By Ashley Wells, on April 30th, 2011 Each month, I like to take the time and introduce you to that month’s “Featured Partners.”
My Featured Partners are people or companies who partnered with me to provide prizes for Give! Win! Send!, or other blogs and ministries that I support.
So, without further delay, here are my Featured Partners for this month:
iBloom
iBloom is the go-to place for Christian life coaching for women. iBloom exists to inspire and empower every woman on the planet to live a life of passion, balance, purpose and fulfillment. iBloom is dedicated to helping women live intentionally and ultimately have a significant impact with their lives.
Connect with iBloom on twitter or facebook!
Mary Kay
Captivating color. Powerhouse skin care™. And the best in personalized service. Just what you’re looking for and just what you’ll get from me and Mary Kay. Consultant Jamie Fuller would love to here from you!
Emily Lodes
Music with a heart. Straight from Emily, “I’m married to an incredible man, Tedd Lodes, who loves and fears God and who has a gift for writing music to the Lord. We love worshipping and writing together, and that’s really how all of this music came about. We sing and write and play for God’s glory and for whatever plan or purpose He might have for the music He puts on our hearts. It’s an expression of our love, our longings, our faith, and our desire for others to acknowledge Christ as Lord. We’ll see what God does.”
Emily also blogs at Emily Shares. And, Emily and Tedd recently welcomed a baby into their family!
Union28
What’s better than celebrating your spouse in style? How about supporting a great company while doing it!!! I had the honor of being sponsored by Union28 for last year’s Relevant Conference and prior to that fell head over heels for their shirts, most popular probably being their “My Husband Rocks” tees.
Union28 is a great place to get shirts that show you are proud to be married! Connect with Union28 on facebook and twitter!
Crossway Books
What to find a publisher you can count on? One that consistently publishes gospel-centered books for adults and children? Crossway Books is that publisher! From The Church History ABCs, to The Big Picture Story Bible, to Feminine Appeal, to the ESV Bible, you are sure to find something for you and your family!
You can connect with Crossway on their blog, on facebook, and on twitter!
Make sure to take some time and meet this month’s featured partners!!!
By Ashley Wells, on April 29th, 2011 I received a copy of The Greener Grass Conspiracy from Crossway Books for the purpose of this review.
 Recently I have been struggling with discontent. Discontent on waiting. Discontent on not having children yet. Discontent on not finding a house. Discontent with life. Whew! That is a lot of discontent.
Too much! Way too much! I do not want my life to be characterized by “a woman who was discontent, all the time.”
However, that is how I feel like I have been acting. I’ve been taking all the wonderful gifts that God has given me, and complained about them.
Do you ever wonder how it’s possible to be so blessed and so unhappy at the same time? To live like kinds and behave like ungrateful pigs? To have more than any generation in history and yet still crave more?
God has also been convicting me of this sin! I am so thankful for that. He is teaching me that no matter what my life looks like, He is still good and I am blessed beyond measure!
Biblical contentment is not rooted in circumstances but in the infinitely stronger foundation of God himself.
This book will convict you. This book will make you realize that you are taking things for granted. Thinking to much about what could be, instead of what is right now, right here.
This grand conspiracy of the world, Satan, and my heart is called the Greener Grass Conspiracy, Their objective? To have me always believing that the grass is greener somewhere else, always wishing that things were different, always dreaming of a brighter tomorrow without ever enjoying where God has me today.
If you are not ready to face your sin of discontent, then don’t read this book. However, if you are ready to be challenged on your perspective, then get this book right away!
I cannot recommend this book more! In this culture, with the attitude of “there’s always something better,” discontent is on the rise and people (me included) are attempting to find their joy in their circumstances instead of God.
This book will help you to fix your heart on the Truth and on the only thing that truly satisfies, God himself.
Slowly, I am moving from discontent to content. Frustration to understanding. Grief to joy. Myself to God in His glory and wonder.
Thanks again to Crossway Books for sending me a copy of The Greener Grass Conspiracy to read and review.
All above quotes are from the book, The Greener Grass Conspiracy.
By Ashley Wells, on April 27th, 2011 If so, you do not want to miss the giveaways I’ve got going on at my other blog, Have Fun in Louisville!!!
-SIX passes to Star Trek: The Exhibition at the Louisville Science Center
-ONE pint of ice cream from the Homemade Ice Cream and Pie Kitchen
-TWO buy one get one free admission coupons from Glowgolf
-THREE Gatti Rewards worth $2.50 in gameplay with the purchase of a kid’s buffet
-TWO coupons for a spicy chicken sandwich deluxe from Chick-fil-a
-TWO coupons for a spicy chicken biscuit from Chick-fil-a
-SIX passes to Star Trek: The Exhibition at the Louisville Science Center
-ONE pint of ice cream from the Homemade Ice Cream and Pie Kitchen
-TWO buy one get one free admission coupons from Glowgolf
-TWO Gatti Rewards worth $2.50 in gameplay with the purchase of a kid’s buffet
-ONE coupon for a nibbler from Zaxby’s
-TWO coupons for a spicy chicken sandwich deluxe from Chick-fil-a
-TWO coupons for a spicy chicken biscuit from Chick-fil-a
-SIX free admission passes to the Manslick Rollerdrome
-THREE pints of ice cream from the Homemade Ice Cream and Pie Kitchen
-TWO buy one get one free admission coupons from Glowgolf
-TWO Gatti Rewards worth $2.50 in gameplay with the purchase of a kid’s buffet
-TWO coupons for a spicy chicken sandwich deluxe from Chick-fil-a
-TWO coupons for a spicy chicken biscuit from Chick-fil-a
Yepp…there are three awesome giveaways going on RIGHT NOW! So, jump on over to Have Fun in Louisville and enter today!
By Ashley Wells, on April 26th, 2011  I recently got my hours cut at work and I am able to spend more time at home. With this, of course, I am struggling again to prioritize and get into routines.
Well, Amy was a HUGE help for me to overcome those issues!
Ever feel like you have too much to accomplish in a 24 hour span of a single day?
Yeah, I thought so!
In our go-go-go culture we pile lists and lists of things to do onto our plate (which is already full to begin with) and then we wonder why we are so rushed. One simple answer is that we are trying to do too much. Or another answer could be that we are not working efficiently with the time we are given.
Either way…Tell Your Time is a great resource to start to change your habits that have cause this rush mentality!
Amy lays out a simple plan; a way to manage our time. Here are the two main things I got out of the book:
Put first things first
Don’t overfill your plate
It is a simple concept! And, it takes less than 30 pages to explain it in her e-book.
I had gotten into a good groove when I was at home. But, now that I am working, I am struggling. Even now, I am home more, and still working at figuring out all this time management stuff!
After reading Amy’s book and putting the principles to work, I feel like I am managing my time better!
Still not great, because working outside of the home is difficult, but it is manageable for now!
Whether you are at home or working, you will learn from this book!
Even more amazing…it is on sale, right now, for only $9 (I don’t know how long it will be on sale, so make sure to snag it now if you are interested).
*The links for Tell Your Time in this post are affiliate links. This means that if you purchase something from this link, I will get a small percentage of the sale price at no extra charge to you. Thank you for supporting this ministry!
By Ashley Wells, on April 25th, 2011 This quote is from the book Sleep, It Does A Family Good (pg. 216-217).
“Christlike behavior begins as Christlike thinking. Love is first a thought, and later becomes a behavior and habit. Grace, peace, kindness, and long-suffering are first thoughts that God plants in our minds; then they emerge as actions and behaviors.”
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