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My Gift to You…

Birthday Giveaway

Kit Credit: Michelle Pieters ~ Summers Sunset

Don’t forget to stop by my friend Lynn this week for Thankful Thursday 😛 .

Be blessed and see you all soon…

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1. Linda
2. Denise
3. Heather
4. Sharon
5. Heather (devildogwife)
6. joanne
7. Cory
8. Melody
9. Debbie
10. Darlene (CWO)
11. Kelly
12. Elisa (Extravagant Grace)
13. Beth
14. Laura
15. Lisa @ The Preacher’s Wife
16. daine
17. Hope Has Returned
18. Angie
19. Cheryl (Wordquilter)
20. Chocolate and Coffee
21. Mrs. H
22. Karen
23. Jenileigh’s Journey
24. To Know Him		 25. Dana
26. Terri Sue
27. Sara
28. Jen @ Scraps&Snippets
29. Lizzie (Lizzie’s Home)
30. Linda Meadows
31. Crystal@God is in Control
32. Our Happy Happenings
33. chupieandjsmama
34. Deidre
35. patty
36. Diana
37. Yen
38. Rosemarie
39. Jhoaniquing
40. Ginger
41. Kathleen Marie
42. emre
43. Diane
44. Millie
45. Tonsofsons
46. gina
47. Lisa Kay
48. BP		 49. Mama Bear
50. Kay in PA
51. SharonB
52. Andie
53. Dori
54. Lyndy
55. Nikki
56. Robin (PENSIEVE)
57. Stacy
58. Tiffany
59. Julia
60. Bye Baby Bunting
61. Karen H
62. Vicki
63. chrixean
64. Elliemae
65. heather
66. -E
67. Midas
68. Pam @ Beyond The Red Door
69. Desert Diva
70. sondra
71. denise

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Thankful Thursday ~ Blessings

“Blessed be the Lord! For he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.
The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.”
~ Psalm 28:6-7 (ESV – emphasis mine)

Do you ever have those days where you just feel totally defeated? When everything you touch just goes wrong; or you have to jump another hurtle? Girls (I am not discriminating, but I know that I don’t have any male readers 😀 ), I just had some of those days. Than God stepped in and shook me. I was about to write a Thankful post on Monday. On the days when I am down, God pours out His mercy with a huge bucket. But let me share with you…

  • I am thankful that God shakes me once in a while to remind me why I am blogging. I want to share with my readers my struggles that are met with His mercies. I want to decrease so that my Lord increases (paraphrased John 3:30). What a blessing it is that our Lord’s mercies are brand new every day…

  • I am thankful that God blessed me with an incredible patient, tenderhearted and encouraging husband. I don’t know how I would survive without my Sweetheart beside me…

  • I am thankful that God blessed me with some incredible friendships that developed over the internet. Thank you Laurel, Lynn and Terri to stand in the cap for me ALL.THE.TIME…

  • I am thankful that God blessed me with access to the internet. When I need encouragement during the week, I can just click on some Bible teachers at OnePlace.com. Not only did I listen to Beth’s continued study on Romans on Monday, but Pastor Ingram had a message that I think was straight from God (Spiritual Warfare 101). I don’t think that I clicked on that particular message by chance…

  • I am thankful that God blessed me with talented friends. Heather at Graced by Christ is a very talented artist and she has a giveaway in honor of her one year blog anniversary. Go check it out. I would love to have a painting from her…

  • I am thankful that God blessed me with a wonderful readership that takes part in Thankful Thursday. Thank you ladies for allowing me to be your hostess…

  • I am thankful that God blessed me with a wonderful Christian online magazine. If you have never read the articles on CWO’s Online Magazine, I urge you to check it out. Start today since the August issue was just published. Speaking of CWO’s Online Magazine; I have something in the works for the September issue 😛 …

  • I am thankful that God blessed me with a little talent to partake in Miss Mint’s August Scrap Challenge. If you are a digi-scrapper, check it out. There are two levels–beginner and advanced. The prize? One year Miss Mint’s creations – free. Hm, maybe I should have kept that to myself to increase my chances to win. Nah – I like to share…

What are you thankful for this week? Please do share with us. As usual, leave your link below with your valid blog-address. I do delete blog links if no Thankful Thursday post is publish – sorry…

Oh, one more thing: if you haven’t had the chance to sign up for the book giveaway, scroll down to add your name to the linky…

Be blessed today and as always…

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1. ellen b
2. Laurel Wreath
3. Devildogwife
4. Karen (Changed by Love)
5. Sharon @ SWMA
6. Crystal@God is in Control
7. Nise’
8. Betty Jane
9. Lynn
10. Millie
11. Amy – Knights Acre
12. Lori@SimpleLifeAtHome
13. Sheri@PurelyHis
14. Lyndy
15. Training Hearts
16. Tanya
17. Kelly (aka:Kellyque777) Special Friends
18. Denise
19. Liza’s Eyeview
20. Faerylandmom
21. Amber@TITL
22. Lori
23. Tarrah @ My Blue Eyed Babies
24. Linda aka Yellowroseli
25. Deidre		 26. Our Happy Happenings
27. Kathleen Marie
28. Jenny
29. Terri @ in His hands
30. Mary
31. Tami @ The Next Step
32. Angie
33. Rachelle G.
34. Lisa ~ Quiet Waters
35. Beth/Mom2TwoVikings
36. Mama Bear
37. gina
38. SharonB
39. Erica
40. Ella
41. AmyD
42. Heather @ Desperately Seeking Sanity
43. To Know Him
44. Jen@ Scraps & Snippets
45. Tiffany (Life on the Road: Home Business, Homeschool and Cats!)
46. Sharon
47. Annabelle
48. jodi
49. Allison@Simple Christian Living
50. Andie @ ProchnowBlessings		 51. Lauren
52. Lorikate
53. A Chelsea Morning
54. cre82learn
55. Lisa
56. EllieMae
57. Lisa B @ simply His
58. Stephanie
59. Jeannie
60. Christine- Fruit in Season
61. Lisa Kay@EllijayatHeart
62. Wendy
63. Cheryl
64. Lynn
65. Sandy
66. michele
67. Alycia @ Where Your Treasures Are
68. In Light of the Truth
69. maiylah’s snippets
70. Shannon – CMA
71. Chris
72. HL @ Renewed Journey
73. Hopeful Spirit

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Every Single Day


“Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing yet had been done.”
~C.S. Lewis~

The Webster dictionary defines “rely” as “to be dependent” or “to have confidence based on experience”.

The “confidence based on experience” is what really got to me.

You see, there a couple of areas in my life that I take to the throne of grace every.single.day. For a while I thought that there is something seriously wrong with me. Although I know that I can rely on God’s faithfulness to take care even of the littlest things in life, some I still hold onto.

One of my all-time favorite Bible study was Beth Moore’s “Believing God”. At one point we had to put down a time line to recount God’s faithfulness in our life. From the age of 8 until now, God was there every step of the way. I might not have seen His provision at times, but when I look back—His hands were there to guide me. Even when He moved me from Germany to Arizona…

I know that I can trust my Lord with everything in my life…maybe some areas I just need a little longer to leave at the foot of the cross.

“As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain your mercy from me;
your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me!”
~ Psalm 40:11 (ESV)

Lord of Heaven and Earth. I pray that I will be able to leave the things I still hold onto at the foot of the cross very soon. Thank you Lord for allowing me to come to you on a daily basis to help me get rid of some riff-ruff in my life. I am trusting in Your mercy. In the precious name of Jesus, my Lord and Savior, I pray. ~ Amen.

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In “Other” Words Participants

1. Laurel
2. Linda
3. Gwen
4. Tara (Destiny Driven)
5. Denise
6. Amy Grant
7. Hummie
8. JHS
9. Rosemarie
10. Miriam Pauline
11. Shannon – CMA		 12. dana
13. Cheryl
14. Jenny
15. Karen (Changed by Love)
16. Karen G
17. ellen b
18. Allison @ Simple Christian Living
19. Nina
20. Amy
21. The Small Scribbler
22. Hopeful Spirit		 23. Angie
24. Lana G!
25. Sharon @ S.W.M.A
26. lori
27. Faerylandmom
28. Tami
29. Cyndee@Riezzee’s Place
30. Chocolate and Coffee
31. Bonnie Winters

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My dear sisters, I am sorry that my thoughts might not connect tonight and don’t make sense. As I was writing my post for this week’s quote, we received a call from my MIL. My Sweetheart’s cousin’s wife died in a horrific car accident in Flagstaff, Arizona. Their little 4-year-old daughter survived the accident with a fractured arm, leg and skull. Please keep my Sweetheart’s cousin in your prayers as he morning the loss of his young wife. Please also keep their little girl in your prayers, as she now is growing up without her mom…Thank you…

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