and the winner is...

Amy, whom I just discovered has two blogs! You go girl, I'm still drooling over your recipes as well as your sweet little boy! Congrats, and God bless you on your new journey of everyday miracles! So glad to hear you will also be a future blogging for books participant!

Also, I'm looking for opportunities to expand and review other items, especially anything having to do with these young ins I have running around underfoot. Here's a special message from the eldest:
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According to him it says, "I typed!"

You Were Born For This blog tour

Thanks to the program, Blogging for Books, I got a chance to read Bruce Wilkinson's new book You Were Born For This 7 Keys to a Life of Predictable Miracles. I also have a copy to giveaway free to you! Here's the summary.

Anyone can do a good deed, but some good works can only happen by a direct intervention from God. Around the world these acts are called miracles—not that even religious people expect to see one any time soon. But what would happen if millions of ordinary people walked out each morning expecting God to deliver a miracle through them to a person in need? You Were Born for This starts with the dramatic premise that everyone at all times is in need of a miracle, and that God is ready to meet those needs supernaturally through ordinary people who are willing to learn how Heaven works.

In the straightforward, story-driven, highly motivating style for which he is known, Wilkinson describes how anyone can help others experience miracles in such universally significant arenas of life as finances, practical help, relationships, purpose, and spiritual growth.

You Were Born for This will change how readers see their world, and what they expect God can do through them to meet real needs. They will master seven simple tools of service, and come to say with confidence, “I want to deliver a supernatural gift from God to someone in need today—and now I know how!”

What did I think of the book? Well, it does present some neat insight into what Wilkinson calls 'everyday miracles.' I just love the first hand accounts of how God used him to meet a very pertinent need in some one's life, thus allowing him to be involved in the making of an everyday miracle. It clearly moves past coincidence to nothing short of miraculous when he gives a complete stranger the exact amount of money she had prayed for that morning to pay for rent (unbeknownst to him). These stories have the fingerprint of God all over it, so cool. Throughout the book, there are a few of these great testimonies to the everyday miracle territory. Overall though, the book almost reads like a 'how to' manual for partnering with God to help perform these everyday miracles. It has helped me to refocus and be more intentional, and per Wilkinson's advice, praying for situations where God can use me to help perform an everyday miracle in someone else's life. It's good stuff. Here's a chance to score your own copy. Leave me a comment with your thoughts on miracles. Do you believe in them, have you ever heard of one, been a part of one, prayed for one? Share your story. For me, hearing personal accounts of where God has stepped in always helps strengthen my faith. Alright, you have one week to enter the drawing, so go forth and comment. And if you can't come up with anything else, then just translate the word 'miracle' in a few different languages. That should be amusing enough.

Check out this video link of Bruce Wilkinson introducing the book.

Check here to find out more about how to purchase this or other Random House titles.

Check back on the 25th to see who the lucky winner is!