Through this 31 days of enough (and you get free stuff), I’m discovering I have enough.
And not only that, I have found I have so much ‘enough’ ~ there is plenty to share with others.* I’ve discovered it doesn’t hurt at all to share stuff with people. In fact, it’s freeing to share stuff.
Maybe you have enough, too. Enough to share. Enough to open your hands and say … here. Take it, it’s yours.
Today, I’m sharing a resource to help you determine if you have more than enough or less than enough and what you should do because of it. Today’s giveaway is a copy of Will’s book …
To enter to win a copy of Enough, tell me when you’ve shared something with someone else and it blessed you. When you gave something up and it made you feel free …
*(what have I been giving away this week?)
check out day 15: free fossil handbag
day 16: vintage silverplate spoon
day 17: l’occitane hand cream
day 18: free fall note cards
The dealio for 31 days of enough (and you get free stuff):
1) Only one entry per giveaway item. 2) You are eligible to win only one item a week. 3) Entries on this item open until 5 pm (CST) on Friday 10/19/12. 4) Winners must live in the contiguous United States. This week’s winners will be announced on Saturdays (10/20) on my blog. Please check your email promptly if you’re announced as a winner.
vera bradley via Haiti … free stuff
Enough: Finding More by Living with Less
favorite hand cream … free l’occitane shea butter
say thanks … free fall note cards
plush pumpkins … free stuff
I would love a copy of this convicting book! I love Julia R’s story on here… mine are much less awesome but I do love to give makeup and jewelry and clothes and shoes that I’ve loved and can pass on to my cousins. I also really love to loan out baby gear and clothes to family members and friends so they don’t have to purchase them. I would full on give them to them but I may need them back in the future… hopefully. I did buy a bunch of honey dipper things so I could give them to anyone who came over and liked my cheese plate accompanied with honey and wanted to know where they could purchase the dipper. I donate many clothes and books and items to Goodwill when I’m cleaning out closets. I love to give to Austin Stone during their holiday drives. My next goal this year… sponsor a child through Compassion. Give away more of the money that the Lord is blessing us with.
I recently went through all my jewelry and put together a package for a friend who is living on a very tight budget, I mailed it out to her and didn’t say a word. When she got the package she texted me freaking out because it made her day and she was so excited and surprised! It was very fun and it made me want to give away other stuff in my house.
On the flip side the lady I nannied for while I was pregnant gave me all her baby stuff because she was done having kids and it has saved my husband and I thousands of dollars. She blessed us so much that I am now constantly on the lookout for how I can help new mamas.
I gave a missionary my piano keyboard for his mission work in Mexico.
I think about the children who will be singing and having fun because of it.
That makes me happy.
Tasha
I love this book so much. Lately, my girls and I have been giving our time–making crafts, selling them, and giving 100% of the proceeds to one of our favorite ministries in Cambodia. We don’t have $ to give right now, but we have time. So much fun, so freeing.
I’m always making little things for my friends, things related to shows or movies or whatever they love. Makes them happy, makes me happy!
I gave someone money (a lot for someone who had two sons in college) to go back to Chicago where his wife and family were. It was suppose to be a loan, but I was never repaid…but that is okay, it broke my heart to see a grown man cry. I know in my heart that I did the right thing.
Our family “adopted” a 92-year-old woman in a nursing home who had not had visitors in almost a year. She became the surrogate grandma for our family. We just loved visiting with Maude and she looked forward to seeing us every weekend. Before long the holidays came around and as usual the Christmas season was a flurry of activity. Somehow in all that busyness I had forgotten to get Maude a Christmas gift, and didn’t remember until late Christmas Eve…there would be no gifts for her the next morning, aside from a plate of cookies and confections. We were so sad about that oversight.
Christmas morning there were 6 gifts for me under the tree – 5 books that everyone knew I wanted and a cashmere cardigan that had been requested months earlier. I was soooo excited when I unwrapped that sweater! As I started to put it on I realized that I couldn’t keep it. The cashmere sweater would be the perfect gift for Maude. Thanking my family for remembering the sweater I explained that we had to rewrap it and send it on.
The joy in Maude’s eyes as she saw us walk in with a Christmas present for her was definitely worth letting it go. Oh, and she loved the sweater.
I remember going through the grandkids toybox and pulling out toys they had “outgrown” to give to a young mother who was going from homeless to having her first home with her child. It was a double blessing to give as we also saw the grandkids learning to share.
Another time, we had the blessing of sharing a room in our home with a woman who had just resigned from an extremely difficult senior pastoral position. She was burnt out and needed to be loved in a bless of no stress. She stayed with us for about 6mo. God blessed with us the extra space to be a haven for others.
when my friend was losing weight – i offered (because i had several different sizes) to loan her some pants during the transition. turns out she was in the same size as me, cutting my quantity of work pants in half. something that set me free to realize i only need a handful of neutral pants to stretch my wardrobe! (thus making laundry much easier!!)
Several years ago, newly married, struggling to get by – going into the grocery store with my $20 – I saw a young girl sitting outside the store crying. All I knew was God told me to give her my $20 and to tell her that God saw her and loved her. I did. She probably thought I was crazy. I have no idea what she did with the money. I never saw her again. I turned around and went home without any groceries that day. Of course I’m still here to tell about it which means I did not starve to death! God provided as He always does!