Hello, everyone.  How are you?  Have you started gearing up for the holidays yet?  I know.  This year seems to be going so fast.  It may seem a little early to be thinking about Christmas, especially since it seems like summer was just a few days ago.

However, it is never too early to start ordering Christmas cards.  And guess what...  I have good news.  DUO Inspirations is now offering new designs of Christmas greeting cards.  There is something for everyone.  And, if you don't see anything you like, I can possibly even customize or personalize something for you.  But... you have to act now.

Here are some Christmas card options for you by DUO Inspirations:

To purchase greeting cards from DUO Inspirations, please fill out a contact form or message DUO Inspirations on Facebook.  Thank you.

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Just a note:

The envelopes will be white.  These are beautifully done display mock ups by Rhonda Patton.  She is a talented graphic designer who created these mock ups just for me.  I appreciate her beautiful work and talent.

If you need any graphic design work, I would recommend Rhonda Patton for your graphic design needs.  You can contact her at Freckled Frog Designs on Facebook.

     Hello everyone.  I am pleasantly surprised at how well DUO Inspirations is doing so far.  I consider myself a fairly creative person.  However, DUO Inspirations has brought out creativity in me that I didn't even know I possessed.  I am learning, doing, and even selling inspirational products that I wouldn't even imagined a short time ago.  I am also meeting some very nice and inspirational people.

     Hello everyone.  I would like to introduce to you a wonderful friend of mine, Rhonda Patton.  She is a great friend with much talent and inspiration.  She is here today to share a personal story about keeping a prayer journal.  Thank you, Rhonda, for sharing with us today.

Hello all.  My name is Rhonda Patton.  I am the author of Ted and Raymond’s Children’s books.  My website is www.thecroak500.com.

For years I wrote a daily prayer journal.  This helped me really get into the feeling of prayer.  It touched my heart to write my deepest feelings to God out on paper and keep a journal.  It helped me on my daily journey with God.

The church I go to suggested to keep a prayer book or journal to see God’s work.  When you write in this journal put a date and time if you want specifics.  I just wrote a date.  The pastor told everyone when you pray, pray for specific things. 

Every morning I would pray, but every night at bedtime I would write my heart on a piece of paper.  I would open a simple notebook telling God how my day went or how someone was in need of prayer.

I recently started getting my notebooks out and reading information on bible stories I taught to kindergarten kids and looking back at everything I learned.  My heart was touched once again when I started reading my journal.

In my journal on August 28th, 2008, I asked a certain prayer request that touches my heart deep knowing God made a path for me exactly one year later.

On this date I write:

Dear precious Father,
Please help us clean out our bills and forgive us of our debt Lord so we can move on and have another child soon Lord. Prepare us a way in YOUR will. Lord I thank you for the money you have provided for us already to make ends meet. I thank you for Chet's job he started today. I thank you for Madison doing well in school. Keep her safe and happy. She is so blessed in you. She is your beautiful child. Be with the Church and the daycare.

There is a lot more. But do you see what happened on this date....

GOD made a way for us to have a child and find out on the VERY EXACT DAY I asked. Also I had been praying for Chet a job and he got it on THIS VERY DAY.­­

ON AUG 28th 2008 we were having a garage sale. The night before we took the test. We thought it wasn’t working because there was NOTHING on the stick... I didn’t want to be let down by a no, so my husband looked at it the morning of Aug 28th. He asked what two lines meant.... IT MEANT WE WERE EXPECTING A CHILD...

This date also had another special meaning to me.  My grandma’s birthday is August 28th.  She passed away on August 1, 2005.

Remember the timing is GOD’s Time.  Not ours.  If you really want to see if you have amazingly answered prayers, start a journal.  I was always told to ask for specific things. He even gave me a specific date.  How AWESOME is our GOD!?!