Top 10 Award!

I am blessed to share with you that Betty Bolden and

Jesus Is My Joy

Ministries/Devotions

has presented me with a new blog award!  I woke this morning to find that she’d nominated me for the Top 10 Award!  Thank you so much Betty!  I encourage you to visit her blog and am sure you will be blessed by her writing and her heart for Jesus!

Very Inspiring Blogger Award

I have been honored by the http://loopyloo305.com/ with this award and I encourage you to visit her blog and linger a while . . . when you begin to read her blog, the desire to keep reading will be impossible to ignore!  The rules are as follows:

Now for the RULES to follow when nominated for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award:

1. Display the award logo on your blog.

2. Link back to the person who nominated you.

3. State 7 things about yourself. –

1. I am in love with Jesus
2. I seek to reflect Jesus in all I do
3. I feel called to be in ministry as He chooses to use me
4. I enjoy walking in the rain
5. I see beauty in puddles during a storm
6. I see the most amazing things in clouds
7. The Lord speaks to me through nature

4. Nominate 15 other bloggers for this award and link to them

5. Notify those bloggers of the nomination and the award’s requirements.

There are so many ways these folks inspire me . . . it is difficult to limit myself to only 15 choices.  Some of these have received the award before but the Lord seeks to RICHLY bless us:

1. http://trishasflyingmeatballs.wordpress.com/
2. http://cryofworship.com/
3. http://justmywritings.wordpress.com/
4. http://gwirrel.wordpress.com/
5. http://womenswindow.com/
6. http://iftodaywehear.wordpress.com/
7. http://hodgepodge4thesoul.wordpress.com/
8. http://thecrunchychristian.wordpress.com/
9. http://wonderfuleternity.wordpress.com/
10. http://happysmallchurch.wordpress.com/
11. http://faithfull4him.wordpress.com/
12. http://mannamagazine.wordpress.com/
13. http://mannamagazine.wordpress.com/
14. http://godsgracegodsglory.wordpress.com/
15. http://rockitccc.wordpress.com/

ABC Award – Learning The Alphabet Again!

The ABC Award also known as the Awesome Blog Content Award was presented to my by Caddo Veil – thank you dear sister for this delightful challenge.  I admit, at first the notion of following the  rules by providing you all with a list of 26 tidbits about myself and in alphabetical order seemed wild.  I wasn’t sure I had 26 secrets left, much less one for each letter, but once I got going I loved this challenge and took it a step further and challenged myself to come up with 26 statements or words related to my personal walk with Christ as that is the most important thing in my life – my relationship with Him. 

The second part of the challenge is to find folks to nominate.  I can think of countless folks who have awesome blog content but am still working on finding ones who either have not already received this honor or who would enjoy the challenge of a nomination.  Help me out, friends.  If you are drawn to the  challenge, pop me  a comment and let me know.  I’ll be editing this post to add the links to all of my nominees, but meanwhile here is a list of not so secrets related to my heart for Him. 

A is for Abba whom I love so very much

B is for His Beautiful Face which I seek in all that lives and breathes

C is for Christ crucified for me

D is for the debt He paid

E is for everlasting life which He won for me

F is for His favor shown to all who accept Him as Lord

G is for God in whom I trust and follow through the Trinity

H is for heaven and a place for me there

I is for infinite grace and love which is mine even when I lose focus

J is for Jesus, my Jesus who is with me always

K is for the King of Kings and I am His child

L is for my Lord to whom I sing praises

M is for His majesty over heaven and earth

N is for no worries needed – He is always with me (I’m working on giving up my worries

O is for His opening the gates of heaven for us by His death

P is for penitence for it is Lent as I write this

Q is for “qavah” which is Hebrew hope and joyous anticipation

R is for resurrection – Christ’s from the dead at Easter

S is for singing Hallelujah to Him who loved me too much to live in heaven without me

T is for the Trinity in whom all my hope lies

U is for unity as one body of Christ

V is for His victory over death – won for me

W is for tbe wonder of a Christ-centered life

X is for Yahweh – the Hebrew name for God in the Bible

Y is for saying “yes Lord” and the wonderful new life I immediately had

Z is for Zion – city of God

 

THE NOMINEES ARE:

soon to be added – stay tuned!

My 7 x 7 Link Award Acceptance and Nominees!

 

Thank you to Anne  –  http://freedomborn.wordpress.com/  for this nomination and the challenges in accepting it!  I love a challenge and as a Christian writer, this is a good thing!   Jesus never said following Him would be easy but He promises to be with us all the way!  How awesome is He? 

Now, the requirements:  First I must fit 7 of my blog posts into the following categories. 

• The Most Beautiful  https://inlovewiththelord.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/let-the-little-children-come-to-me/

 

• The Most Helpful https://inlovewiththelord.wordpress.com/2012/02/10/1670/

 

• The Most Popular h ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1-cgDRRqCE&feature=youtu.be

 

• The Most Controversial https://inlovewiththelord.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/protection/

 

• The Most Surprisingly Successful http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xwzItqYmII&feature=youtu.be

 

• The Most Underrated https://inlovewiththelord.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/stumped/

 

• The Most Pride Worthy https://inlovewiththelord.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/how-to-see-the-lord/

 

Next I must select 7 blogs to nominate for this lovely award and challenge. 

1.   http://godspeaks-i-listen.com/
2.   http://thoughtfulbeliever.wordpress.com/
3.   http://hodgepodge4thesoul.wordpress.com/
4.   http://crustybreadblog.com/
5.   http://caddoveil.wordpress.com/
6.  http://keziahcarrie.com/

I will now pause to notify them of their nomination so that they can come get a copy of the award badge and begin the acceptance tasks!

Finally, I must reveal a secret to you all.  Hmmm . . .  this is hard.  Before starting my blog I had lots of them, but since I now write them and confess them to you all here in my blog, this is tricky.  Hmmm . . . will it count if my big reveal is that I live in SC yet detest sweet tea?  It’s true y’all.  Oh, but if it’s any consolation, I do like shrimp and grits!

King of Kings Award – Twice Blessed!

There can be no greater blessing than to be the child of the King of Kings and to have the honor of being part of His body in this world.  I’m just so thrilled to share my love of Him and His love for us with all of you.  That being said, to have been nominated by now two special ladies for this award just fills me with joy and I’m so happy to share this award with all of you.  My first nomination was from Anne, http://freedomborn.wordpress.com/ and now the second blessing is from Rev Deirdre Whitfield, http://crustybreadblog.com/  Thank you so much, dear sisters for the honor. 

King of Kings Friendship Award

This award is all about the blessing and comes with no list of “musts” to work at, but it is my pleasure to share it with the following who are but a sampling of the many blogs I continue to discover and find reflect the love of Christ to me in so many ways.  Again, you may accept this as the blessing it’s meant to be, display the badge on your blog if you so choose, and pass the blessing on as you see fit.  Thanks for sharing your heart with all of us!

 

The nominees are:

 

http://brusharbors.wordpress.com/

http://womenswindow.com/

http://applesofgoldministries.net/

http://writingsistersblog.wordpress.com/

http://amsdaily.net/

http://newheavenonearth.wordpress.com/

http://shepnerd.com/

 

 

 

 

Reader Appreciation Award – Blessings Flow!

What a true blessing awards are!  They are at once a source of His blessings, the encouragement of our sisters and brothers in Christ, and an opportunity besides.  The opportunity and challenge is to go deeper in our own walk with Him, to meet others along the way, and oh the many beautiful folks I’m met who are fellow bloggers through the award nominations I’ve been honored with!  This is very much like the commission given to us by our Lord as His body in this world.  We receive His grace and blessings and are challenged with opportunities to serve as well!

I’m happy to have just received a nomination for a Reader Appreciation Award from my dear sister Caddy http://caddoveil.wordpress.com/and I encourage you to read her blog which I am sure you will enjoy.  It’s a delightful mix of many kinds of treats! 

The creator of this award recommends awarding it to six bloggers who have never received it before and as well requests linking the badge back to the one who nominated you.  I find it difficult to limit myself to merely six of  you!

So, along with my absolute recommendation that you visit Caddo’s blog, I nominate the folloowing: 

http://writingsistersblog.wordpress.com/

http://beegraziani.wordpress.com/

http://maryaquino.wordpress.com/

http://alysasawyer.wordpress.com/

http://ajpoetry.com/

http://mountupbook.wordpress.com/

 

 

Candle Lighter Award – Blessed to Accept

 

I am so pleased and blessed to have been nominated by http://freedomborn.wordpress.com/ for the Candle Lighter Award.  I thank you, Anne, my dear Sister in Christ, for this honor which I am delighted to accept!

This award was created by http://believeanyway.wordpress.com/ (Kate Kresse) and is a delightful and meaningful award.  It is intended for blogs/bloggers who “Light a candle in the darkness” with their blogs.  How amazing and humbling to be counted among them!  We are called to be reflecting the light of Christ to those in darkness and when our love for Him and His for us brings us to do so, He enables us!  To Him be the glory! 

This award does not come with a list of “must do” and any complicated fussy things.  Simply follow the link to Kate’s blog and read all about her creation of this lovely award.  You may award this to any deserving blog at any time.  There is no limit to the number of nominees nor is there a limit to the number of Candle Lighter Awards one may receive.  Simply post a link to Kate’s blog in the acceptance post so everyone can read about what inspired her to create it. 

My Nominees are:

http://freedomborn.wordpress.com/

http://caddoveil.wordpress.com/

http://keziahcarrie.com/

http://brusharbors.wordpress.com/

http://sonsothunder.wordpress.com/

http://journeytoepiphany.wordpress.com/

Again, I thank http://freedomborn.wordpress.com/ for blessing me with this nomination!

My Versatile Blogger Award!

Versatile Blogger Award

 

What a blessed week!  First a nomination by http://keziahcarrie.com/ for the Kreativ Blogger Award  (thank you so much Annette) and now I’m twice blessed.  I have just been nominated by http://scottsholar.com/ for a Versatile Blogger Award!  Thank you Scott! 

It is my pleasure to be able share my life in the Lord and my love for Him with all of you.  To receive two awards for this is both thrilling and humbling.  It pleases me so much to be now able to spread the joy in a new way by nominating some of my favorite bloggers for this as well!

Here are the rules for nominees:

1. Add a picture of the award to this post.

2. Thank who nominated you.

3. Share 7 random facts about yourself.

4. Nominate 15 other Bloggers and inform those 15 they have been nominated.

It is very difficult to choose who I shall nominate because there are so many I greatly admire and whom I would love to award this to, but here is the list of 15 I’ve selected and I encourage you to check out the blogs of those who nominated me as well as these:

http://keziahcarrie.com/

http://goldenbible.wordpress.com/

http://heismyhealingrain.wordpress.com/

http://thechristiangazette.wordpress.com/

http://sharinhislove.wordpress.com/

http://thechristianbookcompany.wordpress.com/

http://maryaquino.wordpress.com/

http://dailylivingministries.wordpress.com/

http://virtuouswoman73.wordpress.com/

http://bridgetcolvert.wordpress.com/

http://christophercrandolph.wordpress.com/

http://liveandlaughwithjesus.wordpress.com/

http://iamavesselofgod.wordpress.com/

http://writingsistersblog.wordpress.com/

http://patcegan.wordpress.com/

What might you not know about me?  Hmmmm . . .  since starting this blog I wonder how many secrets I still have?  Lol  Here’s some random things:

1. I love thrift stores!
2. I’m writing a couple of books and hoping to find a publisher for them!
3. My church has the most amazing rector and assistant rector!  Wow, can they preach, too!
4. My Cursillo weekend was life changing!  Ask me about dolphins!
5. Being unemployed has been the most scary thing in my life (and still is) but has also been the most amazing blessing of my life as it’s been a time of getting to know the Lord at such a deeper level than ever!  I am so in love with Jesus!
6. I love chili dogs!
7. A big hug from someone who loves me will ALWAYS make my day.