One year ago today, I posted my first blog on this website. I was scared to death. I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know a thing about blogging. I had no clue what I would talk about each week. And I wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t sure anyone would even read my blogs.<\/p>\n
I decided to take a leap of faith and rely heavily on the grace of God to empower me. And here I am, blogging strong one year later. It never ceases to amaze me how God provides each message I post. He never leaves me without a word.<\/p>\n
It also amazes me how God teaches me from every message I post. I believe God teaches us while using us to minister to others so we can’t say it comes from our wisdom. All the glory goes to God.<\/p>\n
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u201d2 Corinthians 3:5<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n But the greatest blessing God has brought me from blogging is all of you\u00e2\u20ac\u201dmy readers!<\/p>\n The divine friendships I have made during the last year I wouldn’t trade for the world. You have brought me so much joy. I am grateful for all the encouragements I have received from your comments and messages. You motivated me to press on when it got tough, and to continue fearlessly sharing God’s Word.<\/p>\n To thank you for the blessings you have given me, I want to bless you in return.<\/p>\n With the help of my wonderful fellow bloggers, I am giving away 7 inspiring books this week!!<\/strong> Every day from now through Saturday, I will be featuring a different author and giveaway.<\/p>\n I will announce all seven winners in next Monday’s blog (10\/31) when I continue our Beatitude series with \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Blessed Are the Meek.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve missed the first two messages in this series, click on \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit<\/a>,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Blessed Are Those Who Mourn<\/a>.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n For today’s drawing I am giving away TWO BOOKS to ONE WINNER!! Whoever leaves a comment on TODAY’S BLOG will be entered to win a signed copy of my book \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You Can Have a Happy Family.<\/em>“<\/a> As bonus, the winner will also receive Warren Baldwin’s book “Roaring Lions, Cracking Rocks and Other Gems from Proverbs<\/a>.<\/em>”<\/p>\n If you live outside the U.S., you will just receive an ebook of my book.<\/strong><\/p>\n