Every year my calendar gets filled with busy days, holidays, birthdays and lots of ordinary days in-between! And every January, I tell myself… “I want this year to be different. I want us to make more memories, and make a difference together, as a family. Joshua and Andrew are already sixteen and nineteen. I’ve got to get more intentional before they move out!”
Do you ever have conversations like that with yourself, or is it just me?
I have such great intentions of getting more organized and creative, but then, every month it seems my intentions get trumped by the busyness of life! Well, I found us some help! My friends Karen Ehman and Glynnis Whitwer have done the creative planning, organizing and simplifying for us in their new go-to guide, Everyday Confetti!
Today Karen stopped by to be part of my #LetGodLoveYou series! She’s giving us glimpse of the goodness inside Everyday Confetti and share “A Few Simple Ways To Sprinkle God’s LOVE”! PLUS I’ve got a copy of the book to giveaway too!
Simple Ways To Sprinkle God’s LOVE
First, create small tags with Bible verses about God’s love on them. Here are a few to use:
- See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! 1 John 3:1
- And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. 1 John 4:16a
- We love because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19
Attach a tag to any of these ideas to sprinkle God’s love on those around you:
- Purchase coffee house gift cards and attached a tag to each. Go to a hospital waiting room and hand them out to folks who look like they could use a good cup of coffee.
- Take your kids to the grocery store and offer to carry out the groceries for elderly people you see. Hand them a note of kindness with a tag attached.
- Purchase gift cards for local restaurants that deliver and attach tags to them. Take a few to your pastor or church secretary so they can order lunch to be brought in on busy days.
- Place a candy bar or homemade treat with a tag in your mailbox for the mail carrier.
- Have young children {or grandchildren} color pictures or paint some adding glitter and stickers. Write one of the verses above on the picture. Then, take them to the local nursing home and hand them out.
- If you live in an area with lots of snow on the ground, make snowmen outside of the windows of a nursing home or hospital children’s ward. {Be sure to get permission first}
- Hand a tag to the worker at the drive-through window and pay for the person’s order behind you. Ask the worker to give the tag to the person with their food.
- Create a fruit or vegetable tray and attach a tag and a bow on top. Take it to the local police or fire station thanking them for their hard work!
- Take a plate of homemade goodies to your child’s teacher’s lounge at school with a tag attached.
Enter to WIN!
From the back cover~ Got a calendar packed with reasons to celebrate but a brain that lacks ideas? Special people you want to love on but limited time to do it? Relax. We’ve got you covered! Everyday Confetti is your go-to guide to making holidays, birthdays, special events, and even the everyday special. Inside you’ll find more than two hundred ways to make memories with your family, including easy recipes, fun activities, and inexpensive decorating ideas–all simple, doable, and stress-free.
Leave a comment to enter to win! Simply share why you’d like a copy of Everyday Confetti, or share a favorite celebration idea you have.Winners will be announced next week. If you’re reading this via email, click here to go to my blog and ENTER TO WIN!
After you ENTER TO WIN, hop over to the oh-so-fun Everyday Confetti website where you’ll find lots of FREE ideas to sprinkle “special” on every day!
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What wonderful ways to lift others up in a kind way spreading love…just like the icing on a cake …
We could all use more joy. Grandmonsters are electronic free at my house. I’ve had the honor to help raise over 20 children. Would love to have the book for our summer break to show them small things and time are the best gift!
I need all the help I can get! 🙂
Sounds like I’m at the same stage of the journey as you are-wanting to make the most of the days I have left with my boys before they move on. Just need the ideas to get me going sometimes. All about making memories! Thanks for sharing.
I have that conversation with myself – All. The. Time! Love the idea of sprinkling “special” onto the everyday!
Beckey
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What an awesome way to show God’s love and plant seeds in those around us! Thank you for a great way to spread the loving word of God!
I can’t wait to read your new book! Thank you for the encouragement to love others no matter what’s going on around us. We should love as Jesus loved/loves us!
“Sprinkle special” on each day. Love the wording. Such sweet creative ideas. 🙂 Thank you.
Sounds like fun and I love the uplifting idea of simple ways to think of others.
What a wonderful idea! I love the title “Everyday Confetti” and it instantly grabs my attention. I haven’t even read the book and already I’m wondering how to add the brightness of confetti to another person’s day. My dad taught me “the most noble deed it to improve the quality of another man’s day” and this book sounds perfect for that very deed!
What an awesome idea, and I would love to read this book!
I like to make little cake hearts with celebration sprinkles I freeze em and I always have them ready to spread the love of The Lord in a shape of his heart, it’s a treat to share for the sick, sad people at musing homes and always for my brothers and sisters in Christ who need that extra feta net that there not alone
Thank You!
After reading today’s excerpt, I would be thrilled to win a copy of this book! What practical and clever ideas that could easily be accomplished!!!
Thanks so much for this. Even after your kids are grown and gone it seems like there is no time
for what you really want to do. Would love to win this. These are great ideas especially for schools and police and fire depts. Sometimes I wonder if they think these are thankless jobs. We shouldn’t let them feel that way. They do some much for us all every day. Thanks again. Jean
I would like to have this book to help me spread God’s love at work.
I text my husband a verse about love every morning.
I would like to win this so I can have some practice and stress free way to bless those around me! I love the idea about the tags and will definitely be making some in the near future. That’s such a simple yet sincere way to share the truth of Christ’s amazing love, forgiveness and salvation! Thanks for sharing this!
My women’s group at church is doing a love revolution! It would be amazing to share these ideas! Not to mention I’m always looking for creative ways to bless others’ what a fun book idea.
I want to read this book because the people I love deserve it! I could always use more stress free celebrations in my life!