Get comfy...again..

So 2011 started off with a bang..sike, idk..because I don't remember a lot of the beginning of 2011...

Jan. 1 year in Amway,.one year of haters...but I'm still a business owner

April 2011 Happy 6th Bday JoJo!!! Perform my first Christian Standup Comedy set

July 2011 Start my new job

September 2011 Open for Comedienne Q-Stiletto of B-more at the Valencia Ballroom in York Pa! Great response and feedback, Join H.O.O.D. Helping Offer Opportunities and Direction a community organization advocating for change, as the PR chair!

October 2011..start blogging again...

I thought this year was a lil more exciting..but based on my obvious lack of recollection, it seems it must have been rather uneventful..

Oh, well..Thank God for life!! 2012 will be on and poppin'!

I have a thing with odd numbers..maybe that's why the year seemed a lil thrown off!..idk..

Give and it shall be given unto You: 30 Day Giving Challenge

This is coming straight from Keeping the Kingdom First. I love her site. It's inspirational and is a real reminder on why we should, and ways we can, Keep God's Kingdom first...]

She got this idea from her pastor who has just finished preaching on Matthew 16. He said:

Spend 30 days with a journal in your hand. Try it for the next 30 days and see if I’m not lying. Take a journal and just jot down everything you give. Every time you find yourself being generous, write it down. Every time you feel prompted by God to give something you never would, or why would I buy THAT many cookies… from the Girl Scouts. I don’t know why, God just gave you the prompting to do something special for somebody! Write it down.

And then write down on the other side every time something comes back to you. Every time the cycle gets completed. Do it for 30 days, and you’ll never be the same again. You’ll never look at giving the same way again.

Jesus invites you in on the “Kingdom Dynamic”. You don’t have to be afraid to give in the Kingdom! I would imagine the anxiety about money- trying to keep it- is a real anxiety. You’ll start to be just utterly amazed at the freedom that comes to you from money… when you start being generous.

Next month is November, which just so happens to have 30 days and also includes Thanksgiving. A light bulb went off in my mind. The 30-Day Giving Challenge was born, right there in church.

She has challenged herself, and whoever wants to jump on board, to grab a journal next month and GIVE in some fashion every day in November. This could be large or small, simple or extravagant.

If you have a blog, she welcomes you to accept the challenge or simply help spread the word!

Here is how it will work:

• On Sunday, November 1st, she will post a Mr. Linky and invite all participants to RSVP.
• Post about the challenge on your blog, with a few ideas about how you plan to give each day.
• Update weekly with your results, as little or as much as you feel led to share.
• On November 30th, she will post a final update with a linky so we can all see the impact of one month of giving.

Are there prizes?

Nope. If her pastor is correct, the blessings that come back to you each day during this challenge will be better than any bloggy swag.

So, whaddya say? Do you accept the challenge? I can’t wait to see what God has in store!

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Sadness

You sometimes forget how much of a blessing friends are until you have to really be there for them and see how strong your love and dedication can carry you. A very good friend of mine had a miscarriage and it seems like it was a loss for all of us. We all spent the night with her to comfort and console her, but to me, there's not enough hugs, hand-holding or words to make it better. This is one we're going to have to leave to God because only he can use hurt to heal. Please pray for us.