Gidddy & UnGlued

Do you ever get excited about a new book from one of your favorite authors? I do too! When Proverbs 31 Ministry asked many of Lysa TerKeurst fans to participate in a conference call with her about the book UnGlued, I jumped right in! Now, in my very active imaginative mind I pretended it was her, her staff, a few(10 or less) of her best fans and me. I know not true but I still felt special. For some of you it would be the opportunity to meet Beth Moore. This morning her fans and I got to listen to Lysa talk about her new book for 10-15 minutes. It was awesome! I am so excited! August 7 is the release date. The best part I got to ask a couple of questions to her assistant! WOOHOO!!!!!!! Yep, I am all giddy. Oh, there was a woman named Kristin from Africa on the phone asking a question. Pretty neat how the Lord & technology can bring all of us sisters together from all over the world for something so special. 


To sum it up her book Made to Crave is about what you put in your mouth and UnGlued is about what comes out of it! Ouch! 


here is a video clip about her new book, UnGlued...

Ink & Pages

Equal Wholotta(real word, promise!) Fun!

This is Day 6 of a series called 31 Days of Serving Others. Go here for introduction.

Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. NKJV)

Okay, so nothing super profound here. Just a few gals wanting to get together and chit chat about a book. What book do you ask? Grace for the Good Girl by Emily P. Freeman(who knew she had a blog). Now, I know what you are thinking. How is this service? I stepped up to the plate to lead a group of women that I honestly don't know. We do have the fact that we serve a mighty Lord in common but beyond that I couldn't tell ya! That is kinda of exciting to get to know people through the pages of a book. I have always ALWAYS wanted to start a book club. Timing was just never right. I move to a new city, new church and I become the brave girl. EEEEKKKKK! Friends who really know me know that I would've just waited for someone to start one. I would've felt unworthy or maybe that I didn't fit the typical "criteria" to lead a group. Whichever, here I am on the ledge taking a big step of FAITH. In a way the service is a little about me. Is that selfish? I hope not!

I did have gifts to give away to names that were drawn out of a bag. That was so fun to surprise people. The gifts were a necklace with the word JOY written on it and a fancy porcelain mug with fancy girly shoes on it. I found out the beautiful woman who won the mug does not drink coffee or tea but she collects mugs. How perfect is that? God is so good. It made me feel really good to give both gifts away! Just the pure excitement on their faces was enough for me.

The heart of the service that struck me the most to my core were the reason why they joined a book club. Now, not all of them joined for the same reasons so keep that mind. The reason needing to build friendships was just a beautiful authentic statement made by one of the women in the group. It just made my heart smile. Something so simple as words on pages in a book can bring people together and possibly build lasting friendships is just a powerful picture!

Sometimes we are scared to step out on Faith and do something that the Holy Spirit is calling us to do. I employ you to do it! I know it is hard. Especially that knot in your throat or stomach is enough to make anyone sick. Instead of it being about you, it could be about someone else. It usually is about something bigger than yourself.

So what are you holding back? What are you needing to do to step out on Faith and do it? Pray over it. See where he leads you. If your heart is still being pricked then take a step sister! Don't worry about time or money or you. God will equip the one whom is dreaming! He always does!

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*photo taken & borrowed from baker books*