2 more links that we talked about in class

Hey there guys!
I hope you all are having a great weekend and have plans to attend church
in the morning to celebrate the gift of Jesus!!
I have to share a personal story with you all...sorry!

Our church offered an additional service this year and it was TONIGHT!
It was a MAGNIFICENT celebration of Jesus and I'm SO glad that I went!
I've only missed one easter service in my entire life and I regreted missing it so that I'll never miss another one! I can proudly say that I'm an easter person. Without Easter, life is meaningless!!

BUT...I don't know what it is about this ONE SUNDAY out of the year, but I feel COMPELLED to dress everyone up. I guess it goes back to all those trips to Parisian as a child to pick out my new pair of patent leather shoes and frilly dress. This memory of childhood has driven me to compulsively coordinate my childrens clothes with mine and to force my husband to wear a matching tie...for the pictures, of course! BUT, this year was different. Due to our financial situation, new clothes are OUT OF THE QUESTION. It was such a God thing that this service was made available THIS YEAR!! I know that there were 1000 other people at that service tonight, but somehow I felt it was just for me! I know that it's absolutely irrational to think that I couldn't have been comfortable in the presence of my Father without wearing a pretty new dress, but that's the truth of the matter for me...sometimes I'm irrational! (Ok, most of the time!)

ANYWAY...I was able to go to church in my blue jeans and not worry about whether I had on a pretty dress. YES, there were still people dressed up, but no one noticed that I wasn't. I smiled a little as I watched the cute little blond headed girl walk in with her pink purse and patent leather shoes with frilly socks and couldn't help but wonder if she would one day struggle with this as much as I did. But I know that God will provide a way for her if that day comes....He is FAITHFUL!!

Ok, here are the links that I promised in the title.
http://www.fiddledeedeemom.com/
http://swagbucks.com/?cmd=sb-register&rb=180862

Both of these websites were mentioned in class and I just checked them out.
They are AWESOME!! take a look.