Beloved Necklace

     Hey friends!! Hope you are all having a WONDERFUL morning!!! This necklace (it's on SALE) is available at www.iwonderoriginal.storenvy.com After wearing hand stamped jewelry... I don't think I will wear anything else. There is something so powerful about looking down at my bracelet or necklace and seeing encouraging and inspiring words. Well... Christmas is just around the corner and I'm trying to make my purchases more intentional and meaningful. These kind of items are what I like to purchase. Anyway, I would love for you to check out the shop for other lovely items as well! Leave a comment tagging a friend who would be encouraged by this necklace as well as a friend's shop I should check out. Love meeting new small business owners and seeing their incredible creativity!! Plus, I'm in need of Christmas present ideas!!! 

Photo by Angela

     Photo and beautiful words by @little_things33 ---------- We are all the same. We all have brokenness, we all have mess, we all have wrestlings and struggling. None of us is above each other whether we want to accept this or not. We each have pride, whether that comes out in gossip to lift our fragile ego or whether it simply seeps out in the quiet corners of our thinking. We all have hatred, anger in us, and whether this comes out in a blatant tongue lashing of another or a punishing silent treatment of another, it's there. We all have our ways of trying to disconnect from reality, from feeling what we need to feel, whether that be through busy-ness, constant background noise to keep us from facing our thoughts, or a full-blown addiction we try to mask, it's there in each of us. We are all wounded in some way or another. We're all the same. Each just a different kind of broken but each with potential to let beauty grow, where there has been breaking.

"Beloved" Necklace Giveaway Winner

Photo by @nc_mountaingirl. So happy that your received your necklace!

GIVEAWAY!!!

Hey you guys!!! It's giveaway time!! I'm so moved by how God used this necklace to help correct my heart, so I want to give one away to you lovely ladies! Here's how to enter: 

1. Repost photo on your account and tag @freetobemejournal 

2. Leave an encouraging comment below tagging 3 friends 

3. Your account cannot be on private 

4. Use #freetobemejournalgiveaway when reposting 

HAVE FUN friends!! Speak life into others!! Winner will be chosen on October 20th!!! 

"Beloved" Necklace

     Just finished listing these in the shop www.iwonderoriginal.storenvy.com Have a beautiful day today, friends!!! If you would like to know more about this design and how it came to be, there is a previous post that explains everything. It is a photo of two "Beloved" necklaces. 

"Beloved" Necklace Limited Design

     Guess what?!?  I have ONLY 4 of these available!! These are so gorgeous and I wish I could keep them all!! Haha!! $26. Leave your PayPal email to claim!! This would make a perfect gift for a friend who needs a little bit of love. Be change!! www.iwonderoriginal.storenvy.com

"Beloved" Necklace

     Let's be encouragers and offer support to each other... a smile or simple but sincere "How are you today?" can boost someone's spirit and make them feel special to know someone cared. If God has laid someone on your heart this morning, don't push it aside. A text, email or phone call letting them know you care can brighten someone's day immensely!! Leave your PayPal email below to claim this beautiful necklace. $26. More available at www.iwonderoriginal.storenvy.com 

"Beloved" necklaces

     Hey! These "Beloved" necklaces are about to be added to the shop!! Go to my feed and check out the post about these necklaces. Let God lead your life!! You are a beloved Child of God!!  Love you friends!! www.iwonderoriginal.storenvy.com

Hand Stamped Necklace - Beloved

     Sometimes God uses our weaknesses to show us we need to depend and trust in Him. I absolutely cannot stand when people place last minute plans or 'ideas' in my lap and expect it to be a piece of cake. I know that's terrible to say... but it's true. I like to be prepared and while I am very spontaneous, I like to know ahead of time what others expect of me or want me to do. I want to be the best I can be. However, sometimes I think I try so hard that I become obsessed and become such a grouch. I forget that I'm not going to please everyone and that I am not ever going to be perfect. I forget that I have a Heavenly Father who wants me to lean on Him and to take my frustration away. Well, two weeks ago, my mom and aunt left for a mission trip with a few other ladies. They let me know two days before they left that it would be so nice if I would make a necklace for each of the ladies. Of course I said yes even though on the inside I was screaming and angry... once again, I was not trusting God to help me and I was again struggling with being a perfectionist. My mom wanted me to use my metal stamping supplies - stuff I bought months ago but have never attempted... Well... needless to say, I made a necklace but was not pleased with the outcome. I hurried to Hobby lobby with my grandma and she listening to my ideas and encouraged me to not stress. I began to pray and ask God to help guide me and for me to trust that He would take care of everything. Almost immediately, the design for the necklace in the photo above came to mind. The previous stress of making sure the necklace was perfect and meaningful for the ladies was gone. When I asked my mom and aunt what they wanted stamped on the necklace, they came up with 'Beloved'. When they gave the necklaces to the other ladies, one said that God had put the word 'Beloved' on her heart through scripture two weeks before. Also, a lady they met in the airport wanted one to buy one. So all of that to say... don't be like me! Put your life, faith, and trust in God!!! Give HIM your worries, fears and desires!! He will guide you and use you in ways you cannot imagine!! Let him lead your life!!!