A Sneak Peek of the Ultimate Homemaking E-book Bundle Sale

So this is not something I normally do, but a friend of mine, Jenni Mullinix has her awesome book in this bundle, Clean Enough. Plus there are about 6 other books I have been wanting to purchase and you guessed it... They are in this bundle!!! (Hence my excitement! I love getting a deal. Woot!)

This bundle goes on sale tomorrow morning at 9am EST and will only be on sale until May 4th.

 I can honestly tell you I am buying it for myself. Just check out this listing of fabulous books and I think you will see why. I am already following some of their blogs and have read some of their books.( I cannot vouch for all of them as I have definitely not read all 97 books, but I am looking forward to it.)

Some of the items I am especially excited about are the home school resources and the devotional studies to do with your children. I am especially excited about, The Dig, which I have already heard great things about from quite a few people.

Also in my families efforts to switch to healthier, more natural meal plans, I am pumped for the cook books section. (EEP!) The ice cream cookbook (Not healthy!) and 20 minute meals are quite handy too. (Okay, so I love cooking. I really, really do.)

The list keeps going with devotionals for women, marriage, cleaning helps, home decorating, pregnancy and more. Truthfully, I am a little over-whelmed by this listing, but then I love to read and once I  download them to my reader I get to take my time going through them. :)

If you have questions about how to use this with your particular E-reading device Please Click Here for the Frequently Asked Questions page.

Please, take some time and check out this list that is a hint of whats to come tomorrow. It's only on sale for one week and then I promise you won't hear a thing about it again. I normally do not have the time to review or sell things from my blog, but I thought this was worth it and I love helping to get the word out about some of my wonderful blogging friends.

I hope you have a wonderful week friends, and again there is absolutely no pressure to buy any of this. (Seriously, I don't like pressure.) I just wanted to let you know about it.



Disclosure

Disclosure: Starting on April 29, if you opt to purchase this bundle via a link from this site, I will receive a small percentage of the sale at no additional cost to you. I am excited to tell you the Funds provided to this site through this sale will be donated towards charity. (Since my site is for ministry purposes, I wanted to keep it that way by using the profits for ministry.) Of course, you are never obligated to make a purchase. Thank you!  

Blog Issues, Updates, and... Hey! The Sun is Actually Shining!!!

Hi Everyone!

Well, I have to apologize for I have been a bit quiet on here the last 2 weeks. Mainly due to some issues I am having with Disqus.  They promised "seamless integration with any platform" on their website, but this apparently does not apply to mine. ("Argh!" does not begin to cover it.)

 My comments have returned to me in utter discord. They are completely out of order and because of this, sound a bit nonsensical now.(In other words...my replies to other people's comments sometimes appear all in a row like I am having imaginary conversations with myself on my own blog.) 

 Disqus and I have been communicating and I truly hope they can fix it, but so far they are not being very helpful. :P
I will keep you posted. (Seriously, they need warning labels on their site.)

Moving on...

I am happy to tell you that I am still on the adventure of doing Seven. (A book that encourages a mutiny against excess.)  Some of the fab chickies from our youth group have also joined in. They have been a huge encouragement to me. I have now done the food fast twice, the clothing fast and our whole family did the media fast. (Pssss... We are about to start a mutiny against Stress, if you would like to join us.)

When I get some more time I will have to write out some posts on it. I can tell you this, at the start of each fast I am nervous about the craziness that is about to ensue, but by the end of each one I absolutely desire it to become a way of life for myself and our family.

Thank you Jen Hatmaker we are wrecked for normal in the best possible way. ;)

And on that note I have never been one who is okay with normal anyways. The last 2 years have been nothing if not a time of the Lord opening our eyes to His Word like never before. 

He has been turning things upside down and then right side up again and it's a beautiful kind of mess that has ensued. What an amazing adventure and blessing it has been. I am excited to see whats next. My God, You rock!

Oh and one more thing...The sun is actually shining!?! This is a big deal for us. It has been raining and raining and raining and ...Well you get the idea. ;)

Time to get out with my kids and go for an adventure! Bike rides, sidewalk chalk art, and climbing a tree...

How are you doing?

Dirty Laundry, Spit, & Fallen Idols...

“Oooooh! Oh no, it' going to fall!”

We excitedly exclaimed as my daring young daughter stealthily removed the wooden game block from the tottering tower and placed it at the top.

There was a collective and audible sigh as the tower, still rocking from her move and its ever diminishing foundation finally stilled. 

This simple children's game reminds me of how we tend to lift and revere certain people up in our lives.

“He speaks so passionately. He is just amazing... I would follow him and his preaching where-ever he goes.”

“This author's writing is breathtakingly brilliant. If only I could write like that...”

“She is so real, with her talks about dirt on the floors and crazy kid moments. She's so pretty and fun... I wish I could be like her.”

And there they are...

Our tendencies to lift these people up.

Polishing them with a cloth and placing them high for all to see on a beautifully gilded pedestal of our own design...

And then I hear the shocking words of a good friend of mine pop into my head,

“I think I need to spit on you now and just get this over with.”

She was responding to a woman gushing over her and praising her talents as a Bible teacher and speaker.

She noted the sincere woman's words went far beyond encouragement and were trickling into a lofty ideal she knew she couldn't possibly live up to.

Isn't it true though?

Eventually people will let you down. Sometimes in direct proportion to how high the pedestal is in which we set them on...

Is it any wonder God had to utter this reminder to His people again and again?

Exodus 20:2-4

“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.”

Lifting them up on this pedestal is making them our idol.

Like my sweet children's game of wooden blocks, we detract from our foundation in Christ in an effort to place these people ever higher on tottering towers.

We become as the Israelites, choosing to stumble down into the ever welcoming trap of slavery yet again.

Willingly, we shackle ourselves to the binding chains of comparison.

Our outlooks imprisoned to strive for an image we never can, nor ever should, try to be.

And when our lovely idols spit on us?

When their dirty laundry is exposed for all to see and their tottering tower leans too far from the weight of our expectations?

When it breaks and crumbles to the ground?

We discover we are stumbling in a downward spiral with them...

Feeling betrayed and broken.

Haven't we all been there at some point or another?

Let us remember,

Galatians 5:1

"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery."

Who are you lifting high today?






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