Siesta Scripture Memory 2013

Any ladies out there fans of Beth Moore? Of Lifeway? My good golly, I am so moved by the word and the way Beth breaks it down in her studies are so beautiful. The Lord has blessed that woman with SO much wisdom and knowledge. There are moments where I will be in the middle of when her studies and I will do a lesson on my own, then I will watch the next week's video session and think, "Did we just read the same verse? Am I even in the right book?!?" Mostly because she opens up the Word and it just SPEAKS to her. I admire her and I am so grateful that she is sharing her gift with the world. 

Beth, if you are reading this please
be my friend!
I'll tone down the desperation...

I truly could blab about how much I love Beth but this post is about something else--still involving Beth! I am officially signing up for Siesta Scripture Memory team as of right now. If you haven't heard about it, let me give you a brief summary of what it involves. You commit to memorizing TWO verses from scripture a month. On the 1st and the 15th you go the LPM blog on this page and you comment with your name, your town, and the verse you're committing to memorize in those two weeks. At the end of the year there is a huge celebration in Houston where your scripture book is your ticket in and it's one huge celebration...there's more to it but that's a quick synopsis of it all. I am so excited! I know the Lord has something great planned for 2013 and I want to soak myself deep in the vast ocean of His love and promise. 

Did I mention, you pick your own verses! This is about growing in the word and whatever life stage you're in. So for my first one which is late...I am using one of Beth's.

You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance.  Psalm 65:11 NIV 

We are about two weeks into this year and I think this is a great one to kick off the Memorizing with. I am so proud of what I accomplished and how the Lord tranformed me in 2012 and I want to begin this year by allowing the overflow to continue to bless those around me including myself. 

Anyone else doing Siesta this year? If so, did you purchase the notebook sold by Lifeway? I was thinking about making my own (which is allowed in the rules) and doing a post on how I decorate it but I'm not sure yet. Let me know!

God Bless,
Valerie

Blogging like it's the very first time...

Wow, I feel so out of the loop on the blog-o-sphere and have been tiptoe'ing around the idea of starting this. So often I have found myself saying, "I should tell people about this." Or I have people ask me how I've created something and I struggle with finding the time to teach them all and often I neglect friend's requests because I am a working lady with limited time. BUT among all of the reasons I have decided to try and tackle this blog one of the last pushes to finally do it was when I stumbled upon Sew Many Ways. The writer of the blog is so generous with her tutorials which range from sewing to recycling (there is a post about upcycling the glass lids from yankee candles! Good golly this woman is incredible!) Her name is Karen, and I have not properly thanked her nor have I told her I am writing this but as soon as I'm done rambling to myself on here I am going to her page and sending her the well deserved thank you. On top of all of that, she has blogging tips. One of those being a very well written & shot screened tutorial on how to create your very own blog header right here. I am so beyond grateful for her blog and all of the help I have already received from it. 

I already feel like I've said too much on my first post...so I will leave you with a simple thank you for giving me a chance and 

for reading this post. As soon as I'm done thanking the wonderful

woman that gave me the inspirational post to go forward with this monster

of a task--I will come back and try to figure out how to give you some

insight on what my goals are for this blog and probably a little more

about the lady who rambles too much and who loves to share 

the love of Christ & the gifts he has given me. 

God bless,

Valerie