The Beauty of Blogs
As I look back over my life, I realize that a deep passion for my Lord has been more often caught than taught. Don’t get me wrong. I love to read, learn, and sit under fabulous teaching. But all too often, I walk away smarter but not a bit more like Christ.
It’s hard to know how learning the names of the 12 disciples will help me when the kids are up all night, the dog throws up on the carpet, and my husband calls from work to say the boss will be coming home for dinner. Tonight.
On the other hand, when I see God’s wonderful truths lived out in someone else’s life day by day, I get it. Call me a little slow, but walking alongside women in love with God ignites within me a fire that nothing can put out.
No More Isolation
Alas, this doing life together used to be a dream with no hope of ever coming true. I work on the phone. From home. I live in a small town and I barely know my neighbors’ names.
No more. With a high speed internet connection and a shiny black keyboard, I am no longer alone. Godly Christian women exist. And better than that, they blog. They blog about cooking and cleaning, spoiling and spanking, love and life. Best of all, these humble, generous women write about the Christ who is in the midst of it all.
Thank You
Dear bloggers, you have made me laugh, cry, and everything in between. You have shown me Christ. Thank you. I can never repay you but I can try to pass on this amazing blessing. To that end, the Living in Love with Jesus blog at Life Coaching for Christian Women recently hosted a contest to discover the top ten Christian women’s blogs for 2009.
All the winners were chosen by majority vote from participating Christian women.
So, in no particular order here they are. I hope you enjoy each and every one.
The Winners
- To Love, Honor, and Vacuum
- Mud Pies for Mom
- Beauty in the Storm
- In the Heart of my Home
- Holy Experience
- Mom Unplugged
- Mel’s World with Melissa Mashburn
- Hooking Stitches
- Take Root and Write
- Heart Choices
There are hundreds of great Christian women’s blogs. I hope you will take a minute to let our readers know about yours. Simply enter your blogs name and url below.
Tags: Blogs, Christian women, Top ten
Kim-
I was so humbled when I received your email. But I must say I was also very honored too.
The Lord gave me the name Heart Choices so many years ago, long before I even knew what a blog was.
I thought at first that He was calling me to speak on heart health since at the time I was working as a cardiovascular nurse.
But only He knew what would happen in my life and the direction He had for me. My part was to submit, trust and obey. And btw, trust and obey is my theme for this year 2010.
Heart Choices began as an experiment as I was helping my husband in his technology company. I was going to write about heart health. But God…
He had different plans for Heart Choices. Our heart is the center of our being. We need it to live as I well know. (I had open heart surgery for a congenital heart defect many years ago.) But our heart choices impact our body, soul (mind, will and emotions) and spirit. And so the focus of Heart Choices has evolved into so much more
And I am so grateful and thankful for the lessons the Lord is teaching me as I write on Heart Choices. I share from my heart as He is teaching me. And I have so many awesome blogging friends that He has brought into my life to …encourage and teach me. He is an awesome God.
Heart Choices has been for my good. I am thankful for His grace and mercy in my life and how he has used a broken vessel. He has been at work in my life for my good and …His glory.
Thank you Kim for this amazing award!
Blessings,
Debbie
Hi Debbie,
I liked the name Heart Choices from the beginning but now that you’ve explained I love it all the more.
You obviously have a ‘tribe’ of loyal followers who are blessed by what you do.
So, all the thanks go to you.
Blessings Kim…and Congratulations to ALL the TOP 10 WINNERS!!! As I visited one I learn of this and agree with the voter’s choice because I just nominated that same blog for another encouragement & blessing! The blessing for me is to get to know the ones that I have yet to meet and that I now have THIS WONDERFUL BLOG bookmarked as well so I can get to know “Living in Love with Jesus” and you! Thanks Kim for your deep passion and real encouragement to great blogs & bloggers! Life coaching for Christian Women is truly a blessing for us all via the internet and sisters like you & the WINNERS!!!
Thanks so much, Peggy.
We are thrilled that you are here and we are looking forward to growing closer to Jesus as we do life together.
Kim
I’m so excited to see that so many other bloggers stopped by to share their web addresses!! I’m LOVING my time clicking through each and every one of them! Spectacular work ladies! Keep it up and God bless!