Interested in Guest Posting?

Hello!  I am cooking up an idea.  That's what I do....cook up ideas.  Unfortunately it seems that I usually end up with more things to put on the burners than I have burners to cook on!  So, here's my idea:

I'd like to start something on here for Fridays.  Something along the lines of Grace-Full Fridays.  I know there are alot of blog hops on Fridays and I'd like to have something meaningful for people to read when they stop by.  And, I know there are MANY writers out there.  (You know who you are)  AND, I think it would work great for some guest-posting opportunities as well. 


Here's the plan....write a post about what 'living grace-fully' means to you.  What it means to you at this point in your life, what it meant to you in the past, what it means to you in the future.  When you're changing diapers.  When you're going to school.  When you're trying to concieve.  The specifics don't matter to me as much as you writing about what His grace has done (or is doing) for you does. 

Send your post as an email to me at aodland AT yahoo DOT com.  Use the subject Guest Post for Grace-Full Living and we will contact you about the possibility of using it in our series.

We are excited about encouraging one another on with stories of how His grace is working in us!  And, we'll eventually get our own stories up to share too. 

Blessings,
Amy, Kristin, & Sara

Things are moving...

It's pretty bare-threaded around here still, but things are moving.  And maybe at a snail's pace, but hey, that's better than nothing!! 

he snail does get where he's going E-V-E-N-T-U-A-L-L-Y....

As soon as our 'poop is in a group' we will have a few writers hitting you with posts, so hang in there.  And don't worry, I won't put a picture of poop below this line.

Waiting

The weekend is here!  I'm probably not going to make a habit of posting on Saturdays, but since my DH is gone and I'm not working as hard as I would be if he were here, I thought I'd post while I was at the computer taking a brain break.

I've been reading here, reading there; trying to figure out this whole blogging thing and have had quite a few ideas be sparked to use for this devotional style of blog.  I have loved reading A Holy Experience and been inspired by Ann's writings.  I feel like a long-lost twin to Kat at Inspired to ACTion with her love for the Lord and for music AND for getting people to DO something. 

I know I've only posted personal stuff so far, but I'm not sure where to start.  I've got many ideas I'd like to do; series I'd like to start, posts I'd like to link to.  I could just dive in.  I know I could - no, I should - just start SOMEWHERE. 


But I also don't know how deep the water is.  I don't know if there are rocks underneath I can't see from here.  I don't know what....to....write....about. 

And so I'm waiting.  Waiting on the Lord. 

Waiting for a clear direction in which way to go on this crazy bloggin' ride.  I'm wading through the waters beforehand to get an idea if it's safe to jump.

It doesn't help that I want to create a path of my own, to find my own unique voice in this bogged down platform.  But it feels like the grass is matted down from so many having gone before.  It's hard making a NEW path in the midst of matted down-ness. 

And so I wait.

Psalms 130:5
I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope.

My New Box of Crayons...

Remember when you were a kid and it was time to get your new school supplies? Most people would say their favorite supply to get was a new box of crayons - and I would have to agree. I think a new box of crayons even warms the hearts of most adults!! haha

Even though I never had the priviledge of having one of those GINORMOUS boxes of colors, I still enjoyed opening the crisp, stiff box of my small 12 or 24 counter to find all the perfectly-tipped crayons in their neatly organized rows just waiting for me to create a masterpiece with them.

Well, this blog is my 'new box of crayons'.  Just like the crayons sitting there in that new box, this blog holds potential - for being something greater than myself, for encouraging others to live a life of grace, and for being an outlet for sharing some not-so-graceful moments that help us all remember the gift of Grace we have received.  And, like those crayons in the box that don't stay perfect forever - some get worn way down and have to have their paper peeled off, some break in half, and even some get eaten by the dog and end up making colorful piles of doggy doo - this blog won't be perfect either.  It will be a process, just like our lives are. 

Life is meant to be lived and lived to the fullest, just as crayons are meant to be colored with and not just stuck in a box for eternity.  A life filled with perfection....no.   But a life filled with 'missing paper, broken pieces, and yes, even doggy doo' all covered with Grace....YES!