After all, He came that we might have abundant life. So this weekend, it’s time to pull out the tennis shoes and go for a walk.

Because 42 Days from now? We really could be fit.

It is time to be still and consider. The flowers know it deep and we can too, that if He clothes the wild blooms so lovely, He surely graces us with beauty and compassion.

Yes, I’m feeling that it is time to take another step forward, to live from grace bestowed.

It’s time to organize a closet.

Plan a simple, delicious meal.

Or begin that 42 Days to Fit.

It’s time to simplify and beautify.

Because we really can do this, you know. We can live graced and baby steps are okay!

So. How will your life be different in 42 Days?

I have to share this deal with you!!

So you all know how we live in a high- rise apartment in a HUGE city in Asia and my kids and I miss planting and growing things in our backyard. So container gardening and growing absolutely anything green has become very attractive and necessary for us. Yes, we need green!

Well this week’s eBook Bundle is a Gardening bundle… 5 books for only $7.40.  AND one of the books included is “Apartment Gardening,” So I’m pretty much in love with this bundle! I have to share it because it is too good not to! Here are the 5 book titles:

~~Frugal Gardening 101

~~Apartment Gardening

~~Simple Food (for Spring)

~~Heavenly Homemaker’s Guide to Gardening and Preserving

~~The Gardening Notebook

You can purchase the bundle here.

Happy Gardening!

Seriously! Who couldn’t use some free money?

So here’s the deal: I’m trying to get some idea of who you are and how I can serve you through this blog. I’ve created a VERY simple survey of 9 questions to help me know you better. Questions like what age are you and what gender. Simple! It won’t take more than 3 minutes to complete and you will be providing me with valuable information to serve you better.

To sweeten the deal, I’m giving away a $25 gift card of your choice to either Target, Amazon, or Walmart!

Just click the link below to complete the survey and enter the giveaway. I’ll close the contest and share some of the results on Sunday, March 24th. FUN!   Thankyou for helping me serve you better!

Click here to take survey

Do you do Advent with your children?

If you are looking for something crafty and fun for Advent, try Truth in the Tinsel.. You’ll get 24 days of Scripture reading, ornament crafts, talking points and extension activities. Plus fun printables and templates!

This is the perfect book for kids of any age–from preschool to elementary!

Today only, when you buy the eBook (for $7.99) you will receive the downloadable ornaments FREE! {link will be included with your purchase}

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PLUS,

Why not do something special for a friend this Christmas?

You can gift Energy Explosion! Simply print off the download link after your purchase, make a pretty tag out of it, include a little note saying that you’re giving her energy this year and slip it to her!

{You could even tell her that you’ll do it with her after the holidays are over?}

EE is only $.99 through Monday, even on Kindle, so this is a great time to gift it!

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Money Saving Mom’s Books

At last check, Crystal Paine’s eBooks 21 Days To A More Disciplined Life and Celebrating and Savoring a Simple Christmas were only $.99 each! Another steal!

 Here’s to some great deals!

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…all glory and honor and praise and THANKSGIVING…to You, O Lord.

{Simply Trusting Thursday will resume next week. Happy Thanksgiving!}

Two years ago, I hit “Publish” and opened the door to a quiet little online journal I called “arabah.”

I did it as an attempt to express a real, raw, ongoing relationship between a woman and her God.

I didn’t know if anyone would ever read it or not. I just had to start. To create. To voice the stirrings of a God who makes music and forms waves and inhabits people.

I’ve learned some things. I’ve been introduced to some beautiful, gracious people who add so much to the lives of others.

I’ve also been confounded by this whole blogging thing because like everything else in my life, it is messy. There are no clear cut, hard and fast “rules.” I’m still trying to figure out where blogging “fits” in my life.

But I know it does.

And I know the blog purpose and mission have not changed:  to fulfill the purposes of God, whatever they may be, to record His fingerprints, and to serve others.

I’ve made some tweaks to the blog in order to be a blessing (I hope!):

1. I’ve added a feed in my sidebar where I will share links to compelling articles, free stuff, videos, and more! Just a little way to share the goodness

2. I am rarely on social media. Honestly, I don’t like it!! But I do occasionally get on Facebook to pray for friends according to their statuses. So if you would like to friend me, please feel free! It is my HONOR to pray for readers and blog friends, truly!

3. With your help, Energy Explosion has been downloaded by over 1,100 people this year! As a way of saying thank you, I have set up an affiliate program. You can check out the details here. {Thank you!!}

4. Do you blog? I am opening my blog to guest posts from other bloggers. Of course I will still be blogging here, for some of you wondering! Guest posting will add some flavor  Some of my favorite blogs I’ve found through guest posts on other blogs. If I can serve the blog community by introducing readers and bloggers, I consider that a joy! If you are interested in guest posting, check out the details here.

Thanks for a great two years, friends! Here’s to many more…

Had to share this.

{Email readers click through for video~ I’m singing this song as we get on a jet plane today!}

Out of all the places in the world you could be today on this great world wide web, you’ve made it to this little dusty corner. What a gift you are! Would you consider the encounter an invitation to pray for our surrendered little family of six as we travel overseas today? We will be in transit until tomorrow, Tuesday,  around 11pm Eastern time. Your prayers would be so appreciated!

Specifically, pray for smooth travels, no lost bags, no missed connections; grace upon all in our conversations and demeanor; healthy children; ability to rest on flights, especially for the children; for strength; for a thick padding of grace covering during these transition days.

Will post as soon as we land and I have internet access! Praise be to the Lord, who gives this ministry of reconcilation and who sustains all by His outstretched hand! He’s alive inside us and we will RISE UP!!!

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Looking for the link to the Energy guide? Download the 7 day devotional by clicking here: Arabah EE companion guide