Hello blogging friends!!
It's time for my 100th post give away! I have so enjoyed writing these past 100 posts and would love to share something else I love with you all & that would be jewelry! My dear & best friend Sharalee is a designer of jewelry & she has so graciously allowed me to give you a piece of her jewelry, but the deal is you have to check out her website! Click on this following link to see it all!! It's called "Designs by Sharalee." I have many of her designs and wear them all the time. She's very gifted and talented!!
If you would like to be entered in the drawing, please just write a comment and in a couple days I will announce the winner and ask for your full name/address in order to ship it directly to you. In your comment I would love to know what is the biggest thing the Lord taught you this last year! That's right, you have to work for this prize!!
Comment away & I'll return in a few days for the WINNER!!
14 comments:
Her stuff is GORGEOUS. Great give away!
Count me in!
Let's see, the biggest thing the Lord has taught me this year. Do I have to pick just one? ;-)
I think the Lord has been teaching me to say "no", and it is just the beginning of the process. I feel like He has been allowing my life to be emptied of some of the commitments that I have foolishly made. It is such a gift. It's like a clean slate...just hope I don't mess it up again.
I'm not a big jewelry wearer, but I agree with Alana - some of her designs are so great!
I think the biggest thing the Lord taught me in 2007 was in two parts: A) He taught me to have more patience with my girls and with the world at large and B) He showed me that sometimes He teaches us a skill by giving us opportunities to practice. So when I prayed for patience, He gave me opportunities to be patient, rather than just a "lightening bolt" of divine patience.
Her jewelry is beautiful. It looks like something I'd buy in a pricey little boutique! I especially like the long silver earings! What a task! The biggest thing God has taught me this year...I think He's been teaching me to slow down. In many ways. To slow down my "life pace" and enjoy each moment with my young children, to slow down my anger, to slow down my expectations of what life "should be", to slow down my children's scheduales so they can just play more, and to slow down myself, so that I can hear Him when he speaks to me.
I also wanted to tell you that your post about Caleb gave me goosebumps. What a precious letter to your son! He sounds like a sweet sweet child, and he's so very lucky to have a Mama that loves him so much!
Alright, Earen...count me in too. I stopped by her site and I agree with Alana, her things are so pretty.
The biggest thing that God has taught me this year is that the smallest things said with the correct attitude and at the right time can be used in big ways by God.
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How exciting!
Let's see, the biggest thing the Lord taught me this year was about community. It has been a dry and loveless 3 years at my church. we have had many things happen that have threatened to destroy our congregation. My time away waiting for Baby M to be born strengthened me for the long haul that He has in store for me. Community happens one person at a time.
OF COURSE I'm in!
God really taught me to trust Him this year - and that through trusting Him, you can find great joy. Through that terrible sickness I suffered early on in my pregnancy, He showed me that He's here...loving and caring for me. BUT, not only that, but He gave me a heart that looked for joy in each day, and I will carry that with me as the biggest lesson I learned this year!
CONGRATS on your 100 posts, sweet friend! :)
congratulations on your hundredth post!!!
2007 was the year of godliness and contentment. I was learning it all the way up to the bitter end....
wish i could say i'm done learning it now, but at least I'm closer!!!
The jewelry is beautiful! So many fun things....
The biggest lesson in 2007, hmmm..... i am still have so much to learn and the lesson isn't over but the biggest change has been to try and see people through God's eyes. I have a person in my life who is very hard to love. The person has hurt me repeatedly and I have had to work very hard on letting go and continually forgiving that person (not being bitter or wanting justice). In this year, God has allowed me to see things from a different perspective. It isn't easy and this is going to be a long process but God has helped me to have a better attitude and more understanding.
Congratulations on your 100th post. I have yet to get there (until this month, I've been finding it really hard to blog on a regular basis).
Anyway, I would love to be in on the drawing. Sharalee's jewelry is beautiful (I remember looking at it the last time you talked about her visiting too. You have a talented friend).
As far as what God has taught me this past year...well, I would have to say the two top ones would be to look more positively at life and helping me not to compare myself to others. I still struggle with the latter, but God has really taught me that although I my feel insignificant at times, He created me with a purpose and that I am worthy of love. I also am naturally a pessimistic person, and partially through blogging, He has taught me that there is something beautiful about each day.
I just can't get over her prices! What talent. Please count me in.
God is trying desperately to teach me that the comparison game is a deadly one. I end up in the pit of despair everytime I compare my life to someone else's. He is trying to teach me that His will for my life is perfect. I need to listen to Him more. It would save me a whole lot of heartache.
Hopped over from HisGirl's blog and how unbelievably timely that you are doing a jewelry giveaway in honor of your 100th post. I just blogged about how I am accessory challenged!
The biggest thing that the Lord taught me in 2008? That He is faithful. Faithful in the way that even in those things in your life that He asks of you that are scary or even painful, He is there to hold you in His care. And so it's okay. Lovely to ponder on that question! Thank you.
Okay the biggest thing in 2008? Check your comments for errors before you click the 'publish your comment' button! The lesson above is from 2007. LOL....
I have looked at her website before and you are right - she is gifted! (And she is as beautiful as her friend Earen too ;-)
I have so many answers to your question, there isnt enough room in your comments section to write them all. Alot of the things are not things I HAVE learned, but things I am in the process of getting into my heart. One of those things that I am trying to really 'get' is that when I was saved I got all of the Holy Spirit I will ever need which includes His power. I am not powerless, but have access to the endless resources of the Holy Spirit of God that lives within me. When I ask the Holy Spirit for guidance, I am not talking to some strange spirit out in the universe, but I am talking to the Spirit of the Living God who lives right inside me and know me inside and out - there are no secrets between the Holy Spirit and I.
I think some things are easy to understand superficially, but difficult to understand deeply --- the work of the Holy Spirit is a mystery that takes lots of work and prayer to completely understand (well as much as we humans can understand). The Lord is teaching me through the Holy Spirit that I dont have to understand everything -- I just have to Obey!
Sorry for the book - I hope that made sense! Cant wait to see who wins your giveaway!
Congratulations to "Rose in the Making."
I have been mulling over your question- what has the Lord taught me this last year.
And finally, here it is (better said by Donald Miller)
In my life, God is always changing the way I think of Him. I am not saying God Himself is changing, or that my theology is open and I blur the lines on truth; I am only saying I think I know who He is, then I figure out I don't know very much at all.
This is a hard, yet necessary lesson to learn.
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