Thoughtful Thursday

 “A true home is one of the most sacred of places...  It is a resting place to which at close of day the weary retire to gather new strength for the battle...  It is the place where love learns its lessons, where life is schooled into discipline and strength, where character is molded.  Few things we can do in this world are so well worth doing as the making of a beautiful and happy home.  He who does this builds a sanctuary for God and opens a fountain of blessing for men.” –JR Miller

...Don’t you just love this beautiful painting...?

~ She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.  Proverbs 31:27 ~

Thursday blessings lovely readers,

Kelly-Anne

P.S.  Don't miss my celebratory giveaway!  I am giving away one copy of Beautiful Girlhood revised by Karen Andreola!  Go HERE to enter...

Tending Our Gardens

What grows in your garden?

No, I am not talking about the colourful flowerbeds that grace the cobbled footpath to your front door or even the beautiful kitchen garden to the side of your house, bursting with seasonal goodness…

I am referring to your heart and what you are allowing to grow in it.

 What are you nurturing?  Is there a small seed of jealousy, anger, resentment or bitterness threatening to take root?  Or is unforgiveness choking the beauty you’ve been striving to grow in abundance lately?

“Guard your heart more than anything else, because the source of life flows from it.  Proverbs 4:2”

“A tranquil heart makes for a healthy body, but jealousy is like bone cancer.”  Proverbs 14:30

Let us take a moment to examine our hearts and be careful we aren’t allowing weeds to germinate and grow which will later lead to our destruction… 

“If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us and make our hearts clean.  1 John 1:9”

Tuesday blessings dear friends,

Kelly-Anne

The Anne Girl

~ “I don’t know, but I can imagine...” From Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery ~

Thoughtful Thursday

“Have regular hours for both work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.  Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.”

Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women

Lately I have been inspired to begin a series of ‘Thoughtful Thursdays’.  I love having a quote or scripture to meditate on throughout the day or week.  I hope you too will be blessed by the ponderings of people who strove to walk in uprights ways during their lifetime, and encouraged to make Jesus the centre of your life!  If you like, you can copy these weekly quotes and scriptures out and place them around your room or home so that you will be encouraged each time you read them!

~ Blessings ~

Kelly-Anne

P.S.  Don't miss my current giveaway HERE!

The Fifth Year Celebratory Giveaway!

 Hello dear friends and a happy Wednesday to you all!  Today is a very special day for me as I look back on five wonderful years of writing on Beautiful Girlhood. 

I thank and praise our gracious Lord Jesus for allowing me to share my journey here and encourage my fellow sisters in Christ to stand up for the truth and embrace their God-given femininity. 

At one point in my blogging journey, not too long ago in fact, I wondered about my blog and if my season posting on it was perhaps ‘done’. 

But the Lord showed me in His loving way that although that season may be ‘done’, a new one has just begun.  He revealed to me that there are young girls out there who need encouragement to take hold of the Lord’s hand when entering their wonderful yet challenging season of beautiful girlhood...

I don’t pretend to have learnt all there is to know about this delicate change from girl to woman, but I pray that Jesus will use me through my blog to reach others and inspire them to seek a closer walk with Him.

One of the loveliest guides for Christian teen and pre-teen girls is the treasure of a book ‘Beautiful Girlhood’, revised by Karen Andreola.  

 

This particular book speaks in a simple yet loving way to young girls on sensitive subjects such as modesty, character, boys, etc and reveals to them how rewarding serving the Lord through their girlhood years and beyond can be. 

This book can also be especially helpful for moms of young ladies and is a wonderful tool to bring mothers and daughters closer together even through the ‘difficult years’.

In a world where girls are so misled during their teen years and where moms are totally at a loss as to how to help and guide their precious daughters through the changes she experiences, this book is a must read for all women.

My own dear mother has six daughters and I am her eldest.  I confess that I was not (...and still am not!) a walk in the park for her.  I gave her plenty of grief and heartache – what dear daughter doesn’t?  But thankfully she stuck by me, prayed for me and now we both are beginning to see the fruits of our labour.

I love my mom dearly and enjoy being with her and I know she loves and enjoys me too.  This is so special and could have been lost had we not been committed to going through everything together. 

As a token of my appreciation for all your sweet comments and kind words along my blogging journey, I have decided to host a giveaway and offer a copy of Beautiful Girlhood to one lovely reader.  I know that you – whether you’re a mother, grandmother, sister or aunt of a young lady or a young lady herself, will be very blessed by this book.  Prepared to be challenged and inspired!

To enter to win one copy of BeautifulGirlhood revised by Karen Andreola, please be sure to follow the guidelines below...

~ Leave a comment on this post.  This is a mandatory entry.

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Giveaway from 9^th April to ^20th May 2014 and open to all readers across the world.  Winner will be announced on 21st May.

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~ Blessings ~

Kelly-Anne

“Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies.”

Proverbs 31:10