Passionate Housewives Desperate for God!

Hey everyone!

One of the things I love to do while on the internet is finding FREE stuff- or pretty close to it at least! So many companies offer free promotions or crazy awesome sales!

There is a book called "Passionate Housewives Desperate for God" that is being offered for free and you pay shipping. Shipping is about $7 but it's worth it considering that normally the book is $16 + $7 shipping, ya know?

I've never read the book, but I've heard great things about it!

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This is the day the LORD has made....!!

"Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
       his love endures forever.

Let Israel say:
       "His love endures forever."

Let the house of Aaron say:
       "His love endures forever."

Let those who fear the LORD say:
       "His love endures forever."

In my anguish I cried to the LORD,
       and he answered by setting me free.

The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid.
       What can man do to me?

The LORD is with me; he is my helper.
       I will look in triumph on my enemies.

It is better to take refuge in the LORD
       than to trust in man.

It is better to take refuge in the LORD
       than to trust in princes.

All the nations surrounded me,
       but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

They surrounded me on every side,
       but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

They swarmed around me like bees,
       but they died out as quickly as burning thorns;
       in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

I was pushed back and about to fall,
       but the LORD helped me.

The LORD is my strength and my song;
       he has become my salvation.

Shouts of joy and victory
       resound in the tents of the righteous:
       "The LORD's right hand has done mighty things!

The LORD's right hand is lifted high;
       the LORD's right hand has done mighty things!"

I will not die but live,
       and will proclaim what the LORD has done.

The LORD has chastened me severely,
       but he has not given me over to death.

Open for me the gates of righteousness;
       I will enter and give thanks to the LORD.

This is the gate of the LORD
       through which the righteous may enter.

I will give you thanks, for you answered me;
       you have become my salvation.

The stone the builders rejected     
       has become the capstone;

the LORD has done this,
       and it is marvelous in our eyes.

This is the day the LORD has made;
       let us rejoice and be glad in it.

O LORD, save us;
       O LORD, grant us success.

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD.
       From the house of the LORD we bless you. ^[a]

The LORD is God,
       and he has made his light shine upon us.
       With boughs in hand, join in the festal procession
       up to the horns of the altar.

You are my God, and I will give you thanks;
       you are my God, and I will exalt you.

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
       his love endures forever."

Psalm 118

Blessings to all my readers! Give thanks to the Lord for HE is good! You woke up this morning! Your children woke up this morning! The sun rose! You are breathing! You have food to eat! Clothes to wear (and probably even laundry to do!)

Give THANKS to the Lord for HE is good!

Have a blessed day! 

So sappy!

Yeah....I've been sappy and emotional the past few days!

2 out of 3 of my wonderful children turned a year older! Nora's first birthday was friday and Joelle's 4th birthday is today!

I just can't believe how time flies! I can remember the day they both were born! I remember the events leading up to it, I remember seeing their beautiful faces for the first time! It just baffles me that for Joelle that was 4 years ago, and for Nora it's been a year already!

We had a small birthday party for them this weekend. My sister came down to visit and my inlaws came over also!

Oh! Get this! We got SNOW in south GA...SNOW! It was so wonderful to see! I haven't seen snow fall in close to 10 years! I felt like a kid again, all rejuvenated and dancing around in the snow! It was wonderful!

Welp, I guess I don't have too much interesting to say today! I do have another giveaway coming up soon! So keep your eyes open!

Blessings!

Old can be SO good!

Lately my husband and I have been visiting different churches trying to find a new "home" church. We were attending a great church with wonderful people, but we just didn't feel like we were ~called~ to be there! We firmly believe that the Lord doesn't just want you to settle for any church. He has a designated place and time for you to be in certain places, and we just didn't feel like the church we were attending was where we were suppose to be.

With finding a new church, we had a few things in mind.

#1 There had to be a childrens nursery and it had to be CLEAN! We visited one church where they had a nursery, but the nursery had mold on the walls and ceiling- LOTS of it! Granted, the children are only in there for 2 hours but I'm a big anti-mold person. *No*  tolerance for you! It can be very harmful to your health! Having a whole childrens ministry is *nice* but I'm happy with just a nursery! Why you ask? Because my husband and I are their teachers. We teach them the Word of God. We teach them to worship. Just like we don't go to church to get "filled" (which should be done in your devotionals) we don't expect our children to go to church to get filled either. We go to church to worship God together with other believers! To fellowship!

#2 Pretty obvious- we want the teaching to be biblical! If it doesn't line up with Bible there's no point going there. There's A LOT of churches that are wonky about what they teach- you would be surprised!

I'm sure there are some other minors things, but those are the two biggies. Our neighbors that live in front of us are a really nice elderly coupon and they've been inviting us to their church for a while. We asked her if they had a good childrens ministry and she said "well, we're still trying to get younger couples to come" and automatically, I was like (in my mind) "oh! A bunch of old people! No thanks!".

This morning while I was showering, I was asking the Lord where He wanted us to go. I kept hearing the name of the "old people" church and I kept shrugging it off thinking "well, maybe after we try some other churches" but I felt again "why keep searching?". So I got out of the shower and surprise my husband (who also wanted to check out the "old people" church) by saying that I wanted to go there!

So we went! We walked in and was greeted by an "old person". We walked in to the service after dropping the kids off (in a clean nursery- well, as clean as a public nursery can be lol) and the pastor (in his 30's) welcome everyone and then a "old man" gets up to do ocapella (I have NO idea how to spell that!). We sang 4 "old" hymns!

People...let me tell you...the presence of God was there and "old" DID.NOT.MATTER. These people LOVE the Lord and Gods presence was drawn into this church but about 50 people young AND old singing with JUST their voices to praise God! No instruments! No special lights! No "in style" music! It was just our voices and our hearts worshiping God....and folks...it was AMAZING! God's presence is always amazing!

So, folks, don't judge like I did! Old can be SO good! So glorifying to God!

After church we were able to talk with the people of the church and they were ALL so welcoming! I guess they have a normal worship team that was out of town this sunday (which is a ministry opportunity for my husband b/c he loves to lead worship), but I think it speaks *volumes* for a church when the presence of God can show up when the worship team is out of town and it's just their hearts and voices worshiping God!

So, to say the least, we will be going back!

Off topic, but something I need to do. Before I decided to hide from blogging, I had started a giveaway for Tropical Traditions coconut oil! So, I will now use random.org to choose a winner!

Congratulations Aimee who was the 3rd poster!

Winner of the Milk Saver & Shirt!

Hey everyone!

Just a quick post since I've been super tired lately!

The winner of the Milk Saver and shirt is ssjane! I have emailed you!

Blessings!
~Heather

He is the same!

I've often times wondered these questions, and while talking with my husband tonight about some people in our lives that have cancer- a beautiful 3 year old at our church, a 14 year old that my husband teaches, a mother in her 30's, I've started wondering these questions again. This is such a devastating disease!! Cancer is so horrible- so ugly!

But Jesus heals, right? I *know* He heals! I guess I just don't understand why so many people die everyday of cancer, why so many kids brought to grave so early and -stay- there.

The Bible talks about how the God I serve healed people with leporsy, made the blind SEE, the deaf HEAR, who raised people from the DEAD!

Why haven't I seen anyone raised from the dead? I honestly don't think I've ever prayed for that though. I have certainly prayed for someone with cancer to be healed- and they weren't.

"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." Hebrews 13:8

Well, if Jesus Christ is the SAME- then He hasn't changed. It must be us!

Why is it that we haven't seen anyone raised from the dead? He's the same God!

Why is it that so many people die of cancer when they're surrounded by people who are praying for them? He's the same God!

Why?

I don't understand it!

"Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." Matthew 17:20

A MUSTARD SEED!

Do you have any idea how small a mustard see is? Surely my faith has to be bigger than a mustard seed! Right?

I know God has the bigger picture and He's in control, but He use to raise people from the dead all the time! People were always being healed!

Are we as christians just getting so lame, so lack in our faith that we're settling for "He has the bigger picture" mentality and just sitting around letting things happen? What if his bigger picture is to have someone raised from the dead? What if the bigger picture is for that 3 year olds tumor to be COMPLETELY removed?

When is the last time you asked the Lord for that?

"I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father." John 14:12

I want to see these things! We're not suppose to get dull in our walk with God, we're suppose to be doing GREATER things than what He did!

Anyways, just my thoughts and challenges!

Blessings! 

Tropical Traditions Coconut Oil Giveaway!

The other day I posted about how I used coconut oil in my recipe instead of regular vegetable oil and I got to wondering if they would allow me to host a giveaway so some of my awesome readers could get a chance to win this awesome stuff! So I emailed them and they were very quick to get back to me and offer a FREE quart of their Coconut Oil (retails for $37.50 + shipping) to a lucky winner!

You will need to:

#1 Subscribe to my blog
#2 Join their mailing list:
http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/subscribe_for_special_sales.cfm
#3 And leave me a comment with your email address and something nice to say ;)

As my kids are growing up and I have the responsibility of providing healthy food and environment, finding things like the coconut oil gets me so excited! Not only is it healthier than any other oil, but it makes the food taste SO good! 

You can do more research on the oil if you like and find out all the health benefits for yourself! Here's also a video for you to watch if you're interested in the way the coconut oil is made!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h6eycjf29M

Also, here's a great link for some great recipes to use your coconut oil with (although I just replace the vegetable oil and butter in recipes with the coconut oil ).

http://www.freecoconutrecipes.com/index.htm

Just a small disclaimer, Tropical Traditions provided me with a free sample of this product to review, and I was under no obligation to review it if I chose so.  Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review or sponsor a product giveaway in return for the free product. I really do love the product and would love for you guys to try it out too!!

Tropical Traditions also offers a complimentary copy of the Virgin Coconut Oil book with your first order by taking part in their referral program. Whenever you're checking out, just add 5610816 to the "How did you hear about us- Refer a friend" box. Does that make sense? lol

I will choose a winner November 8th!

Also! Don't forgot to enter the milk saver giveaway:

http://lovingtouchwetbags.blogspot.com/2009/10/milk-saver-giveaway.html

Anyways! Happy Giveaways!