... newspaper taxi competition ...

Hey everyone ...

Newspaper Taxi is a local vintage store that sells amazing stationery and all kinds of goodies to make you smile. They are running a fabulous stationery competition ...  "We LOVE mail" ... so get creative and send them some mail.  Share your love of stationery with the world.

The prize is all the stationery sent in for the competition.  GET OUT OF TOWN ... I am telling the truth ... imagine the treasures that await.

Hurry  Hurry ... closes on 4th November ...

Remind the world how precious is the gift of a hand written letter. 


 Be blessed and be a blessing

Teena

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... God reads blogs ...

Hello everyone ...

Well ...
after my last blog ...
at church on Sunday ...
Tim Ross spoke about getting closer to God through sacrifice ...
and Yes I was listening ...
so God must have read my last blog post and was speaking to me ...

"So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you."

Romans 12 : 1- 2 

The essence of God's heart is in the everyday ... it is in how I drive my car and share the road ... how I speak to my work colleagues ... how generous I am with my time ... how open I am to be distracted by God's whisper ... every minute of every day ...

I was focusing on getting lost in an intense explosion ...  and what I need to do is get immersed in my everyday ...

I am now very clear ... the sacrifice is opening my heart - every minute of every day - so God can work through me ... the sacrifice is laying down my agenda ... being open and willing for a God plan ...

MY GOD IS AWESOME

Thanks Tim for a very encouraging message.

Be blessed and be a blessing

Teena

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... 101% takes effort ...

Hello everyone ...

I have been pondering over my relationship with God ... and the excuses I come up with why not to spend time in His courts ... my question is?? ... If my heart is so for Jesus then why don't I spend more time hanging out with him ... and I am not talking about the everyday general stuff ... I mean the personal, endless chatting and spending time listening and waiting for His Voice ...  this is what I want more of  ... more quality time ... more soaking up the essence of God's Heart  ...

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.  But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.  For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."   
Matthew 6 : 19 - 21

I would encourage you to never give up ... keep following after the treasures of heaven ... be renewed everyday with God's strength ... and keep on keeping on.

Be blessed and be a blessing

Teena

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... Have you heard of ETSY ...

Hello everyone ...

Just wondering if you guys know about ETSY ... it is a place to sell all the stuff you are creatively making ... they have absolutely everything on their site ... well almost everything ... it is a great place to buy interesting stuff and find new artists ...

I am so thankful for a forum like ETSY to sell my postcards ... without them I would have been still stuck in telling myself excuses about why not to sell my art ...Etsy helped me realize my dream  ... the process was easy and straight forward to set up and I cannot speak highly enough of their format ... they are so helpful with weekly newsletters and articles and blogs on how to improve and get better at doing what you LOVE ...

... I would encourage all creative hearts to take the steps to put your Art out into the world ... 

... Etsy is just what I needed ... Thank you Etsy ...

One step at a time is all it takes ... just start taking small steps and see where they lead.

Be blessed and be a blessing

Teena

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... charity water ...

 Charity Water has a great story ...




what I love about their story ... is the HEART and INTENTION behind what they do ... it also shows what is possible when a dedicated group of people work together with one aim ...

Thank you Charity Water for changing our world ... one water well at a time ... congratulations on 5 years.

I encourage you to support great initiatives like Charity Water.  We are so fortunate ... our need is so little and their need is so great ... great need for basic necessities.

Be blessed and be a blessing

Teena

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