Friends and Contest Winners!!!!

It was so much fun having the contest but what was even more fun for me was seeing what happens when friends come together. Stop for a minute and just think about the friends that God has brought into your life. Over the last few weeks my friends have been surrounding me from my group of God’s Girls Growing (G3) to friends that I serve with, to friends that hold me accountable, to friends that speak the truth in love and help me to see Him when sometimes all I see is me. True friends. We weren’t meant to go through this life alone. Jesus knew this and picked 12 men to follow him and they became his friends. Did they all agree, no, did they let Jesus down along the way, yes, did they love each other, most of the time, and did they, through the power of One man, change the entire world…yes. All by word of mouth too I might add. Before the age of twitter, facebook, blogs and the internet. Society has existed on word of mouth. I got to see that over the past few days first hand. People spreading the word about the blog, telling their friends, and people stopping by from all over, California, Canada and even overseas. How cool. Because a friend suggested they come by. Friendships are powerful. They can lift us up by speaking honestly but with love, they can hold us accountable by showing us where we stumble before we have a chance to fall, and they can hold us when we are too scared to hold on. My friends have all done that and more.

This will be brief this morning, well as brief as I can make it, I’d like to challenge you to think and pray for your friends today. Send someone a note on FB to let them know you are thinking of them, send them a card online if you want, just stop a few minutes and give a little bit of the love away. It’s free, it multiplies, never divides, and when you give a little bit you get so much more in return.

And the winners of the Blog Brain Contest are:

Amy New won the “What Happens..” book. She was picked via the Random Number Generator website.

And

Tammy Marquess won the “Becoming More…” book. Tammy sent more then 25 different people by the blog. Now that’s the wonder of word of mouth and sharing with our friends.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by. Ladies if you will email me your mailing address to leigh at leighfrance dot com. I will send out your books!

Thanks for playing everyone!!!!

Blog Brain and a GIVE AWAY!!!!!!

I got blog brain. Blog brain is when you are being inundated by things that you want to say and not enough time to put it all down and then you lose those moments of inspiration. Blog brain. So whenever I get in a funk I read, heck, I read whenever I can, not just when I’m in a funk, but whenever I have a free minute. I am a voracious reader. I consume books like a 12-year-old soccer team consumes pizza. It can be a little scary sometimes. LOL My love of reading is probably the greatest gift my parents ever instilled in me and I am thankful that my daughter has a love for reading and the written word as well. My WH doesn’t worry about me spending tons of money on clothes or shoes or even a cute purse, but boy does he ever start to get nervous when he knows we are going to………THE BOOK STORE….. I love them, love them. Could stay in one for days. Just looking and browsing and discovering the gift that lies between the covers in wait for me to unwrap it.

So, because I can’t get rid of my blog brain and because I want to “share the love” when it comes to books, I am having a contest, actually I am having TWO contest.

But first…(anyone who reads my blog that knows me personally, knows that you have to hang on tight when we have conversations because I am all over the page…)

But first, or would that be second, I gotta tell you about something. If you look over there <--- you will see links to Proverbs 31 ministry and She Speaks. (Come back after you go see, I got more to say) Both amazing ministries. Lysa TerKeurst heads up an amazing group of ladies that I admire, hold in high esteem and pray that I can grow up to be like one day. The Proverbs 31 team has written a wonderful collection of books, they speak all over the country and are so on fire for God that you can get blistered by just being in the same room. If you get a chance to hear any of the ladies from P31 speak go because you will be blessed at the wisdom God imparts in these girls.

So here are the details. If you leave a comment from now until midnight Thursday on my blog you will be entered in a drawing for one of my all time favorite Lysa books, “What Happens When Women Say Yes to God.” This is literally the book that changed my life and helped take the blinders off my heart and allow God’s light to shine through. All you gotta do is leave a comment and I will use my random number picker to pick a winner! I will post on the blog Friday morning (early) who won so be sure to stop back by. Leave an email addy with your comment so that I can let you know if you won.

But wait…you said there were TWO contests… wow, you guys don’t miss a thing.

The second contest is a little bit more involved and rewarded accordingly. Get the word out, not only about my blog but about P31 as well. Let your friends know and have them stop by my blog say hi and leave a comment. All they gotta say is “Hi, Your name here told me to stop by.” Whoever sends the most people by will get Lysa’s brand new book “Becoming More then Just a Good Bible Study Girl.” I keep saying MY BLOG because Lysa won't know what to think if you post on her blog about My contest. LOL. But be sure to say hi to her too.

Wow I got some linky love going on in this blog today. So spread the word, pass it on and go see P31 website and all that they have to offer. It’s all about furthering God’s kingdom and if my blog brain today and a give-away can help make that happen, I’m all about it. Gotta go get ready for work. I hope you all have a wonderful day!