Some of you may be wondering about your personal calling in life. Being married or not being married can indeed be a calling. So can having children or having no children, working outside the home or being a full-time mom, traveling on a job or staying in an office, working out of your home or being president of something, sewing drapes, cooking at the school cafeteria, finding a cure for cancer, or creating a better meat thermometer. Dare I say, your calling in life lies not in what you do but in who you are?

Remember this. Scripture says God created us for the express purpose of giving himself the joy of loving us. In being loved, we return that love. That is who we are: persons loved by God. When we return his love, we do it in a spirit of response that produces service to him. That is what our relationship with him is all about. If we do things for God because we are trying to pay him back, we miss the point of the relationship. We are not asked to earn the relationship; we are asked to receive the relationship.

So what is the call for each of our lives? To receive God's love and return God's love. We can experience that in everything we do.

Men are . . . different . . . from women. (Perhaps you've noticed?) As author Paula Rinehart says, "Men aren't women with big feet and beards. They are completely other."

Faced with this knowledge, women have several options. You can:

A) Waste time wishing men were more like women (example: good with words, empathetic, etc.)

B) Try to make your man be more like a woman (almost certainly doomed to fail) or

C) Learn how men are designed and become a relational genius.

HINT: go for Option C, it's by far the most rewarding. You can start with What's He Really Thinking, a girl's guide to "understanding the man you love" and "loving the man you understand." BONUS: It's 25% off right now! Details here.


	Mac Powell is well-known as a man blessed with creative vision, so when he called some of his favorite musicians to join him for a retreat in a secluded cabin, everyone was looking forward to the results. Glory Revealed II: The Word of God in Worship is a follow-up to the 2007 project, a multi-Dove Award-winner in 2008. Like the first project, Glory Revealed II is a collection featuring many of the top names in music, among them Amy Grant, Casting Crown's Mark Hall, Natalie Grant, Matt Maher, Kari Jobe and others. Read more here.

When I was a teenager, my sister made it possible for me to go to an event. Although I'd grown up in church, THAT SINGLE EVENT turned my life completely around. I've never been the same. I didn't even know what I needed; I just knew something was missing. My big sister didn't know either but God used her in an amazing way. She found out about that event for teenagers and she made it possible for me to go.

Recently I was at a messaging meeting for Women of Faith's event for teen girls, The Revolve Tour. It's been amazing, encouraging, and enlightening. Did you know . . . Click here to read more.

Dear Women of Faith,

You were right—high school rings and charm bracelets just aren't worn anymore and what good are they serving sitting in my jewelry box? So it wasn't too difficult to bundle these things up and send them off.

About a month prior to this the air conditioning in our van quit. My husband and I had been arguing about whether or not we could afford to fix it . . . We are also planning to drive this same van from Cleveland to New Mexico in late August and I had no desire to do this with no air conditioning.

Well, I was pleasantly surprised when the check arrived from Red Swan for $606. The estimate to fix the air conditioning was $650. Needless to say, I won the argument and we are now enjoying a cool ride and a happier marriage. Thank you for introducing me to this opportunity and feel free to share my story if it will help convince other ladies to take advantage of turning old relics into cash to save marriages.

Click here to find out how your unwanted jewelry could help you.

Beautiful Mess: The Story of Diamond Rio

$20.25

Can a band comprised of six very talented but very different musicians make a difference with their music?

What made it possible for Diamond Rio to weather the storms inherent in the fickle world of fame and fortune and go more than two decades without a single lineup change? Can true loyalty exist within the competitive, seemingly unforgiving music industry?

A wild ride from the edge of disaster and a little-known secret to an ongoing heart-warming revival.

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