God created all of us differently – men are different from women, we all have different personalities, we have different learning styles, we love different things. It is the same way with our interests.

Some of us are interested in traveling, seeing new places, meeting new people, trying different ethnic foods. Others love sports, internet marketing, gardening, crocheting, running, getting more education, painting, writing, or just staying at home, loving on our families. Whatever it is that you enjoy, God created you that way.

Maybe my ebook Walking With God or my 7-audio devotional series is not for you. You don’t have time to listen to seven different audios, or even want to!   But a webinar that is as short as a lunch break may be just the thing for you!  It will encourage, refresh, and inspire you to draw closer to God, to discover and fulfill your purpose, and to leave a godly legacy to your children.  In other words, you’re not in the mood for spaghetti, but you might just love the duck l’orange!

This week check out Tara’s website. You will just LOVE her. (While you’re there, fill out her survey as  a favor to her.) This lady is classy, anointed, and will encourage you about Biblical parenting.  If you’re not already registered for our webinar on Tuesday, July 27 at 11 a.m. CT, sign up today as space is limited.  With this webinar, you will be sure to dine with your destiny! 

To register for our webinar, just click here.

Here is a video to encourage you to evaluate where you’re at right now in your life so that you can get to where you want to be.

Vlog about award

Let me know what you think. If you have any comments or questions, email me at elizabethdjones@gmail.com.  Just click on the link and enjoy!

Video tour

Whether you are a first time visitor or a faithful reader and/or subscriber, I want to welcome you to my website Tablet Of My Heart. I am so glad you are here!  There are so many websites online, and they all navigate differently.

I LOVE WordPress and believe it is simply the BEST, but I wanted to give you a tour of my home on the web which includes screenshots (my newest learning curve!). This article can help you understand how to more easily navigate my website – a more personal tour guide.   

Just click on the link below for your pdf article, and enjoy!  If you have any questions, email me at elizabethdjones@gmail.com.

Tour of my website

It’s so hard to believe because it seems just yesterday I was holding her as a newborn in her soft, white blanket. The years have flown, and as I look back in retrospect, I ask the question that haunts all moms from time to time when we’ve had a bad hair day and have been too impatient:  Have I been a good mother?  Am I a godly example to her of a wife and mom?

I fear that sometimes I am much more in need of being taught by God, than me being able to teach her anything.  And so many times Leah teaches me profound things that come straight from the throne of  God.  ”Of such is the kingdom of God.”  

There are times that I fuss too much about trivial things like her wearing the Panda shirt too often (her favorite shirt she’s had for over a year and won’t give up) and that I don’t tell her nearly enough how wonderful, beautiful, and great she is. (I do tell her these things – just not enough!)

That I need to smile, laugh, and relax with her and my family much more, and work less sometimes.  My family is my greatest treasure, but do they really know it?  Or am I sometimes too absorbed in other things?

That I don’t want my tombstone to be engraved with, “She liked a clean house,” but instead with, ”She loved  others like Jesus did.”

That I remember soon, all too soon, Leah will be grown – as her older sisters are –  and the house will be much, much too quiet and my regrets much too loud.  What then? 

As I lay in bed tonight, my heart filled with love for her and my eyes wet with tears, I am amazed that the years have passed so fast. My baby is driving now. My prayer is that with the rest of the years I have her here at home, I will consistently “ponder these things” in my heart, as Mary did, and BECOME by the power of Christ in me the great, godly mother she needs and I so desire to be.

And that one day –  by some miracle of God, by my own willingness to be completely broken and transformed before the Lord – yes, that one day, Leah and our other daughters will be able to look at me and say, “I’m so glad you are my mother, and that you have shown me how to be a woman of God” – before driving away to her destiny.

Are you experiencing purposeful, passionate living for Christ – and passing it on to your children?  Join Tara McClenahan and Beth Jones for an exciting, fun webinar coming up on Tuesday, July 27, 2010, at 11 a.m. Central Time!  This is Module #2 of 3 P’s in a Pod: Prayer, Purpose, Passion.

Tara is an anointed speaker and writer, and is a Christian Parenting/Life Coach associated with Ibloom, an organization dedicated to inspire Christian women to allow God to have an impact in and through their lives.  Tara’s focus is helping Christian moms have an impact on their children’s spiritual development by being a Godly example and nurturing them as God gives us guidance in His Word.  Her website, Live Your Legacy Today, is  at http://taramcclenahan.com/.

I am SO excited Tara will be joining me for this event! I am also thrilled that this time, attendees WILL be able to chat during the webinar. Now I have my own webinar room at Christian Women Affiliate, which has great webinar features.

Now, why should you attend this webinar?

• It’s fun! You will make new friends and be able to network!
• You will be encouraged and empowered to discover and fulfill your purpose, pursue your heart’s passion, and intentionally pass on a Godly legacy to your children!
• You will learn something new!
• No expensive costs! (It’s free to attend.)
• No hassles, no crowds or waiting in line, no parking places to worry about!
• You get great bonus goodies just for coming!
• You will both see and hear the speakers on video and be able  to chat with the speakers and attendees in real time during the webinar presentations!

It’s going to be great.  Are you excited? Well, I am. I can’t wait! 

To learn more, just click here.  Listen to the video testimonials about my first webinar, 3 P’s in a Pod: Prayer, Purpose, Passion, which was the launch-off for this July 27 webinar and more to come.

But hurry!   Space is limited for this webinar, so be sure to sign up today.

The ebook goes into more depth for each of the three points that I covered in the webinar –  prayer, purpose, and passion. This ebook will encourage and empower you to walk in your God-ordained purpose and destiny. Best of all, it is just $10.00 and includes bonus goodies!  To learn more and to watch video testimonials about the webinar, just click here.

If you missed this first webinar, be sure to sign up for my personal mailing list at the top of the page on the right hand side to get all the latest updates for some exciting things ahead.

I am planning another webinar for the end of July (Module 2 of Prayer, Purpose, and Passion), so stay tuned.  An anointed speaker is joining me, and I am so excited about this! 

 You can make new friends at the webinars, view the presenters on video, and chat with the presenters and other attendees in real time!   AND, there will be more bonus goodies!   It’s going to be so much FUN and I can’t wait!

Again, to learn more about my new ebook and to watch video testimonials, just click here.

What are you good at?  What are your gifts, talents, and passions?  Join me here for my vlog on using what you’re good at!

Vlog on gifts and talents

Today I wanted to just get out of the house and do something new and fun. I drove with our daughter Leah two hours to Springfield, MO, to Dickerson Park Zoo. It has pretty landscaping with flowers, a sundial, and fountains, displays a variety of animals, provides shaded spots to give you relief from the heat, and is very reasonably priced (adults and teens $8, children ages 3 to 12 are $5).

At the zoo today, I pondered these things from God, observing the animals:

• It’s going to take some work to reach your desired destination in life (the two hour drive to Springfield)
• Walk in Christ’s humility; don’t call undue attention to yourself or be prideful (peacocks who kept yelling obnoxiously and strutting around)
• Follow the leader – the Lord Jesus!  (baby geese following the mother goose)
• Stop stressing!  Enter God’s rest each day (the kangaroos, tiger, and lions laying in the shade from the heat)
• Get connected with others – you and others will be blessed (giraffe eating cracker from the child)
• We really need each other, both in our family and friend relationships, and in joint ventures (flamingos, zebras)
• Things are not always what they seem, and our enemy is crafty and evil with plans to destroy us (huge python looked dead in glass box, but was very much alive; cheetah was hidden in the grass, but is the fastest mammal on earth)
• Sometimes the most beautiful blessings come when you least expect them (my favorite bird, the red cardinal,  flew near us as we were walking on the trail)
• Use what you’ve got to get what you want! (elephants using their feet and trunks to eat the grass, monkeys using their long tails for movement)

Here are some brief vlogs of Leah’s and my trip to the zoo today. Enjoy!

Vlog of drive to Springfield

Vlog of 3 baby geese following their mommy

Vlog of flamingos at Dickerson Park Zoo, Springfield

Vlog of kangaroos at Dickerson Park Zoo, Springfield

Vlog of Leah by waterfall

Vlog of giraffe eating cracker from child

Vlog of elephant eating grass at Dickerson Park Zoo, Springfield

What are some of your plans this summer?  This week our daughter Leah and I did some “pet sitting” for friends who took a trip to Michigan.  Below is a brief clip of Tucker (red golden retriever) and Grace (part Beagle puppy).  They were always glad to see us as well as the cat, Todd (who’s much more calm than the dogs, who love to jump on you.) Tucker also enjoys playing “soccer,” chasing the ball and picking it up with his teeth after you kick it.

This summer I have a checklist of things to do.  Have you made your checklist?  What are your summer plans?

• Become more of a student of God’s word
• Do fun things with my kids and grandkids
• Take some road trips to someplace new
• Go on at least a mini-vacation with Ray, ALONE
• Read some new good books. Eat, Pray, Love is on my list to read -although I do NOT agree with palm reading or eastern meditation!  The movie with Julia Roberts comes out soon, and I can’t wait!   The  trailer’s lines intrigued me – “Who are you?….Risk everything…I used to have this appetite for my life.”   My favorite line that Julia says in the trailer is, “I want to go someplace where I can marvel at something.” 
• Get at least a little tan (each summer I should win the award for whitest legs)
• Increase my productivity and fruitfulness for God without being just busier
• Exercise regulary (3-4 times weekly minimum), applying the ideas from the Fat Loss Motivation Report.
• Somehow get to the beach this summer!  A must!
• Have more webinars and prepare for my two speaking engagements in the fall
• Laugh more – savor the blessing of life from God!

Below,  enjoy the brief clip of the dogs, Tucker and Grace. Don’t you just love dogs’ happy expressions?

Here is the movie trailer from Eat, Pray, Love with Julia Roberts.