Christian Momma

Giveaway is now closed!!  Thank you all who entered, I will be selecting a winner sometime this weekend!

Welcome to my Blog! I’m glad you stopped by, even if it’s just for a chance to win something!  I’ve been blogging for years, however, I still consider myself new because I just found this whole new world out there.  Who knew that there were this many people out there blogging!

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And now…onto the business at hand!!

What am I giving away?

3 Baskets of Indulgence

Chex Mix Bars Basket of Indulgence with a box of tasty Turtle Chex Mix Bars, chocolate candles, caramel lotion and spa essentials like a loofah, hand massager, nail brush and spa towel.

New Chex Mix Bars combine crunchy Chex pieces, pretzels and peanuts with chewy and indulgent ingredients like caramel and chocolate.  And if that’s not enough, they have less than 150 calories per bar and provide at least 8 grams of whole grain per serving (48 grams recommended daily)!

How to enter:

Contest is open to US residents only! To enter, leave me a comment with a way to get in touch with you…simple as that.  You don’t have to be a blogger to win, but I DO need your email address!  I would love it if you would tell me a little about yourself too, after all, isn’t what these giveaways are all about…getting to know new blogs that you may not know about…well, that and the free stuff too!!  Contest ends on October 31, 2008 at Midnight EST.  Sometime that weekend, I will draw 3 winners using a Random number generator program.  Winners will be announced here on my blog and I will also email them and get their information to be sent to the General Mills Representative so she can send the winners their baskets!

NOTE:  Comments have to go through approval, so please don’t panic if you don’t see your comment right away.  Also…Duplicate comments will be deleted!

Tomorrow starts the quarterly Bloggy Giveaways?  I’m so excited and YES I have something I’m giving away…3 winners even!!!  Stay tuned!!!

Kevin and I have been going to a Bible Study on Wednesday nights.  The first question that was asked…

How would you define your faith?

The Bible defines faith as:

1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. ~ Hebrews 11:1

I have pondered this question in my head for the past 2 weeks.  I know what I believe, but how would I present my faith to an unbeliever?  I’m not sure how to do that, the only thing I can offer is examples.

• It’s a feeling of overwhelming peace in the midst of turmoil
• It’s knowing beyond a shadow of doubt that I am saved by the Grace of God and will go to heaven when my life on earth is over
• It’s not worrying about the “financial crisis” that is going on in the world because I know I will be taking care of
• It’s believing that I was destined for a purpose
• It’s knowing that the only thing that can fill the hole in your heart is God because you’ve tried other things and still felt empty
• It’s knowing that 2 different times in my life I should have died, but God has brought me through to see another day
• It’s not worrying about things that I have no control over

Even after reading the above responses, I still feel like I haven’t really explained what my faith is.

Kevin described it this way…

If you strip away all worldly things and feel like you have nothing, you have no faith, but if you feel like you still have something (after all worldly things are gone) that’s where you will find your faith.

So how would you describe your faith?

Michael came home yesterday from school all excited.  He had been preparing for this trip since the beginning of school.  The time had come to pack his clothes to go to camp.

Mommy, on the other hand, has been worried about this trip.  This is the first time that Michael has ever spent the night away from family.  Now, he has spent time away from us, but it’s always been at Grandma and Grandpa’s or at his Aunt and Uncle’s houses…never overnight without a family member.

This morning, I got him up, he got ready to go.  We put Noah on the bus for school (Michael wasn’t able to ride the bus with his bags), and we headed out to the school.

This morning was a time for me to let go.  He’s growing up.  All those memories of me putting him on the bus that first day of Kindergarten came flooding back.  This felt the same way, except, I won’t see him until Friday afternoon.

As tough as it was for me to leave him at the school for this trip, it felt good too.  I know he needs this just as much as I do.  He needs to grow to be a healthy adult…I need him to grow and become his own person.

Tonight, I got a call from a friend asking if I would like to meet her at Starbucks for some coffee and conversation.  How can you pass up Coffee and Grown-up conversation without children?

I had such a wonderful time talking with her.  She understands my struggles…and me just speaking out my struggles with her (i.e. quiet time), helps me get a clearer understanding on where I stand.

How does that work?  I didn’t say anything new that I hadn’t already thought of in my head before…but stating it outloud was like a HUGE weight lifted off my shoulders.

16Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. ~ James 5:16

I have decided to open this blog up for questions…I will answer almost anything (I reserve the right to NOT answer anything I don’t want to…since, afterall, this is MY blog).

This is your chance to get to know me…

Ask away!!

I have a huge project that is going to take up most of my time for the next few days!  I will be back and I’m trying hard to blog daily (not doing very well though).  My project has to be completed by Sunday, so I should try to be back by then!