I immediately thought, “thank you Lord, who else could have done that but you?”  Then, today as we were driving home from our trip, and had my workbooks in the back seat, the event coordinator for this weekend’s event calls my cell phone to confirm everything and let me know how many tickets she had sold to the event.  As of Easter Sunday, she had only sold 16, but as of today that number had grown to 25.  Going only on the earlier number of 16 I took a good guess and printed 25 workbooks.  Again I realized that only God could have made that happen. I told her what I thought and she too agreed and we praised God for his working things out.

God still works miracles people, whether you see these small coincidences as God’s work or not, I do and believe they mean he is being me and my efforts.  Praise HIM!

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June is our next busy month as Greg and I will be traveling to North Carolina for the Proverbs 31 She Speaks Conference which I am super excited about attending.  Then in July, baby #3 is set to make his arrival into our family. I am due on July 14.  So this will be a busy summer.  I love having things to look forward to.  Wonderful Blessings!

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I wrote the following article a while back on this topic.  As a Christian I felt that I did not need to make money the biggest priority but realize that it is a part of life so here are my thoughts on the topic.

Earning Your Pay  

The Bible says, “Money is the root of all evil.”  Maybe this is why many Christians in business today have a hard time charging for their services.  As Christians, we sometimes feel that we are doing something wrong when we charge higher fees to complete work for our clients.  However, God invented work, and therefore he believes that we should work and receive a wage for our work.  After all, they did it in the Bible.  Do you not recall the stories of the farmers paying the field workers?

God invented all of these concepts so he must agree that we should receive payment for what we do.  Therefore, do not feel guilty for charging your clients for the services that you provide to them, as long as you are providing high quality work that you can be proud of, and that is not taking from your clients in any way what you do not deserve.

Other than that, you should not feel guilty in billing what you are worth. Decide what your time is worth, what your services are worth, and bill accordingly.  Then, strive to put out high quality work, and you might even want to go beyond that.  A popular concept is to “under promise and over deliver.” Meaning promise that the work will be done, say, “by the end of the week”, however deliver early, therefore over delivering on your promise.  This will impress your clients and most likely win you repeat customers.

Being paid is apart of our lives.  What is important is that we value the money that we receive correctly.  Respecting that our clients had to earn the money, and remembering that we must give back to God a portion of what we earned.  In everything that we do including the way by which you go about earning your wage you should be striving to honor God.

If you do this, you will surely not be guilty of allowing money to take the part of evil in your life.

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Last night’s meeting proved as usual to be eventful, fun and full of great conversations. I feel that it is good when you are still thinking about points made the next morning and pumped with adrenaline over how God worked in our lives through a single meeting together. You know the Bible says, “where two or three are gathered together in His name God is there”. I feel that this was the case for us last night.

The meeting as I mentioned left my adrenaline pumping and had lit a fire in my heart. We after all had discussed a few topics that I am very passionate about, including teenagers and the some of the issues that they face today, including teen pregnancy, busyness, and a genuine lack of motivation as witnessed by many of us who have the privilege of working with them.

Our discussion was great, including a testimony from one of our members who had a teenage pregnancy, having her daughter at age 16. She shared her story and we were all inspired. She is a wonderful example of someone overcoming a bad situation to rise above it and become a strong Christian woman. So many teen girls out there need to hear her story, I hope that she will share it as we encouraged her to do. I have asked her to write it down, if nothing else and I would love to use it in my ministry to girls.

As we were discussing, quite a few times I felt that I got a bit heated about several of the comments that were made and afterwards worried that I had hurt someone’s feelings or said the wrong things. However, this morning I spoke to a couple of the girls to question whether I came across the wrong way, and then I did some thinking about it as well.

I really feel good about it now that it is all said and done because, as I shared with the group via email, some of the topics discussing last night, specifically the next generation, especially the girls, I am so passionate about helping. I am passionate about girls living a life of purity. I am passionate about girl’s knowing and doing the will of God, and finding God’s call on their life. I am passionate about those of us who have come before them, leading them down the right path, through our own actions, modeling for them the right lifestyle.

As I shared with my friends, we this generation that is in our 20s-30s now have such a responsibility to mentor and model for the next generation a Godly lifestyle. As an old saying says, “You may be the only Bible some will ever read.” What are they reading as they watch you live your life? Also, are you passionate enough about your relationship with Christ and about the eternal condition of those around you to show your passion?

We are all passionate about something, however, it is important that we share that passion with others. It is more important however that we model a Godly lifestyle for everyone who comes in contact with us. There is a fine line to walk as we try to do both. It is my prayer that I am doing both well.

What about you? Where do you stand?

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I recorded a new podcast that will air on Monday at Mom-Daughter Connection Radio Show and created a contest with Cara from Cara’s Cafe.  You can read more details on that on Monday.

Greg and I received our federal tax refund today and spent most of it already.  Luckily in a smart way,  we paid off several debts, registered Baker for school next year, and paid our property taxes.  Then, I sent off the registration fee to the She Speaks Conference to Proverbs 31 Ministries.  I am sooo excited that I’m going.

Tonight, my Greg and I are going to a dinner party with my girls, The Tomgirls, and their hubbies.  We will then play games afterwards all at our church.  I’m really looking forward to it, but can’t believe I have to wait until 7pm to eat supper, we eat at 5:30 pm here normally.  I’ll be starving.  I joked that I would just eat supper twice tonight.  The joys of being pregnant, you can eat all you want.

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