Shutterfly to the Rescue!

Oh, the joys & struggles of having a large family. Who'd have ever thought that one of the struggles that comes along with the holiday season, that is quickly bearing down on us, is picking just the right greeting card to send out to friends and family? Of course we could send out a letter highlighting our year, but who the heck has time for that anymore?  Not me! But yet, I love receiving Christmas cards with pictures of people so we can pray for them throughout the year and I hope others do the same for us. That's when the mental wrestling match began of whether I should even bother to send out a card or not. Hmm....what to do, what to do?

Well, along came Shutterfly offering me 50 free cards if I'd just blog about it.  Having made a Shutterfly book for the adoption journey of Daughter of Purpose, I knew how easy Shutterfly can be.  Could it be that Shutterfly could solve my dilemma? You bet. Shutterfly to the rescue! It took me a bit to find a card that wouldn't cost us extra postage, but yet would accommodate the fact that I have 5 children.  Not 3, not 4, but 5.  I needed 5 slots.  I suppose 6 or 7 could work if we included The Driver and me, but that would mean making the time for a picture of the two of us.  Did I mention that I wanted this to be easy? 5 picture slots was what I needed and Shutterfly had plenty of options. I had plenty of color schemes to choose from AND I could even find one that didn't just say the generic "Happy Holidays." I actually found one with my pre-requisites that wasn't afraid to let me say, "Merry Christmas." Hooray!

So this is what I chose. I can't wait to input the pics we took recently and to share these with friends and family. Insert pics, wait for my cards to arrive in the mail and then turn around and drop them in the mail again.  Easy, easy, easy.  So happy I'm going with Shutterfly this year!

You take a bigger look at my holiday card choice here.

You can also view the HUGE variety of holiday cards at http://www.shutterfly.com/.  Believe me, Shutterfly has something for everyone! There's even options for Thanksgiving, if you're ahead of the game!

If you have a blog and are interested in receiving 50 free holiday cards from Shutterfly, go to http://bit.ly/sfly2010.

Is My Prayer Life Sufficient?

I was listening to a podcast from Catalyst recently where Kay Warren was interviewed. She spoke alot of wisdom, but a segment in particular stood out to me, especially in light of my most recent post about what is on my plate.  The time I first heard the podcast, was right when my friend Mo and I were contemplating 147SpareMoments. This powerful statement by Kay Warren resonated and is still resonating today. Take a peek at her statement and if you have time, listen to the full podcast. (There's a lot of stuff before her that you can forward through). This quote was about 45 minutes in. May it resonate its truth with you also.

"When I am evaluating what I am supposed to be doing at any given time in ministry, I ask is my prayer life sufficient to cover this? If we really believe that we are to live our lives from the inside out--not from the outside in--then I've got to make a commitment to pray for the ministry that I'm involved in. If I can't--if I don't have time to pray for this new area or new responsibility that I'm contemplating--DON'T TOUCH IT. Because if you do it, without that commitment and regular prayer for it and yourself as you do it, you'll be leading from the flesh, you'll be taking away maybe a ministry that someone else was really supposed to do out of your own pride or ego. If you can't pray for it, can't commit to pray for it--DON'T TOUCH IT because it will be of the flesh."

Do you have time to pray for what you are involved in? Is your prayer life sufficient to cover it?

Link to Kay Warren Catalyst Podcast

You can also download this podcast to your iPhone for free. That's what I did!