Crocheting

The knitting and crocheting project form Growing In Him ended today.  I didn't make a ton of hats, but I figured that a few was better than none!  If you participated in this project please post some pictures of your hats or tell us how many you made!

Lydia

P.S. How do you like my new blog design? 

Blessings of my Creator!

It sure has been a wonderful year, God is always showing me more and more about Him and His Word~through His Word.   I have been greatly blessed with another little sister on the way, the Bible Bee was a real encouragement to memorize scripture, Daughterhood by Design magazine has been a great asset in my commitment to purity,  I have had the desire to share my faith with the lost put into my heart, the list could go on and on!  One last, but definitely not least blessing I would like to mention is I have been blessed with 9 wonderful followers on my blog! 

PTL!

Is there a scripture passage that you are working on memorizing?  I would love to hear about how it is going and what you are learning from it!

Romans 1:16 (King James Version)

16For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

A Wonderful Testimony!

I thought that you might enjoy to hear this encouraging testimony that one of our Bright Lights moms wrote to our group!

Dear Bright Lights Girls and Families,

Our family would like to thank you so much for doing the quick collection of canned goods, jacket and warm blankets for the homeless people living in tents along the River Trail. We dropped them off this morning, and they were so thankful to receive those items! We were able to chat with them a bit and pray with them. Our whole family went out, but they were very nice and did not seem to mind our intrusion.

They seemed to be out of food and one man did not have a winter coat yet and was very happy to receive one! We also brought them a plastic storage box so that they can receive food other than canned goods but keep it away from the raccoons. In addition to the canned goods the "Homeless Helpers" bought fresh fruit, donuts and cider for them.

Their plan is to stay there through the winter. Please pray for them!!!

Bless you for reaching out to them!
The G. family

I Peter 3:15 (KJV)

 ¹⁵But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

~Time Alone~

Deep in the silence of the forest

Was where I'd go to be

That I might hear in Nature's stillness

God's voice speak to me.

His voice, it echoed through the trees

When the wind caressed their limbs,

Like angels softly whispering

A thousand prayer hymns.

And through the brook, His voice, it laughed

A strong and joyful song

Which spoke of His enduring love

As it winded its way along.

He spoke through the clamor of the squirrels

And the owl's solemn cries, and evening played His symphonies

In the crickets' lullabies.  These melodies, they stirred my soul

To depths no words could express.  Alonein the forest my heart did find

its greatest happiness!

Poem by: Victoria Ann Turner

Winners Announced!

I decided to get right to the winners, but even if you don't win please read "To all of my dear friends who entered my giveaway" It has info for all of you.

The winner of the handmade purse and the book "One Thing You Can't Do in Heaven is........



Sarah Grace at Girls Of Grace!  Congratulations!  I hope that you enjoy your prize!

The Second winner is....... Bethany Ward at Hearts for God Magazine!

To all of my very dear friends who entered my giveaway:

I am very thankful to all of you who entered my giveaway!  It is such a blessing to have other blogging friends who share the same views as my family.  The winners were randomly drawn.   If I don't hear from one of the winners by Wednesday the 13th I will draw from the other names and their prize will go to the new winner. So, keep posted!

^{Proverbs 17:17} "A friend loves at all times."

To the winners:

Please comment and leave me your address.  I will not publish the comment with your address in it for your privacy.   Please comment as soon as possible, if I don't hear from you before Wednesday the 13th I will redraw from the other names and your prize will go to the other person. If you won the first prize, your book and purse will be coming separately because I am sending the purse from my house, but the book is ordered straight from the company.

If you won the second prize, I will order the subscription for you.  I am not exactly sure when the first magazine will come-- here is what they say on the website:

"It is our goal to mail the print version of Daughterhood by Design Magazine quarterly (in March, June, September, and December), as the Lord provides the means. However, we will only be able to print the magazine if we receive sufficient donations. If the funds are not available, we will hold off printing and mailing until they are. By subscribing now, you will receive the next issue we mail out, and you will continue to remain on our mailing list and receive the quarterly issues until December, at which time you will be asked to resubscribe."

A Wonderful Giveaway!

Check out this giveaway!  I love the prize it is so beautiful!

6 Days Left To Enter~

Please keep spreading the word!  There are only 6 more days left to enter my giveaway!  I hope to get a few more people to join before it ends.  Also, I now have my blog button if you would like to use that as another entry,  you can get the code from my sidebar.

Thank you to all who have entered the giveaway so far!
God Bless~
Lydia