Weekend Wrap-up and Winners!

     This week I have battled a continuing sinus infection and the devil.  I let it all pull me away from life, friends, family and my blog.  So this weekend I am wrapping up some delayed business and announcing the 2 winners from my blog giveaways.  

........#1 Winner of the prayer package giveaway is 

and the winner of the Book review giveaway is 

I hope they will both enjoy their prizes and thanks to all who entered.

Next week, I will be back with more book reviews and life in the Love world.

God bless,

Faith Friday-Sharing My Heart

Sharing my heart ---I have been down so far, I try to put on a smile and just go on but that is not what is inside. For most of last year our family fought a huge battle and it was hard. But not just this battle but others also that almost seemed too much to bare. The devil fights hard but praise God , the Lord is bigger. I know that in my heart but I have let it push me down so far. I just gave up on some things and unfortunately some people.

Not blaming anyone but me but I quit taking care of myself physically and spiritually. I made decisions that were not good and now they are catching up with me. I have alternated between doing what I wanted when I wanted to trying to be what everyone else wanted me to be. Neither one works by the way.

I have been talking to some special people and the Lord a lot more lately. I am ready to follow the path I need to follow in all areas of my life. It may not be your path, it might not be the path you would choose for me but I am going to do my best to follow the ones that God has for me. I do know I don't want to go back, I want to go forward with Him.

I know that I will stumble sometimes and this won't happen over night but I am ready.  I know things won't change unless I change and let God change me.  I am choosing the paths God has for me and I am ready.  I do ask for your prayers and encouragement and please no negativity, I get enough of that from the devil.  If you are fighting a battle, need a listening ear or prayer please let me know and I will pray for you too.

God bless,

Book Review Thursday and A Contest

 

 

I know not everyone likes to read but I do. I love curling up with a book and a sweet tea from Sonic, my kind of relaxation. I am doing more book reviews now but I will be doing them only on Thursdays from now on. So for Book review Thursday and to get a little more publicity for my blog I am going to have a contest. If you share my blog.....http://livinglifewiththeloves.blogspot.com/ you will get one entry and this one is mandatory before you can receive another entry if you share a book you have enjoyed you get another entry. Next week, February 4th on Book Review Thursday I will choose one winner and they can choose a free book from my bookshelf or a free $5.00 Sonic card to get their favorite drink. Anybody up for a contest?

The Storm Inside---A Book Review

     I got the book The Storm Inside,by Shelia Walsh a long time ago.  Somehow it never got read until now and I wish I had read it much sooner.  It gives women insight into what really goes on inside each of us. As women many days we can feel so out of control. We are so busy and feel pulled in so many directions.  When the storms come we do not have to be afraid and depressed. We can rise above the storm and overcome the chaos.
     This book shows how to get through one's storms and come out stronger on the other side. This book gives examples of how failures, struggles & fears can strengthen us.  This book also offers an end section of helpful tools to overcome the storms, like Bible verses, journaling and prayers. We can fight the storm by standing on God's word and promises. We may feel we are in a storm but we have Jesus who is the Master of the Wind and controls the very storm. I truly wish I had read this book sooner and I recommend it to anyone who feels like they may be overwhelmed in the storms of life or even if you don't.


I received this book from http://booklookbloggers.com/blogger in exchange for my honest review.  Go here to see other book reviews or to apply if you think you would like to try this program.

God bless,

Hope Is Hard......but I will always have HOPE!

My word for 2016 is "Hope".  In 2015 it was "Rest" and it was a battle all year long to see where God was leading and what He was teaching me.  In some ways I still feel I failed.  This year I felt led to hope.  Hope is believing and trying again and not giving up.  At least this is what I thought.

We are almost through the first month and hope is not as easy as I thought, hope is hard.  The harder you try to hope and to try, the harder the world tries to take your hope away. People want you to fail, to give up hope.  Month 2 of 2016 is coming and I am not giving up on hope.  I will try again  and keep trying, keep hoping and that is all I can do.

God bless,

Pat

Trim Healthy Mama Plan-My Book Review

     

     Several of my friends are always jumping from one diet to the next.  But I have never heard as much discussion about any plan til I started hearing "Have you heard of THM?", "You should try Trim Healthy Mama.",
     My daughter-in-law was one to jump on the bandwagon.  She had the original book and I borrowed it and I started reading it... and then gave it back to her the next day. It was just too much. While I have no doubt these ladies have done their research, I didn't want to spend that much time thinking about my food!  As many as I have heard say they love the plan, I also heard much confusion because it was just so much information in one big book.
     So when I saw that there was a new book that was so much easier I wanted to check it out.  It The plan, however, is not that "easy" really and you can tell that, not just from getting the book but from a quick glance at all the  women everywhere are asking questions about what type of meal they're eating, "is this on plan" etc. Face it ladies...this is still a diet whether they want to call it that or not. It is all too much for me and  I just don't want to spend that much time thinking about my food. This book does have some "in a nutshell" sections that seem to condense all that into bite sized snippets that help us - lazy dieters - to get the gist of the plan and follow it a bit. I do have one friend who has lost over 65 pounds on this plan/diet so I know it can work.  It is not the plan for me but for others it might be so I say check it out for yourself and see what you think.  


I was given this book free for my honest review and this is mine. If you would like to read other reviews or review books of your own go to Blogging For Books


Pat Love

War Room, The Battle Plan for Prayer and a Giveaway

   

Last year when it came out I was blessed to see "War Room" at the movies.  In fact, I saw it 2 times.  It made me laugh, cry and see an area in my life I needed to work on and that was my prayer life.  

For Christmas my husband and son gave me the movie on DVD and also this book.  I have let the devil distract me from where I knew the Lord was leading me.  God has kept pressing on my heart and so for February (well actually starting today) I will be watching the movie again and I will be reading this book.  I will be working on making my prayer closet and seeing where God will lead.

The verse I will be claiming is this

Now this is where God is leading me and I hope that you will seek Gods will for you and your prayer life also.  I am hosting a giveaway to help you have the tools to work on making your prayer life better.  So if you would like to win this prayer package giveaway comment on this blog post or message me at patandbillylove@yahoo.com

On Monday February 1, 2016 I will be choosing one winner from all the comments and emails.  

God bless,

Pat