Made to Crave Giveaway and Announcing Our Next Blog Study

Contest Closed: Winner has been announced.

This package was waiting for me when I arrived home from work today. I was considering waiting until next week to announce Made to Crave as the next book I would like to read along with you on the blog. But, now that the books have arrived, I'm too excited to wait!

We will be finishing our Lies Women Believe study next week, wrapping up the final two chapters in next Monday's post. I have really appreciated those of you who joined in with us, and it seems to have been an encouragement to those who participated.

I have not read Made to Crave, the book we will be starting on Monday March 28th, but many of you have...and I like what I'm hearing from you about it's message. A message I believe I need to hear.

On the cover, the words...

"Satisfying your deepest desire with God, not food"

Can I get an Amen?

If you've been around here long, you know about my battle with unhealthy eating. I do love me some Doritos and Pepsi...and so many other yummy, bad-for-me things. (In fact, I'm planning a Food Fest post covering a couple restaurants we visited recently later this week, ironically...or hypocritically, perhaps.) Over a year ago, I shared some thoughts on my struggle with food in this post....peeling back the layers. It sums up my belief that this isn't just a physical or mental issue, but it's tied in spiritual matters as well.

Sadly, I've been up and down on my progress since that post. I'm looking forward to yet another fresh start with the Made to Crave book. I love the title, because craving really is at the heart of the matter, isn't it? Billy Graham said that we are created with a God-sized hole in our hearts. That empty place is meant to draw us to the Lord to fill that hole, but we often try to fill it with other things....things that will not only leave us feeling more empty, but will also add to our misery after the initial feeling of fleeting satisfaction.

So....are any of you interested?

My plan is to do a post each Monday and you can come and add your thoughts in the comments. We can even discuss and encourage one another, either in comments or the Blog Frog. You don't have to write/link a post or anything like that. Just be ready to share your thoughts on the chapter each Monday. It is always helpful to be able to encourage and pray for each other. The goal is to feel less alone in the struggle.

Also...I'm giving away a copy of the book (courtesy of Sufficient Grace Ministries), Made to Crave, by Lysa Terkeurst for anyone who doesn't have one and would like one. Just let me know if you want to be entered in the comments.