Well, I only had three entries for the giveaway, so the odds were pretty good! I used random.org, and the winner is commenter #1 – Natalie. Congratulations, Natalie!
May, 2009
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
DVD Giveaway
I’m sorry it’s been so long since I’ve posted – I’ve been gone more than I’ve been home for the last week!
Vision Forum is promoting 5 new titles in their Reclaiming the Culture Set. Titles include:
You May Not Take Our Guns (DVD)
The Devolution of Law (DVD)
Top Ten Questions About Genesis and Creation (DVD)
The State of Parental Rights in America (DVD)
Christianity and Science Fiction: Reclaiming the Genre for Christ (1 DVD & 2 CDs)
Here is what the Vision Forum website has to say about these DVDs:
At every level of government, our rights as citizens and parents are ignored and usurped by power-hungry politicians. Our news media, universities, and entertainers actively wage war against God’s Word and those who live by it. And our children are confronted daily by the lies of evolution and the horrific realities of its “survival of the fittest” ideology.
In an effort to provide encouragement, hope, and practical instruction to Christian families, Vision Forum is pleased to release five new DVDs. These timely presentations will equip your family to understand our culture’s most critical battles and biblically fight for the rights granted to us by God, rights recognized and preserved for us by our Founding Fathers.
For a limited time, you can purchase the five new DVDs for $45 OR you can purchase the entire 14-DVD set for only $99.
It is my privilege to be able to offer one of you your choice of the titles listed above for free! Vision Forum has graciously offered to send one of these DVDs to one of my readers.
To enter, go to the Vision Forum website and choose which ONE of the five new titles you would like. Then leave me a comment telling me which DVD you would choose. Please be sure to leave me a valid email address so that I can contact you if you win. For extra entries, subscribe to my RSS feed or post about the giveaway on your blog, Facebook, or Twitter, and leave me a link to that post. Please leave me a separate comment for each entry detailing what you have done to earn that entry.
I will be drawing a name at random on Friday, May 15th, so get your entries in now!
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Got Wisdom?
“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.” James 1:5
I don’t know about you, but I definitely feel a lack of wisdom in raising my children. What works with one child doesn’t necessarily work with another, and what works one day might not work the next.
At times, I have been discouraged because it doesn’t seem that my asking for wisdom is having many results. As I was talking to my mom yesterday, however, it hit me that the Lord never promised to give it to me all at once. Duh! He will give me only what HE knows that I need for the moment, not what I think I need. If I got all of the wisdom at once, I wouldn’t need to ask for anymore. I would start relying on my own strength rather than recognizing that I need His strength.
When I look at it that way, I guess that I am glad that the Lord doesn’t give me all the wisdom I need for the rest of my life at one time. I know my tendency toward self-reliance, and it is not a good thing. I tend to mess things up in big ways when I think I can do it on my own! Needing to rely on the Lord and trust Him to give me the wisdom I need when I need it keeps me much more humble and therefore much easier to live with. ;-)
It WOULD be nice to FEEL a little wiser sometimes, but I am thankful that the Lord truly does give the wisdom He promises – in His ultimate wisdom and timing. I’ll keep asking and trust that He will provide what I need when I need it.
