Hope for Women is Having a Twitter Party! 08/26/2010
 We’re throwing the best twitter party from 9-10pm EST on Thursday, September 9th—the best part is, you’re invited! Feel free to bring a friend or ten…there will be plenty of chances to win some really awesome prizes. I’ll be telling you all about those great giveaways next week, so stay tuned! Maybe you’re wondering what a twitter party is, or even what twitter is for that matter, let me share a bit about how we’ll be hosting this conversation in 140 character increments. I promise, if I can figure it out {with the help of a sweet and ever so patient friend} you can absolutely join in—new to twitter or not. Head over to Hope for Women Magazine for more information on our first twitter party! Today is a walk-through; next week, we're talking about some of the fabulous prizes! ps...I so want to tell you to be there or be square. It's ever so difficult, but I'll refrain. 7 Days Giveaway Winner 03/22/2010
 {Thanks to Christy Klein for this lovely Wired Whimsy}  {Deborah of Holy Camp is one lucky SonShine} Just last week, I was asking the Lord to show me that one thing He had planted in me as a passion fashioned for His Kingdom. The reply was sweet and succinct and straight to my heart. The one thing I'm most passionate about, and Supernaturally so, is encouraging women to study and live by the Word of God. Every woman {every person, for that matter} needs to know that they can understand Scripture and that the Bible is alive and active in us! Sharing these seven days studies with you SonShines is a joy to my heart and a workout for my flesh! God is calling me to be comfortable with being uncomfortable and that's a beautiful thing! Lamentations was anything but a comfortable read and its lessons surely unearthed some hidden woes that begged to be brought before the Lord. Each woman studying along felt the squeeze of the loving arms of Christ as He helped to break us free of our sin-induced suffering. Sometimes the sin isn't our own, other times we can't skirt the blame for our pain. Every time we give our hearts, minds, souls, bodies, schedules, plans, hopes, fears--our everything--to our heavenly Father, He is faithful to His Word! Don't you just know we've got to taste and see for ourselves that the Lord is good? That's one beautiful reason to study Scripture! Amen? Thank you all for participating in this quick study of Lamentations, I hope to spend another seven days with you soon! Until then...   God has done some awesome stuff in the span of seven days. He made the world and even found time to rest. All in a week's time. What could the Lord do with your week? Seven days. You've got that kind of time. It's lying around the house, it's sitting in the pick up line with you at your kids' school, it's waiting next to the DVR/tivo majig. It's there and our faithful Father can use it to work wonders in, on, and through you, SonShines! We'll spend a week in various areas that cry out for growth or simply, splendidly soaking up the Living Water through studying His Word a book, a chapter, a verse at a time. We'll make it a SonShine thing. Though the frequency may remain quite random, the goal will be the same. Seven days learning, encouraging, studying to shine! Our next adventure in the Son begins Monday! We'll be spending a week in Lamentations and the time is sure to be worthwhile! In the meantime, if you plan to join in, I'd love to hear from you. Drop a comment with a suggestion for how you'd like to spend seven days with me and our fellow SonShines and you'll be entered to win a secret little something which I will tell you more about soon! Giving Away, Thanking, and Sharing 08/17/2009
It's going to be a double post sort of day, I can feel it! Be warned. First, I need to say a huge thank you to everyone that commented over the weekend. Thanks so much, SonShines, you've encouraged me so much...inspiration was in full bloom the past few days after reading from you all. Using the fuel from your positive feedback and the direction from your suggestions, I've made a few changes to the site. Now, each page listed in the menu up top reveals a bit about itself when hovered over. The section headings on all of the pages can also be hovered over for more information. Adding this feature has allowed for me to remove the text-based site-map that cluttered the homepage. I've repurposed that section to be a place where I share Scripture that has been teaching or encouraging me as of late. Other updates to the homepage include rearranging here or there and a new Word picture for you to grab and share any way you'd like! I'd love for you to take a look around and let me know if you find it any easier to navigate. I want you to feel that you've gotten your time's worth with each visit! Our first Caffeinated Randomness Giveaway winner is Lois Lane II of Fearfully, Wonderfully Made! Thanks to all of you...and keep commenting for your chance to win that gorgeous necklace from our gracious sponsor, Christy Klein and her Wired Whimsy! Caffeinated Randomness: A Special Giveaway! 08/14/2009
 It doesn't get much more random than posting randomness when you should be doing just about anything else. I should be writing the third installment in the series telling you all about why I've so been Digging Deeper Still, even weeks since it ended. I could be folding that load of laundry sitting in my dryer...still...days past its crispness. We won't talk about the working out I should be doing, or the nasty kitchen appliances begging and pleading for a good scrub. I SAID WE WON'T TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS. Instead of addressing any combination of the incomplete tasks screaming for my attention, I shall seek the counsel of you, oh wise SonShines. Please take a second to share your thoughts with me; you will be helping me to build a better ministry, and I might just have to reward you for your efforts. Okay, you twisted my arm... Comment with any suggestions, features you'd like to see on the site, or perhaps some you'd prefer were wiped off the face of the blogging world. As a thank you for helping to improve the flow of God's light through this place, each SonShine who lends a helping hand through commenting as described will be entered in an exclusive giveaway! Oh, and your comments count as entries in this month's Godly Giveaway, as well! Of course, you can always leave an anonymous suggestion, but I can't exactly give a prize to a mystery person. So, be sure to include your name and email in that comment form for your chance to win a life-sized cardboard cut-out of yours truly! I'll even autograph the sucker! Okay, so I'm not serious, but I am seriously cracking myself up, here. The item up for grabs is actually a $25 gift certificate from Christianbook.com! Oh s-n-a-p. Thanks, in advance, for taking the time to comment with ways to help this sister out! I'll be taking suggestions over the weekend and announcing the winner on Monday....see you then! ***UPDATE*** I love all the encouraging comments, you ladies rock! I suppose encouragement is guidance too, so any comment will be entered in the giveaway. I just appreciate you all too much to leave you out for liking things as they are...it's not your fault I'm so awesome. In case anyone feels a bit apprehensive about posting their suggestions, I'll break the ice by throwing out one of the concerns I've had regarding the design. I love catchy little puntastic names, so I have one for just about everything under the Son. (see, I just went puntastic on you...it's a gift and a curse) I've been wondering whether my page names and section titles make things less than easy to navigate around here. So, if you want to include your thoughts on the name game I play at the site, please do!   Godly Giveaway for August 08/10/2009
 Can I just tell you, I am beside myself with excitement over our sponsor for August. I mean, it's not every day that you get to announce a dear friend's joyous step into business. Christy Klein's designs are bringing each Wired Whimsy to fruition and she is sharing with us! As she puts it, she is adorning you and your home in fabulousness, one Wired Whimsy at a time! Love it--love her--love this piece of awesome that she's created just for the Godly Giveaway! Christy is a homeschooling mother, a writer with a flair for the humorously dramatic, wife to one perfect fit of a guy...you know what, I could gush all day in effort to tell you all about her. Instead, I'll let this minterview (mini interview, because I do so love a made up word) do it for me. Q: It is simply too hard to pick a favorite passage, but we all have changing verses that hold a special place. What Scripture has your heart at the moment? Every passage in the Bible is worthy of our meditation. The Lord has used many different passages of scripture to strengthen me in difficult times, but there is one passage that took hold of my heart when I was a baby Christian and has not let go since... Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: Isaiah 26: 3-4 KJV Q: Perhaps there's a spot you love, a book you reach for, a prayer you start with...What is your favorite way to spend time with the Lord? My favorite place to spend time in prayer is on the swing in our backyard. I'm not talking about a lovely porch swing either - I'm talking about my kid's swing set. I know it sounds ridiculous, but I've always loved to swing and apparently will never grow out of that. So, as I swing back and forth I close my eyes and spend time in fellowship with my Father. The rest of the world seems to melt away. Q: What is your personal favorite piece you have created so far? My favorite piece thus far would have to be the Fly Away earrings. I am a nut for birds so those earrings grab my heart every time I look at them. Q: When it comes to designing and creating, what are your "must haves" to get the creative juices flowing and keep things running smoothly? My creative process takes shape in two different ways: I'll spread everything I have out on my desk and just sit there and take different beads into my hands and ponder them. I try to visualize their potential and the best way to display their beauty. Then I just create. But most of the time my inspiration comes as I'm falling asleep. It's extremely annoying and inconvenient.... lol. Q: Being new to the whole etsy shop thing, what would you want to share with other women who might be considering opening a shop? Opening an Etsy shop can seem daunting at first, and let's face it, the competition is overwhelming. One begins to wonder what they could possibly offer that is not already available. Self-doubt takes hold and discouragement quickly follows. My advice is to forbid yourself to become paralyzed by doubt or fear of failure. Sure your items might be similar to others out there, but every one of us has our own personal style and giftedness. When you create from the heart your work will shine with YOUR style and flare. There IS a place for you on Etsy. Thank you so much, Christy! I'm praying for your business and for your schedule to allow for much creativity and time for designing each Wired Whimsy!  Stop by her shop, check out her blog, encourage and congratulate her..and of course snatch up one of her gorgeous wire creations for yourself! Each day you comment here at Let the Son Shine, is a chance to win this Godly Giveaway. Godly Giveaway 07/04/2009
 I am so excited and grateful that Leigh Gray of Speaking Thru Me Ministries has agreed to give one of you lovely little SonShines an advance copy of her encouraging new book! Loving God, Loving People: Living Out the Vertical in a Horizontal World isn't just a must read for any woman struggling to get a Godly view ofour worldly interactions; it is a must apply kind of book. With discussion questions and easy girlfriend readability, this would make a great group study. Leigh uses that same convicting, yet uplifting, style as she blogs and vlogs from day to day over at her Speaking Thru Me blog.  Godly Giveaway Winner for June 07/01/2009
With my computer being upgraded to stash my evergrowing boat load of photos, I am forced to resort to this horrid beast. I won't gripe any further, but sufficed to say, hmmm...I won't be my usual computer fiendish self this week. I will, however announce the winner of June's Godly Giveaway even if from this monstrosity. (Oh sanp, no spell check.) Any comments will be counted as entries in July's giveaway, but I won't be posting the awesomeness up for grabs until the computer sitch is under wraps. Sorry to keep you all in suspense...but believe me, it is worth the wait! Godly Giveaway 05/31/2009
 I can't wait another moment to share June's Godly Giveaway with you all! Well, I suppose I can hold off just long enough to announce May's luckly little SonShine! Congratulations, Christy of Falling Around All Apart Me, you have won one beautiful pendant! Nathifa (the awesome artist and gracious giveaway sponsor) will contact you for your address soon, enjoy sharing God's goodness through jewelry...always a fun way to shine His light! Caffeinated Randomness 05/01/2009
How awesomely random for this Friday to fall on the first of the month! I get to use this excuse to announce April's winner and introduce you to the Godly Giveaway's sponsor for May! After you read all about the winner and the awesome new gift, hop over to Exemplify! Today, I'm talking about spiritual Spring cleaning!  One lucky little SonShine will receive this beautiful pendant! Click on the image to be whisked away to Nathifa's etsy shop, Juicy Christians! |  
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