Passing Blessings

My post today is a bit melancholy.  As I sit, typing this entry, my Grandmother is preparing to see her King.  She has been very sick with cancer and her time on this earth is drawing to a close.  I am so blessed to be able to travel the nearly 400 miles to visit and pray with her one last time.  She is an amazing woman who always took discipleship very seriously.  One of the greatest ways she served the Lord was by introducing Him to her Grandchildren.  She is the one who lead me to Christ, and I am forever grateful for the time she took to do this.  As the morphine calms her pain, I know she will gently slip away from us, but not forever!  One day we will worship Him together again!  Until that sweet day comes, I love you Nanny and I will miss you so very much...

 If you are going through a "wilderness" time, I have some lovely literature that can help you, or a friend understand God's purpose for this time.  Also, 100% of my profits (after tithes) support Foreign Missions.

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Stewarding our Blessings

My eyes are always open to saving money, or time or energy.  Some may call this excessive but I call it good stewardship!  I think the sanctification process of Christianity has taught me more about stewardship than any class or book ever could.  When we realize that because we are Christ followers, our lives and nothing in them belong to us anymore, stewarding our blessings becomes freeing!  Faithfully developing and using our gifts, talents and resources within the amount of time God has allotted to us is such an important part of our walk with Christ! 

Holley Gerth is a great example of a Christian that has faithfully developed her God given gifts, talents and resources to further His Kingdom! 

I'm excited to steward my blessings for Him!  How about you?

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A new day, a new blessing.

I love greeting cards.  I love the way they feel...the way they smell...  Mostly, I love the way they make a person feel when they receive one.  There is just something wonderfully exciting about opening the mailbox to find an encouraging greeting nestled in a simple white envelope.  I think children really understand that these little notes, lovingly picked or painstakingly crafted, are so much more important than the spoken word.  Because the words are written, stamped, typed or embossed it makes them more real somehow...

The girls and I had a play date this afternoon with our lovely neighbors.  It's a give and take relationship, she gives me coffee and grown-up conversation.  I bring her pretty little packages of greeting cards that I get from my company.  It's a win-win in my book.  If you have a sweet neighbor or two, like me, consider what you love and don't forget to share...

Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."  Luke 6:38