Laced With Grace

THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO ENTERED, THIS IS NOW CLOSED AND THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED SATURDAY MARCH, 13TH.

We are very excited here at Laced With Grace to debut our new layout.  Since spring is the time for new beginnings, we thought March 1^st would be a great time to showcase our new design.  It has been over three years since we have changed things around, so we are pretty giddy.

Feel free to poke around, visit each of our contributor’s page, look at the archives page (I love the layout), and notice that we have some of our categories listed on the top bar.  Oh and don’t forget our footer…how cool is that!

My goal was to provide you with a lot of information without overwhelming you.  We may still tweak here and there, but we would LOVE to know what you think of the design. We want this to be a place to be able to come when you are hurting and are in need of comfort, when you are happy and would love to have another rejoice with you, or when you are in need of prayer.  That is our desire here at LWG.

We would love for you to join in the celebration with us! We will be giving ONE reader a chance to win a $50 Amazon gift certificate (emailed to them).

EVERYONE: To enter to win, leave a comment on THIS post.

The good news is that you have aDdItIoNaL OpPoRtUnItIeS to enter to win the gift card.  (leave a SEPARATE comment for each ADDITIONAL entry).

1. One additional entry if you join our new Google Connect there on the side bar.  Leave a separate comment saying you joined.
2. One additional entry when you subscribe to our RSS feed (or if you already do let us know).  Leave a separate comment letting us know.
3. Twitter this sentence:  Wow! Look at Lace With Grace’s new website and enter to win a $50 Amazon gift card http://lacedwithgrace.com/   RT #lacedwithgrace Leave a link to your tweet in the comment section. You may do this ONCE A DAY until the drawing is over.  Oh and follow us on Twitter!
4. One additional entry for placing one of our buttons on your blog (or if you already have one let us know in a SEPARATE comment).
5. One additional entry for writing a small blog post telling your readers about Laced With Grace’s new website design.

This will give you an opportunity to enter up to 17 times.  We need your help getting the word out and join in the celebration with us!!

The giveaway is open until March 12th, a winner will be determined via random.org on the 13th!

Within each of us is a story of epic proportions. He has written it upon our hearts, to be lived out for His glory.  You don’t have to take my word for it, it’s in His Word.

“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”  Ephesians 2:10

Each of us is His workmanship.  The Master Craftsman has hewn his artistry and created us for a specific purpose.

For years, I’ve always thought of myself like a piece of wood being carved, or a lump of clay being molded, even a stone being chiseled into a masterpiece. It wasn’t until my pastor shared the Greek word for workmanship, poiema (pronounced poem-ah), that I realized He has actually written a story for me to live out and share with others.

My story has been uniquely crafted, tailor made just for me.  No one else has my story to tell, it is mine alone to walk through life with and proclaim His greatness.

Sometimes the Lord takes my story and binds it together with other peoples stories, creating a treasured collection of epic stories.

Are there people who have made their way into your life that have profoundly impacted your life’s story?

For me, some of these people have been friendships I’ve made through blogging.  We’ve meet between the lines of posts we’ve written.  We’ve laughed together, cried together, prayed together, shared life’s triumphs and humps.  Our lives have become intertwined to create a treasury of life stories in the making.

Do you know what your unique story is?  He’s set you free to enable you to proclaim it.   He’s filled you with a passion and purpose and He desires that your whole life be an epic story in the making.

There is another story in the making.  On October 23, 24 there is going to be an opportunity for women to come together and meet some of the blog friends that have woven their stories into the fabric of our lives.  We’re coming together in Sneads, FL (the panhandle), to be nourished spiritually, encouraged in living and writing out our life’s story, and sharing it with the world via Internet publishing.

Why not join us?  Several of the writers from Laced With Grace will be leading workshops.  Women like Lynn Donovan, Angie Knight, Joanne Kraft, Tiffany Stuart and myself.  Here’s the web address for the Free To Be Me Retreat.  I’m offering a writing contest and one woman will have her registration fee covered by me.  Could that woman be you?

God has written a unique story for you to live out.  You are free to be who He has created you to be. He doesn’t make junk or write trash.  YOU are an epic story in the making.  Are you ready to turn the next page and see what He has in store for your life?

Marsha’s Musings

The team of writers at Laced With Grace want to thank everyone who entered our contest for the Women Of Faith – It’s a Grand New Day – conference give away.

Many of you added our contest button to your site. THANK YOU!

Many of you faithfully visited and left comments to win. We appreciate each of you and your faithful readership. We sincerely hope you are encouraged in your faith walk by the words we share here.

So, without further ado….. Our winner is,

CONGRADULATIONS! BP, your readership and the love your share within our online community glorifies Jesus. Thank you for entering and your faithful readership.

Thank you everyone who entered. I wish I could give each of you this prize. One day, however, all of us will meet together in the throne room. What a conference that will be. I can’t wait!