Hey guys! A few house keeping items here in Betsy-Blog-Land... ;)
1. Where's my winner???? ANGIE WEST, you never claimed your prize the other week. If you don't email me your info so I can send your free autographed book, I'm going to have to draw again :)
2. EXCITING NEWS - I'm in the process of revamping my blog and will be doing a big launch day with giveaways, prizes, interviews from other authors, and a reveal of my new focus that God has given me. I'm so excited and can't wait to see what you guys all think. It's going to be GOOD! :) Stay tuned for that in a week or two. (based on how web-savvy I can become! ha)
and 3. I've discovered a secret. THE secret, if you will, to dieting success. Not kidding. Are you ready for this? I should write a book on it, because then I'd be quite wealthy. THIS SECRET WORKS. Are you ready for it??
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The secret to dieting IS......
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Bring your trainer a Cadbury egg too.
Friday, September 28, 2012
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Just a scribblin' chick
Visit me today at www.scribblechicks.blogspot.com and learn more about my 2012 ACFW Conference experience - have a profound thought I picked up in a class that applies to not only authors but all Christians. Love it!!! :)
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Just a few pictures...or okay, 140.
ACFW CONFERENCE 2012! Dallas, Texas (and trust me, we were SO in Texas - steak and potatoes every meal. Even breakfast. No, not kidding!) :)
Here's the link to my FB album of pics. Enjoy!
And come with me next year! (www.acfw.com) It's in Indianapolis September 14, 2013.
Here's the link to my FB album of pics. Enjoy!
And come with me next year! (www.acfw.com) It's in Indianapolis September 14, 2013.
Monday, September 24, 2012
Labels....
I posted today on LABELS at www.girlsgodgoodlife.blogspot.com Come visit me and read a profound quote by JIM RUBART (awesome author!) that inspired it.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
When it piles up...
I've had a breakthrough, ya'll.
(And I can say ya'll, because I live in Louisiana.)
I've had a breakthrough, and I want to share it with ya'll. (hehe)
Seriously - you know that overwhelming feeling of stress you get when you're just DONE? When everything is piling up and you can't see the way out, and you think, man this SUCKS. How is any of this ever going to get fixed? Maybe its financial issues. Maybe its parenting issues. Maybe its marital issues. Maybe its this test you have coming up that's consuming you, maybe it's a job promotion that's just out of reach. Maybe it's frustration over your weight or a missing goal or a deadline.
Or maybe it's like me - all of sudden you look up and realize you just got laid off one of your at home day jobs that paid the most money, you have a conference coming up in 2 days and haven't even located your suitcase yet, have piles of laundry begging for attention for said conference and said left behind family, you just paid bills and saw a somewhat grim outcome of the immediate future if the part time job you interviewed for last week doesn't come through, you've got 3 deadlines for the newspaper you write for due TOMORROW, you have a fundraiser to attend tonight and an appt in the morning and snacks to bring to a bunch of preschoolers tomorrow night at Cubbies, an approaching book deadline, a bunch of stuff needing to be mailed at the post office and your computer is running slower than molasses and your car AC is making a really funny noise and the lawnmower and weedeater broke simultaneously and...
it's okay.
Yep. It's okay. I'm not stressed. And no I'm not lying, either. The above would have normally had me running for chocolate and hiding and crying and making everyone around me miserable, but I'm GOOD. This isn't a peace bubble that will pop. This is lasting.
And you know why?
I'm seeing the bigger picture.
Please hear me. This is not to brag on me but to brag on God. And what He is capable of doing in your life. He is changing me in this area so completely, and it's the most freeing thing in the world. If something in the above list doesn't get done, oops. My bad. I'm going to try my best to knock it all off, and I probably will. I usually do. God made me good at multi tasking and organizing and made me very productive.
But if something doesn't get done - it's OKAY.
Seems really simple but I struggle in this area, guys. It doesn't come natural to me.
Yet in the past few weeks I've had something come up in my life that has literally MADE ME stop and seek God on a new level and realize - not a whole lot matters outside of Him. Outside of people and His Kingdom.
Have you had that wake up call?
I even stopped the above list to write this blog and share with you. :) Because I want to encourage you. When life is messy and chaotic and overwhelming, stop. Breathe. Seek Jesus. Get HIS perspective. And suddenly all this big stuff gets really, really tiny.
(And I can say ya'll, because I live in Louisiana.)
I've had a breakthrough, and I want to share it with ya'll. (hehe)
Seriously - you know that overwhelming feeling of stress you get when you're just DONE? When everything is piling up and you can't see the way out, and you think, man this SUCKS. How is any of this ever going to get fixed? Maybe its financial issues. Maybe its parenting issues. Maybe its marital issues. Maybe its this test you have coming up that's consuming you, maybe it's a job promotion that's just out of reach. Maybe it's frustration over your weight or a missing goal or a deadline.
Or maybe it's like me - all of sudden you look up and realize you just got laid off one of your at home day jobs that paid the most money, you have a conference coming up in 2 days and haven't even located your suitcase yet, have piles of laundry begging for attention for said conference and said left behind family, you just paid bills and saw a somewhat grim outcome of the immediate future if the part time job you interviewed for last week doesn't come through, you've got 3 deadlines for the newspaper you write for due TOMORROW, you have a fundraiser to attend tonight and an appt in the morning and snacks to bring to a bunch of preschoolers tomorrow night at Cubbies, an approaching book deadline, a bunch of stuff needing to be mailed at the post office and your computer is running slower than molasses and your car AC is making a really funny noise and the lawnmower and weedeater broke simultaneously and...
it's okay.
Yep. It's okay. I'm not stressed. And no I'm not lying, either. The above would have normally had me running for chocolate and hiding and crying and making everyone around me miserable, but I'm GOOD. This isn't a peace bubble that will pop. This is lasting.
And you know why?
I'm seeing the bigger picture.
Please hear me. This is not to brag on me but to brag on God. And what He is capable of doing in your life. He is changing me in this area so completely, and it's the most freeing thing in the world. If something in the above list doesn't get done, oops. My bad. I'm going to try my best to knock it all off, and I probably will. I usually do. God made me good at multi tasking and organizing and made me very productive.
But if something doesn't get done - it's OKAY.
Seems really simple but I struggle in this area, guys. It doesn't come natural to me.
Yet in the past few weeks I've had something come up in my life that has literally MADE ME stop and seek God on a new level and realize - not a whole lot matters outside of Him. Outside of people and His Kingdom.
Have you had that wake up call?
I even stopped the above list to write this blog and share with you. :) Because I want to encourage you. When life is messy and chaotic and overwhelming, stop. Breathe. Seek Jesus. Get HIS perspective. And suddenly all this big stuff gets really, really tiny.
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