particular phrase hit me right between the eyes: ā€œI want to thrive, not just surviveā€. But how I can thrive? Only by staying close to His Wordā€¦So this year, from time-to-time, I would like to share passages from His precious Word with you during our Thankful Thursday gatherings.

One Bible I carry with me at all times is my ā€˜preciousā€™ all worn out — pages falling out — taped back together — highlighted in different colors — New Living Translation. Although we are using the ESV at church (which I also use it for my studies), the NLT was the best for me to make the transition from German to English. I know ā€“ it is only a thought-for-thought translationā€¦I think it is a great ā€˜entry levelā€™ translation to His Wordā€¦IMHO šŸ™‚ . I hope you donā€™t mind that I share passages from ‘my’ NLT today.

I am thankful for His precious Word…

  • He has removed our sins as far from us
    as the east is from the west. ~ Psalm 103:12

  • “You don’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.ā€ ~ Matthew 17:20

  • When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Silence! Be still!” Suddenly the wind stopped, and there was a great calm. ~ Mark 4:39

  • Then Jesus called to the crowd to come and hear. “All of you listen,” he said, “and try to understand. It’s not what goes into your body that defiles you; you are defiled by what comes from your heart.” ~ Mark 7:14-15

  • And the people of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth. As a result, many Jews believed, as did many of the prominent Greek women and men. ~ Acts 17:11-12

What are you thankful for this week? Would you like to share with us by leaving your link below?

If you have not seen the Laced with Grace Bible Study giveaway, I encourage you to head on over to find out how you can enter to win šŸ˜›

Thank you for stopping by today and continue to be part of the Thankful Thursday community. Remember: let us thrive in 2009 by staying close to Him, His Word and loveā€¦

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Thankful Thursday Participants

1. Lynn (Spiritually Unequal Marriage)
2. To Know Him
3. Melanie
4. Denise
5. Nancie
6. Michele
7. Janujennifer
8. BP
9. Jill
10. It\’s All About Him!
11. Amanda@encouragement along the way
12. Sandy @Jesus and Dark Chocolate
13. gina
14. Tammy
15. cheryl
16. Will(My boys and me)
17. Debra
18. Laurie Ann
19. Dana~from chaos to Grace
20. Laurie @ womentakingastand
21. Speaking from the Heart
22. Mauie
23. Mrs.Cuddles
24. Blessed Mama 2
25. lambofHisflock		 26. Jennifer @ Through The Storms of Life
27. Who Says 8 is Enough?
28. Pia
29. Ann
30. grammy
31. Willnette
32. Lyndy
33. Rocks-Made To Worship
34. Penny
35. micey
36. Linda
37. Colored Heart
38. Melissa Multitaskingmama
39. Thorn in my Side
40. Miriam Pauline
41. Tracy @ Thirsty for Him
42. I am heading towards my destiny!
43. Mary
44. Lori
45. Kristi-KikisCorner
46. Raye Ann > Heart of the Home
47. Alicia, The Snowflake
48. Zoe in England
49. Elyse@Following Him
50. Jenna @ Newlyweds 		51. Patricia@TypingOne-Handed
52. Heather @ Dear Diary
53. Saleslady371
54. Jerri
55. Stephanie (The Small Miracles)
56. He & Me 3
57. Faith (Gold in the Clouds)
58. jsprik
59. Heather@mommymonk
60. Marsha
61. Karen – It\’s Been Awhile…
62. Cathy | Mommy Motivation
63. Debbie ~ Heart Choices
64. Rita
65. Chel @ Chasing Contentment
66. Bernice
67. Shannon
68. Erica
69. Donetta at a life uncommon
70. Jane Anne @ Gravity of Motion
71. Rebecca
72. pam @ without fear
73. Maree Tee
74. Kahri
75. Janet @ Daily Provision

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Coaching Lessons & An Essay Contest

Laced with Grace is proud to announce another giveaway. For the month of April you have a chance to win one month of life coaching lessons by one of our devotional writers, Janna Rust. To find more about the contest, please visit the our devotional blog for find out more details.

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life_reflected_button.jpgChristian Women Online, in conjunction with Art Bookbindery, is sponsoring the ā€œHer Life Reflected,ā€ writing contest. We are looking for essays that tell us how your mother, or a mother that you know has reflected the heart of our Heavenly Father in her life. The winning essay will be one that is both written well, and of most importance, one that reflects God as being the central focus of one’s life.

The contest is open to women aged 18 years and older, who reside in Canada or the United States. Employees of Art Bookbindery or regular writers of Christian Women Online, are not eligible to enter.

Our judges will choose only one winner. That winner will receive $400.00 U.S. from Art Bookbindery, 2 copies of Darlene Schacht’s humorous book, The Mom Complex (one for you and one for mom!), 2 copies of Kathleen Carnali’s music CD, Dangerous Prayer, 2 Proverbs 31 mugs from Mugs of Truth (a design idea inspired by CWO friend, Iris of Sting my Heart), and an autographed photo of Candace Cameron Bure along with a DVD of her testimony. Now that’s a great package! We will announce the winner on Mother’s Day, May 11th, 2008, and will publish the at that time.

Be blessed today and always…

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Come Celebrate!

Celebration Balloon As you all know there is a huge party going on at 5 Minutes for Mom this weekend. Hop on over if you would like to add your blog to the party post.

But I do not want to talk about myself in this post, but about a website that, I believe in my heart, has changed the Christian women blogging community. Did you know that Christian Women Online is celebrating the 2nd year of its existence?

I remember when the site launched. I was so happy to see that women stepped out in faith to bring a different kind of website onto the web. Darlene – the founder and editor of the online magazine had a vision to unite women of faith.

If you have never visited the site, I think it is time (I actually have CWO set as my homepage šŸ˜› ). Not only can you find wonderful articles every month, but you also can ‘hook-up’ with other Christian bloggers via the CWO blogroll, which is the largest Christian blogroll on the Internet.

Darlene – Happy Second Anniversary and many, many more. I know that you spend countless hours to get the magazine published every month. I know that God is smiling every time you hit the publish button because you make Him known world-wide šŸ™‚ . I am very, very thankful that I also can call you my friend.

Now my sweet readers, hop on over to celebrate with Darlene, Art Bookbindery and the CWO Ezine staff their 2nd anniversary. You can win a Sony Walkman Video MP3 Player with 4GB Memory! How cool is that šŸ˜› .

Have a blessed afternoon and weekend, my sweet friends and readers.

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