Resolute to Choose Abunant Life

Hi all,

What a great day! I started my morning off right by spending time with GOD!!! My goal this year is to grow stronger in the LORD and not get so distracted....

Recently, I purchased the book "Lies Woman Believe", to work with a friend through it. But when I started reading through it, plus through a book we were doing in our cell group - I realized that I have a lot of misconceptions as well..... lies that have seeped in.....

A verse that struck me this morning is...

John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

The question was, Am I living an abundant life? Or am I just getting by? WOW!!! Who wants us to fail? Then enemey / thief. Jesus came to give us life - but more specific, an abundant life..... WOW!!! I don't know about you, but I NEED to draw more on HIM who WILL give me this abundance.

I immediately started thinking about the "Armor of God"....

10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age,[c] against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; 18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplation for all the saints— 19 and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. Ephesians 6:10-20

We need to be prepared - spending time every day with God - reading & studying HIS Word, praying. Also we should surround ourselves with little reminders of God's Power (verses, music, etc)
Here is a freebie I would like to share with you. To help you to remember to draw on God's strength....

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I pray that this bookmark blesses you!!!

What an Amazing Christmas!!!

HI all,

I hope all of you are having a wonderful Christmas season.  We are so blessed. 

But it has been difficult at times....  Well my husband was deployed this past year - so we are very grateful that he is home this year!!!  But with coming home and going back to work, we discovered that the money we thought he was going to be making was not quite what we thought....  we could pay all the bills, but not have enough to cover food and gas for the cars.  So we have turned this over to God - KNOWING that HE WOULD take care of us.... so we have been waiting for our miracle....  Our options, we thought, were a better paying job or sell our house and move out in the country.....  but God has a different plan at the moment....

A few weeks ago, we were given some money for food and that and all of the meat I have been stocking up with from Sam's Club - we have been doing good....  But as time is going on (hubby just found out that he was accepted for the 1st stage of a different job), we were still waiting.....  It looked like Christmas dinner was going to be simple....  then out of the blue - gift cards, food and money have been coming our way.  We are so AMAZED at how GOD is taking care of us!!!  GOD IS SO GOOD!!! 

And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.  Philippians 4:19

I would like to give back to you, so I have set my store to $1 through the end of the year.... hurry up and catch some great bargains....

Here is my newest paper pack...



Here is a LO and QP I have made for you, using this paper pack...





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I wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

KJOIs Calendar Blog Train

Hi all,

At KJOIs, a bunch of us got together to make you this great 4x6 calendar for you.  Go to each of our sites to get this gift from us to you!!!

Here is my Calendar month for September 2010...



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Check out Creative At School, the paper pack I made this calendar from...



For the month of December, you can get it for only $1 at KJOIs!

Come check out these blogs for the rest of this great 2010 calendar...

Jan * Panda Bear Designs
Feb * Scrapzn Bitz
Mar * SandEz
Apr * Lizard Dau Designs
May * April Dawn Creations
Jun * Christie CJ's Dreams
Jul * KatLen Kreations
Aug * ice princess
Sep * Lori Imel
Oct * CACTUSmango
Nov * Designs by Angel
Dec * KatLen Kreations

DSD Digital Scrapbook Day

This weekend at KJOIs we are having a big sale and lots of fun activities....





Come checkout our special challenges, chats, games and more!!!

Take a look at our marvelous Collab kit for this month...



Please come join us for all of the fun at KJOIs...
find out how you can receive a fabulous free Brag Book.  Here is
the 1st page - to give you a taste...



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Breast Cancer Awareness

Hi all - At KJOI Studios, we have gotten together and made this gorgeous charity kit to benefit the Komen foundation to research cures for Breast Cancer. 


This is dear to my heart since I lost my Grandmother and Mother-In-Law to cancer.  They both had breast cancer, but it eventually went through out their bodies....  Please help raise awareness by purchasing this wonderful kit to help support Breast Cancer Research!!!  I know I will purchase it - even though I have it all - I want to be able to support the cause!!!


All proceeds of this kit go to the Susan G. Komen Fund...the shop paypal fees are included too, so every cent goes to them! Here is the description in the shop for you to see what we put together for you:

This kit was put together by 13 designers who want to get out the word on Breast Cancer Awareness. ALL proceeds from the sale of this kit will go to the Susan G. Komen Fund to aid in this cause! For more information, or to donate to this cause directly visit: http://ww5.komen.org/. This kit is for all the mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts, cousins, friends, grandmothers, and many other loved ones who have ever suffered from this illness and their families.

It is so important to catch this early...and that is the message we want to get out! Check yourselves, be checked by your doctor, and be aware for those that care so deeply about you! To those that haven't survived this...we will remember you forever!! And to those that have survived this...we are amazed by the strength and courage you inspire in those that are around you...THANK YOU!

This kit includes 71 papers, 113 elements, and 2 alphas. All items are 300ppi resolution, and are jpg/png files. The papers are all 12x12 in size.

There is also a generous coupon added by Kara of KjoiStudios for her shop!

The elements include: 12 frames and frame clusters, 13 flowers (1 of which comes in 3 colors), 15 Word Art, 9 individual Breast Cancer Awareness ribbons, 5 bows, 8 ribbons, 5 tags and journaling tags, 4 butterflies, 4 buttons, 2 bottlecaps, 3 doodles, 3 glittered chipboard pieces, 3 borders, 2 crowns, 2 flourishes, 2 mats, 1 marquisite pin, 1 sparkly tree, 1 butterfly trail, 1 scatter of silver hearts, 1 frilly heart, 1 silver swirlie, 1 Breast Cancer Awareness t-shirt, 1 glitter leaf, 1 photo turn, 1 Hope rock, 1 chipboard piece, 1 rose stick pin, 1 eyelet ribbon, 1 Hope charm necklace, 1 lace clip, 1 ribbon pile, and more...

The alphas are: A distressed chipboard alpha (Uppercase only), and A glittered polka dot alpha (Uppercase, Lowercase, Numbers, and Punctuation).

Here is another preview of this kit - in the form of a Brag Book freebie I have created for you....



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Nothing IS Impossible with God

Hi all,

This morning in my quiet time - I have been studying the names of God, this mornings was about Jehovah Jirah - My God will supply.  I was wondering how God was going to show Himself today.  Wow I could not have imagined what would happen as the morning progressed.

So I come downstairs and start my morning - checking my computer, reading emails etc and getting ready to start school.  Well around 10 am, I get this phone call from my best friend - she had some interesting news to tell me.  Last night, we were talking about my daughter's best friend - we had not seen or heard from her and there might be something going on that we don't understand - none of us know - but it sounds weird.  You see, my daughter's 19y friend has lung cancer.  Everyone is astounded at how SHE could have cancer - there is no exposure to anything that should have caused it....

So my friend's call was about this young lady.  Over the weekend, she was having problems breathing etc, so she went to the hospital - to find out that the cancer was now stage 4 - she now had large masses of cancer in both lungs as well as the outside.  The cancer had been shrinking - responding well to chemo.  But NOW all of a sudden - they were only giving her 2-4 months to live if she only did the chemo.  So they were preparing to take her to Texas to the best Chemo treatment center.

This morning she went to go get a PET scan (for the trip) and the cancer was virtually gone.  There is only a tiny bit left that should be cleared up within 2 weeks with Chemo.  GOD healed her body - it was there yesterday - it is gone today.  Needless to say - we all have had a hard time concentrating today - GOD IS SO AWESOME!!!

Today, as little things / itty bitty trials would come up, I would think - "oh this is difficult".... then I would remember how GOD worked in such a wondrous way this morning.  ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD.  No matter what happens in my life - I am so THANKFUL that GOD KNOWS and CARES!!!  I am thankful that nothing is bigger than HIM!!!

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I want to start giving away my scrapbook kits.  Today I am offering a sampler from my US Army Forever Remix kit.  Come to Faith Scraps and get this free mini-kit and see how you can easily get the full kit....

ADSD Blog Train - School Daze

Hi all,
I am sorry I am late getting these QP's out.  I injured my foot last week and it is slowing me down a bit....
So without further ado, here are my QPs....



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