Congratulations Christi Sykes, you are the winner of the To Bless A Homemaker Giveaway!! Homemaking, it's the work you do everyday, it's the life you live, and is a most praiseworthy calling! Ladies, we want to encourage you. We want to remind you that diligently serving your family and caring for your home each day is of value, eternal value. And we want to Thank You for encouraging us through your comments and responses. This summer 30 bloggers joined together To Bless A Homemaker and gave away a Brand New Installed Dishwasher! This week we are offering another giveaway to bless another Homemaker. This time the winner will receive a brand new, shiny KitchenAid mixer! Each of you will also find new, encouraging blogs to read and glean from, as well as home businesses run by Christian ... read more
Woman to Woman Magazine Giveaway
Congratulations, Heather Babcock you were the winner of the Woman to Woman Magazine Giveaway! I have had the honor of being involved with Woman to Woman Ministries for the past 1 1/2 years. I have been blessed to have been a co-leader with this ministry and write weekly for their blog. Currently, I'm a quarterly contributor for their magazine. The mission statement behind Woman to Woman Ministries is, "From one woman to another....A ministry for ordinary women to do extraordinary things for God." This is truly what they do. It is a group of ordinary women who are following God's calling in their life, letting other women know that they really do matter and that they can accomplish great things for God. Jenifer Metzger of Jenifer Metzger - Sweet Blessings is the founder and ... read more
The Pursuit of Motherhood (Review and Giveaway)
**Congratulations Libby McCord!! You are the winner of The Pursuit of Motherhood giveaway, and email has been sent to you!** The Pursuit of Motherhood is a new ebook that was recently released by a group of talented bloggers, who are also talented and wonderful mothers. The purpose of this book is to inspire you, cheer you on, and let you know that you're not alone in the high calling of motherhood. When you have been blessed with children of your own, you will find many different scenarios crossing your path that relates to motherhood. This book delves into many of them, offering you hope and encouragement along the way. The topics in the book range from being a praying mother, mothering through the younger years, being a working mom, the healthy mom, the weary mom, the modest mom, the ... read more
Living to Leave a Legacy (the story behind the design)
Welcome to Shari A. Miller ~ Living to Leave a Legacy! I am so excited to announce the re-launching of what was Leaving A Legacy to, Shari A. Miller ~ Living to Leave a Legacy. As you can see the blog has gotten a face lift with a beautiful new blog design by, Tekeme Studios. I wanted to take a moment to share with you the story behind the design. Photo Credit The story that follows is an excerpt of a talk that I gave at our church for a Mother's Day tea a few years ago. In one form or another, we are all affected by the individuals in our past. For some of us we have been fortunate enough to have individuals in our past that have left us with a Godly legacy, which reflects how we live our lives today. Two very important people in my legacy were two individuals I never met, ... read more
It’s Time for a Makeover
There are some exciting things happening here at Leaving a Legacy! For those of you that are new here, Welcome! To follow along with this community please feel free to join us on... Facebook Pinterest Twitter First off, I am excited to announce that I am a featured blogger today at the SITS Girls! The SITS Girls is a blog dedicated to helping women learn new social media skills, gain ideas for how they can make money blogging, as well as finding bogging support and community in their on-line forums. Please take a moment to stop by and visit The SITS Girls today! Secondly, starting next week Leaving a Legacy will getting a makeover! I am so honored to be working with Tekeme Studios, they have done a marvelous job in creating a new home for me and I ... read more
31 Days to a Better Marriage
Years ago, my fairy tale came true, the day I walked down the aisle to the man of my dreams. When you are young and the newness of marriage still sparkles in all it's glory, many husbands and wives think that problems will never come their way. At least that's what I thought, "No not us," I scoffed, we will be the ones living in the quaint little house with the white picket fence, living the perfect life. Little did we know that the vows we spoke on September 26th, 1992, would be put to the test time and time again. Especially when the word, cancer, decided to take up residence and make it self at home inside the marriage we thought was unshakable. When I heard that awful word I knew I had a choice, I could either give up and wallow in self pity, or I could claim victory in Jesus ... read more
Contentment Comes to Life at the Dawning of Each New Day
Many of you know I am battling stage IV breast cancer. Today at A Biblical Marriage, I had the privilege of writing about my journey. Please join me today for "Cancer, Marriage and God" where you'll see a glimpse into my life, and how nothing, not even cancer can break a marriage that's founded on God. Contentment is a Godly characteristic that is learned over time. When Eve took that first bite of fruit in the Garden of Eden, our world became filled with the desire to want more, to know more, to be more. It's that desire for "more", that can get us into a whole lot of trouble. Wanting more, can be a good thing if done in moderation. There is nothing wrong with trying to improve your life or excel in the ministry God has called you to. When that desire for more becomes a god in ... read more
All for Him
Photo Credit I want to apologize for the extremely long absence I've taken from blogging. A lot of life has happened these past few months. Switching to a new blogging platform. Sickness. Moving my dear Mother into an adult family home, and all of the adjustments that have gone on with that. Our daughter graduating from high school, and all of the planning and bitter sweet emotions that have gone on with that. My Mother being in the hospital most of last week, with internal bleeding. As well as, my daily battle with Stage IV breast cancer and all of the baggage the comes with that. As I type this I am sitting in my oncologist office... I've just seen my doctor, had my blood work taken, and I'm now sitting here with an IV attached to my arm, waiting for my monthly infusion of ... read more
A Chapter of Faith {I Sure Wish I Could See}
I look at my own life as a book. Within my book of life there are many chapters, childhood, being a teenager, college, marriage, children and the list goes on. I would consider myself to be towards the middle of my book, buried deep into a chapter that can be very hard to read and understand...... it is my chapter of faith.As I walk the path of being a breast cancer survivor, I am currently elbow deep into learning what faith means. It's so easy to say the word, but another thing to truly know it and believe it. I've had many chances to learn faith. Chances that have brought me down on my knees in prayer with tears rolling down my eyes, hands gripping tightly to my worn Bible as the word ,"Why?" was the only thing I could utter. I know that all of our chapters read differently. We have all ... read more
Stop Running {a Giveaway and a Link Up}
Leaving A Legacy is hosting a giveaway for a gift certificate to Vision Forum. Vision Forum is a wonderful Christian company that sells books, homeschool materials, dvd's and more. Please take a moment to stop by the Growing Home and enter the Vision Forum $50 Gift Certificate Giveaway. How many times do you find yourself running away from a situation that you don't like, or that is uncomfortable for you? I myself do this very often. Once the pressure starts to weigh me down, I try to get out of the situation as fast as possible. Have you stopped to think that in doing this you may be missing out?Just like a rose bush remains beautiful and gets the chance to grow properly, through times of pruning, we also need the same type of circumstances in our life. If the rose bush was left ... read more