Winner Announcement!

I've got a winner!!! Marissa is our winner of the Big Rim Tumbler. I'll contact you later today to get details for your tumbler.



I wanted to share my favorite thing about fall. I love the crisp morning air that fall brings BUT my all time favorite thing is seeing the mountain skylines around town and all the different shades of colored leaves mingled in. It's absolutely beautiful. It just makes me smile. Knowing that God knew what color each tree's green leaves would turn when the weather started changing, and He just sprinkled them all over the mountainside to create a perfect masterpiece. I think that's pretty incredible!



"In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations." Revelation 22:2

Last Day

Today is last day to leave a comment for September's Giveaway!! Go leave a comment!! Will post winner September 27th!!

A Lesson Learned from Jonah!

Jonah was a prophet to Isreal, but God spoke to him and told him to go on a mission trip to Ninnevah. Not wanting to exactly go that route, Jonah went in the opposite direction. We all have heard how he made another detour and ended up in the whale's belly. The Bible study Jonah: Navigating a Life Interrupted, is all about having your life interrupted by something or someone. Jonah had his life interrupted when God called him to go to Ninnevah. I, definitely can relate to having your life interrupted. However, this study has shown me that it's all in how you view the interruption. Priscilla Shirer gives these two equations :



Insignificant Person + Insignificant Task = Interruption

VS.

Significant Person + Significant Task = Divine Intervention



To me, that second equation is so profound and hit me like a ton of bricks. It made me realize that my life has not been interrupted. Although it may appear to everyone else looking in -- They see a fulltime practicing attorney quit her job because of the economy. But I hear God saying "quit your job" and trust me. (and finally after months of disobedience, I obeyed.)

Until this study, I felt interrupted. However, I now see my life as having a divine intervention!! How exciting is that? I'm getting to do the things I love, yet fulfilling God's calling on my life right now.



Bottom line --- the next time you feel that your life has been interrupted, stop and consider the significant person and significant task at hand. You may have an opportunity to find your own divine intervention!



"...for it is God who works in you to will and act according to his good purpose." Phil. 2:13

I blogged recently about the World Outreach Jubilee that my church held. Our ladies'ministry wanted to honor the missionaries and pastors' wives that were with us, and I was asked to paint each lady a personalized name platter. I was so honored to be asked to help out in this way. I was a little nervous because I didn't have much time, and there was eight platters to be painted. Looking back, it was all a God Thing!! He did the planning and painting on this job. I got all eight platters, sketched out, and painted in one day. Each lady that received them seemed to really like her platter. I think that they were some of my best work.

Speaking of missionaries, I've been working through the new Bible study Jonah by Priscilla Shirer. Most everyone has heard the typical Sunday school lesson on Jonah & the whale , however, this study can goes to the heart of the matter and really gets in your business (if you know what I mean!!! Check back here tomorrow, I want to share something I've learned from the Bible study on Jonah!

"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you." Matthew 28:19-2