Words To Live By

The Nester is having a giveaway today in association with Dayspring. They are giving away beautiful signs called book crops from the Dayspring store. You can even customize your own! Here is one I would love to hang in my home:

So check out the lovely Nester and then hopover to Dayspring...they are quite amazing as well!

Looking forward,
Stacey

Multitude Monday

Counting 1,000 gifts.....
#188 Your speaking voice...
At times gentle so I have to be quiet to listen,
at times specific so I know without a doubt it is you,
at times bold so I know who You are....but You are always speaking to me.



#190 Posing with her Bible on Easter and learning to listen, too.

Looking Forward,
Stacey

Ultimate Blog Party & Coffee Awesomeness

Have you ever decided very last minute to join a party? What to wear? What to bring? Well, I am meeting up with some new friends to join the Ultimate Blog Party sponsored by 5MinutesforMom. They have over 1,000 blogs connected to this crazy event that lasts a whole week. Fortunately, I can attend in my mommy uniform of a casual t-shirt, jeans, and flip flops! But when I thought about what I wanted to share with all the other party goers, I just had to grab what I had on hand! So, here is today's original post, but it is super for this party! It has a great party drink for all you late night bloggers! Check out the Coffee Awesomeness below! And, as you read further down the post you will notice a link to a great article written by Problogger. A perfect for a house warming gift for every blogger! If you want to learn more about me, you can click here! I hope you enjoy your visit can come back soon!




Congratulations! You made it to Friday! Now, here is something that will make your weekend! I call it Coffee Awesomeness....

Ingredients:
8 cups of brewed coffee
1 can fat free sweetened condensed milk

Directions:
Mix it. Chill it. Serve over ice. Yum!


Next Friday, I will have another inspiring woman for The Friday Five! Her name is Cece and you will be blown away by her wisdom! Did you meet Beth our first Friday Five Woman? You can Click here and read about who inspires her! Meanwhile, are you a blogger? I just read this awesome article at Problogger, and I want to share it with you! It is called 13 Quick Tips To Make Your Blog Stand Out From the Crowd. Read it while you are sipping your Coffee Awesomeness Saturday morning. My husband and I are hard at work on a new blog home for 29 Lincoln Avenue! I can't wait to share it with you. You are going to love it! More on that later! Thank you so much for spending time with me this week. I love your comments and appreciate you stopping by. I hope you were encouraged. Have a super weekend!

Looking Forward,
Stacey


P.S. The Ultimate Blog Party also has great prizes! If you are not linking up as a blogger to the event, you can be eligible to win the prizes by leaving a comment at the Ultimate Blog Party website. If I were to win I would love:

#31 $20 Amazon Gift Certificate
#32 $25 to Target
#39 Hilton Garden 2 night stay

Or any of these awesome prizes will do! #40,#56 #74,#97! All amazing items!

Relevant

"Tickets go on sale tonight at midnight," I said.
"They do? How many?" My husband inquired.
"Only 200." I replied.
"Buy one, I will make it work. I support you 100%."

And so began my journey to Relevant 2010, a Christian conference for bloggers. It will be held in Harrisburg, PA this coming October. The gals behind Relevant, Sarah Mae, Jessica Heights, and Dana Adams met through their blogs and in person at the Type-A Mom conference. Here is what they said about that meeting:

While chatting in a hotel room in the wee hours of the night, a spark ignited, and a simple conversation about the desire to attend a Christian women’s blogging conference soon turned into a heart fire of creating one. Such began not only a friendship, but a conference for women who want to be relevant in the larger blog and social media world, while also blessing their families and living a fully integrated life with their faith and family.

When I read this description my heart said, "Wait a minute that is me!" And apparently I began to talk about it to my husband. A lot. So much so, that he was willing to do whatever it took to get me to the conference. When I asked him why, he said, "This is the first thing in a long time you have been passionate about. And I want you to pursue it because it I think it will truly bless you."

One of the other things that attracted me to this conference is the amazing line up of speakers. First, they want to fill your heart with encouragement through the Word of God. Then they want to connect you with like minded women. Technology and blogging will be addressed of course, but it is not the only reason for the conference. There is a higher purpose at work here!

So with the Lord's invitation and my husband's support I'm going. And yes, you will probably hear much more in the days ahead about this giant leap of faith. I feel like Bob, "Baby steps on the plane....baby steps to the conference...baby steps to get my coffee mug autographed by Sarah Mae..."

I believe there are a few more tickets left for this one of a kind conference. If you are a Christian woman who delights in being encouraged, you blog or read any blogs (hint you are reading mine!), you secretly wish you could write like Ann Voskamp, or save money like Crystal Paine, or just want to sit near Kimba in hopes that some of her creativity will rub off on you.. then run quickly to The Relevant Conference website and buy a ticket. I know you will be glad you did!

Looking Forward,
Stacey

P.S. I am also connecting my post to Gather Inspirit. It's purpose is to encourage bloggers and has grown out of the Relevant community. They are featuring one Relevant attendee per day for the next 196 days until the conference begins. Today, it just happens to be me. How cool is that? Even if you are not going to join me at the conference, stop by Gather Inspirit, meet some awesome Christian bloggers and be encouraged!

Chair Time

Ephesians 1:18,19
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe..

I have been praying this for my husband for well over a year now. I love praying through these verses and asking God show him that there is surpassing great power toward him every day of his life...the same power that raised Christ from the dead. It is my earnest prayer that he live in victory and not defeat.

Have you read a little book by Joseph Stowell called Simply Jesus? I've had it for some time in my guest bedroom. I thought it would be a good book to read to prepare my heart for Easter. The title is so inviting! Last night I read this awesome quote:

The Resurrection is at its very essence the ultimate victory over sin, death and hell. All the forces of evil spent their best efforts to permanently ground their Archenemy behind a massive, immovable stone--guarded by imperial guards from the most powerful empire on earth.
And then with

a word from God ---the merest breath--

death was defeated, and sin and the forces of hell no longer held sway. Jesus lives and in Him the power of sin is rendered weak and ineffective." p 61

Oh my that is rich! In Christ we have victory over sin - it is rendered powerless and ineffective. Hell no longer holds sway! Hell brought all it had to the table and it took one word from the Father and death and its vice grip was demolished!

Lord,
Thank you that the Resurrection means that there is surpassing great power for those that believe. That you desire us to live in victory - not defeat. May we rise up to meet that calling for the hope and glory of all that you plan for us this day!

Looking Forward,
Stacey

Multitude Monday

Counting 1,000 Gifts.....

#166 A beautiful spring day picking strawberries.

#167 Seven girls together having fun.


#168 Having sweet fellowship with a friend.

#169 Rejoicing that their mama, my friend Samantha is cancer free!!!

Looking Forward,
Stacey

Easter

Looking Forward,
Stacey