Whether you are just starting out or you already enjoy a thriving, profitable business, God is interested in every aspect of it. God loves you, He cares about you and your business, and He wants to bless you – in ways you can’t even begin to imagine!  (1 Corinthians 2:9).

My friend Laurie Neumann asked me to write an article for her website Christian Home Business Connection.  Here is her blog post with the link to my article.

While you are there, be sure to check out Laurie’s website. Her site is a wealth of information on having a home business. She’s a wonderful, giving person, an anointed writer, and she has great, practical resources available to encourage you and to help you in your home business. I just love Laurie!

Want to go even deeper with your business?  I especially recommend Laurie’s membership site, The Christian’s Guide to Starting a Home Business. It is packed with wonderful info for your home business – AND for the first month’s resources, Laurie interviewed me, so I want you to hear it!      This membership site will truly bless and encourage you with all of Laurie’s goodies – even with bonuses from experts like Jimmy D. Brown, Alice Seba, and Kelly McCausey.

PS:  Don’t forget to check out my article at Laurie’s site here. I also love her site’s newest article on business success for introverts.

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.

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

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 sat down to work on my to-do list, and found myself majorly bawking while writing my latest ebook.  The word that came to mind was resistance.

Resistance can be a good or a bad thing. Resistance training is exercise that causes your muscles to work against resistance, like lifting weights or lifting your own body’s weight to help build stronger, dense bones.  The training is designed to increase your body’s strength, power, and muscular endurance.  Think Jillian Michaels on The Biggest Loser pushing you.

Resistance can also be a military’s action of resisting the enemy’s advance, a secret group organized to overthrow the government, a union strike (such as the recent Spirit airline’s pay strike), immunity (the condition in which an organism can resist disease), and in psychiatry resistance is an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into concious awareness.

So was my resistance to writing good or bad?  There’s a reason we resist things. The fact is, it just wasn’t happening!  I “closed shop,” and went on to do other things like this blog – which came to me much more easily! 

Yes, I know we’re supposed to “eat that frog” as Brian Tracy says (doing the ugliest, hardest thing first in our day to avoid procrastination), but I don’t like to think of my ebook as an ugly frog!  I really LOVE writing and I don’t want it to EVER become a chore! 

Teaching at a large conference, Joyce Meyer told a story of sitting down to read her Bible one morning, and it felt very dull and boring to her that day. Maybe it was just her frame of mind that day, or hormones, or distraction. But she just gave up after a few minutes, and used the example to encourage her audience that we don’t have to do some kind of religious ritual to have a close relationship with God or to accomplish our goals in life.  She said it just wasn’t happening for her that day!  She went on and did other things, and later came back to read the Bible.  It was enjoyable for her then.

Of course, there are times when we need to push through the resistance to get important tasks done.  Think of the woman who pushed past all obstacles to touch the hem of Jesus’ garment so she would be healed of her issue of blood.  If she hadn’t pushed through the crowd, she would have never gotten what she wanted.

We should look inside and ask why we are resisting whatever it is.  Do we have a fear of success?  Are we afraid if we lose the weight, our relationships with others will change? (Sometimes they do – weight loss can trigger other people’s jealousy and trigger feelings of insecurity).  Do we feel unworthy of having great wealth?  Do we fight and argue all the time because deep down we’re scared of intimacy?  What is the reason for your resistance?

Journal what comes to mind. Pray about your resistance. Blast through it with determination and healthy, positive,  empowering thoughts.  Do it afraid.  Take responsibility and take charge of your destiny. 

Let nothing hold you back from your dreams!  “But as Scripture says: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined the things that God has prepared for those who love him.” (1 Corinthians 2:9, God’s Word Translation)

But remember that there are other times when we need to listen to ourselves, the  inner wisdom God has given us.  Set goals, accomplish your dreams, but don’t be chained to your to-do list today.  Do one or two priority A  tasks that need your focused attention, and then work on the rest at a later point.  

There are times when we need a relentless Jillian on our case to get to where we want to be, such as when we are wanting to lose weight, record an audio, prepare a speech, study for a college class test, submit an article, cater a dinner.  There are other times when Jillian is just a little too much, and we just need to take a breather…and eat a small piece of chocolate! 

Ok, now back to work!

Short clip of Biggest Loser (which makes me seriously rethink my last sentence about the chocolate!)

Do you have a consistent, daily quiet time with God?  Are you fulfilling your purpose?  Are you pursuing your passion?  

Well, my webinar encourages and empowers you in all three of these areas. I want you to live your passion out loud – to really enjoy your life and to fulfill your great destiny in Christ. 

The ladies who joined me for this event and I had fun. If you missed it and are disappointed, don’t worry – it’s now available for sale!  And there are more webinars coming up in the months ahead!  Just stay tuned.

If you are not already on my personal mailing list, be sure to go to the top of the page on the right hand side and get signed up today. That way, you won’t miss any new updates about the upcoming webinars.

To learn more about how you can get your copy of my webinar, click here.

Beth Jones

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