Friendships and Winners by Carrie Fancett Pagels

 Have you ever had a friend, who every time you talk with them makes you feel like a winner?  Diana is such a friend. God is the ultimate friend and His light shines through the godly women who serve on this blog.  I am so blessed to be in their company.  When you come here, when you visit with us, we want you to FEEL God's love manifested through our interactions with you.  If not, hey--send me an email and tell me about it. We ask God's annointing on this blog for yet another year with Diana as our Senior Contributor.  Will you pray for us?  Thank you!!!


Winners:  
Joyce Meyer devotional "Ending Your Day Right": Rachelle Rea.  CONGRATS!!!

Pre-order of Laura Frantz's new release, "Love's Reckoning" is:  Katelyn Whitley.  CONGRATS!!!

1 Year Anniversary with Diana Flowers

Diana L. Flowers in her living room.

It is our one year anniversary of Diana Flowers as a contributor on Overcoming Through Time - With God's Help.  So much has happened since then.  We had started up Colonial Quills, a group blog, and I did not see how I could continuing blogging on OTT.  Plus I sensed God's hand that this needed to be a ministry-oriented blog but was not sure in what direction to go.  When we went to South Carolina for my nephew's graduation, Diana and I agreed to meet and pray.  I had met her through Laura Frantz, a mutual friend. We both loved Laura's writing and Diana's reviews were so awesome.  She did several guest posts for OTT and I grew to love her before I even met her.  


So I went, by myself, to see Diana.  And it rained.  It poured. It came down in sheets.  The GPS on our new car took me in circles.  Then it took me to a dead end.  Diana's hubby Paul had to come out and find me and I followed him to their house.  Both Diana and I knew that satan was coming against us and spiritual warfare could be defeated.  We talked and prayed and had such a good time!  Before I went to leave I discovered we both read the same devotional every night!!!  That was so cool. I love knowing Diana and I are reading the same devotional every night before we go to sleep.  And we are on the same page.  Sometimes literally!


We changed our name from Overcoming Through Time to Overcoming Through Time--With God's Help.  Both Diana and I knew that was what I meant with the first name but we agreed we should clarity.  Thanking God he brought Diana into my life, and onto this blog, at just the right time!


Here is my review of the Joyce Meyer devotional copied from Amazon: Ending Your Day Right by Joyce Meyer I love this devotional and have read it faithfully for the past several years, since my BFF gave it to me as a gift.  Going to sleep with the devotional and associated scriptures on my mind has been such a blessing that I don't even want to turn off the light until I have read that night's post, despite having already read them before! I highly recommend this devotional.


Giveaway: One reader will win a copy of Joyce Meyer's devotional in celebration of our one year anniversary!