My Lifetime Story Challenge 52 ~ A Letter to Future Generations

Our year of My Lifetime Story Challenges has come to an end. We plan to continue to post a My Lifetime Story challenge periodically because we realize that there is still much to add to our stories! Make sure to stay tuned to Faithsisters and check out the new challenges to come in 2011! We are working on another great challenge that you are not going to want to miss this new year~ announcement coming soon!!

Before we go any futher I would like to encourage you to leave a comment to let our faithful Creative Team know how much you have appreciated their work this year for the My Lifetime Story Challenge! Life got in the way for many, we thank all of you that have taken part in this challenge and all of you that served on the Creative Team for any amount of time. A very special thanks to these ladies who have stuck it through to the very end! Your hard work and dedication has been such a blessing to so many. You may never know how much until you are in heaven, but we hope that this challenge has been a blessing to you throughout all of that work and will continue to be a blessing to you and your family as you cherish your Lifetime Story album.

Although there are many things left to tell in our Lifetime Story albums and we have no plans of being finished, we found it fitting to go ahead and end the year of challenges with the final page of the album. Make sure to allow room to put page protectors in before this page as you continue to add to your story!

For the final page we would like to encourage you to write a letter to the next generation about Jesus. Picture them reading this last story in your album. They've met Jesus through your life, and their hearts are tender. Now, bring it on home. Share the love!


My Letter reads...
I hope you have had as much fun reading my lifetime story as I have had sharing it with you. When you read my stories did you feel a tugging at your heart? Maybe you heard yourself saying, "I would like to know God like that." Jesus tells us to come to Him like little children. Little children don't wait to figure out the love of God, they just run into his arms. Would you liked to be loved, forgiven and held by Him like I have? All you have to do is believe that Jesus is the Son of God and that he took the punishment for your sins on the cross so that you could be forgiven and he rose from the dead three days later and is waiting for you in heaven! He is real. He is alive. He loves you very much. All of the blessings and miracles that I have had can be yours too. Jesus is my rock. He has healed me from sickness and poured blessing after blessing over my life. This storybook would not be filled with such happy memories if it weren't for my Jesus. I want you to know the wonderful love of Jesus. He is not a secret that should be kept but shared with the world! He wants to have a relationship with you. Just BELIEVE and ask him to come into your life. He will change your life forever. You will never be sorry! I love you. ~Michelle


Be sure to follow this challenge in our forum and post your page in our gallery under the appropriate category! If you are a digital scrapbooker, be sure to find some great products in our shop to help you with your project!


Here are a few inspirational examples from the team for this challenge:
by JackieaAnn


by Sharon


by Tammy


by Amy

My Lifetime Story Challenge 51 - Today's Technology

Have a very Merry Christmas this week! Happy Birthday Jesus!

If you would have told me fifteen years ago that I would have hundreds of friends from all over the county, and other countries I would have thought you were crazy. If you would have told me that I would be able to talk to them on a daily basis I would have known you were crazy because there is no way I could have afforded to call hundreds of friends long distance, let alone have the time to talk to all those people!

The internet has changed our lives in such a dramatic way! I really do have hundreds of friends that I communicate with on a daily basis. Many of those friends who I know from the internet are some of my nearest and dearest friends at heart. Those friendships would never have been possible if it weren't for the internet.

Imagine how much things are going to change in the future. It is hard to think that anything more could be invented, haven't they thought of it all already?? However, I know in 10 years we will be looking back at this post and laughing at how primitive the internet was back then!

Create a layout about your daily uses of technology. Talk about how things have changed over the years. Are there things that you dislike about technology? How do you thinks things might look in the future technology wise?


Be sure to follow this challenge in our forum and post your page in our gallery under the appropriate category! If you are a digital scrapbooker, be sure to find some great products in our shop to help you with your project!


Here are a few inspirational examples from the team for this challenge:

by Karma


by Tammy


by JackieAnn


by Amy


By Sharon

My Lifetime Story Challenge 50 - I Believe In Miracles

It is hard to believe that we are nearing the end of our year of My Lifetime Story Challenges! 2010 is drawing to an end and so is this weekly challenge. But never fear! Our stories will continue and so will this challenge. We plan to continue to add challenges to this My Lifetime Story album!

This week is all about Miracles. There seems no better time to talk about Miracles than right here at Christmas as we reflect on the miraculous birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Miracles are hard to believe. Usually, they don't make sense. Many times people have a hard time believing in miracles and try to prove them with natural reasonsing. Do you believe in miracles?

Here are some miracles from the bible:
Read Luke 5:4-7
Read Acts 16:24-26
Read John 4:46-54
Read Matthew 14

These are just a few examples of miracles. God performed many miracles in bibile times. Do you believe that God still performs miracles today?

"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever" ~Hebrew 13:8

This week journal about why you believe in miracles. Start your journaling out "I believe in miracles because... then tell the story of a miracle or miracles you have witnessed or heard about.



It is important that we help our future generations to see the stories of God's power displayed in our lives, it will build their faith to believe that He will intervene in miraculous ways in their lives too.

Be sure to follow this challenge in our forum and post your page in our gallery under the appropriate category! If you are a digital scrapbooker, be sure to find some great products in our shop to help you with your project!


Here are a few inspirational examples from the team for this challenge:

by Tammy


by Amy



by JackieAnn

My Lifetime Story Challenge 49 - Family Traditions and Celebrations

December seems like a fitting time to think about our family traditions and celebrations.

Create a layout about the traditions and celebrations that your family cherishes.
This will be an important part of your story because it adds to your rich personal history. What about these memories and traditions is important to you? Why do you want to pass these memories and traditions on to the ones that you love?

Be sure to follow this challenge in our forum and post your page in our gallery under the appropriate category! If you are a digital scrapbooker, be sure to find some great products in our shop to help you with your project!


Here are a few inspirational examples from the team for this challenge:



by JackieAnn


by Amy


by Sharon

My Lifetime Story Challenge 48 - God's Fingerprints on My Life

Last week we created pages about when God has provided for us. This week let's focus on the everyday Fingerprints of God that we see in our lives. For some of you that have been doing challenges with us for a long time...you may have done this challenge in the past, but certainly there are more fingerprints that you can add to your My Lifetime Story Album!

There are Fingerprints from God in your life everyday all day, simply because He loves us.

If we’re not actively looking for his fingerprints, we may not recognize them, but some are so big that it would be impossible for them to go unnoticed. These are the moments that you want to harness because they offer life-changing, faith-growing power! To me this is what Faithbooking is all about! As we remember these times and recognize God’s fingerprints in all of our experiences, our faith grows and our confidence about the future grows.

Be sure to follow this challenge in our forum and post your page in our gallery under the appropriate category! If you are a digital scrapbooker, be sure to find some great products in our shop to help you with your project!


Here are a few inspirational examples from the team for this challenge: 


by Tammy


By JackieAnn


By Amy

My Lifetime Story Challenge 47 - When God Has Provided For Me

"And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus." ~Philippians 4:19

God desires to provide for us. Many times he requires an action of faith and obedience to set his provisions for us into motion. I can think of many times when I have needed something- financial, emotional, spiritual, relational, or physical. Almost every time God already had a solution but wanted me to first trust in Him and step out in faith, believing He would provide. Many times stepping out is a scary thing, but I have found that it gets easier everytime, because each time he provides my faith grows stronger for the next time I need to step out.

Think back over time and remember a time when God supernaturally supplied your needs and create a page about it. . 

Be sure to follow this challenge in our forum and post your page in our gallery under the appropriate category! If you are a digital scrapbooker, be sure to find some great products in our shop to help you with your project!


Here are a few inspirational examples from the team for this challenge: 


by Tammy


by JackieAnn


by Amy


by Sharon


by Heather

My Lifetime Story Challenge 46 - Count Your Many Blessings

What are you thankful for? If you are like me, you can probably think of many, many things.

This week do as the old hymn says....
Count your blessings, name them one by one,
Count your blessings, see what God has done. 

Can you count all the amazing blessings in your life? Having your blessings laid out in front of you will leave an important legacy, and give you many reasons to smile this Thanksgiving and many more to come!

Be sure to follow this challenge in our forum and post your page in our gallery under the appropriate category! If you are a digital scrapbooker, be sure to find some great products in our shop to help you with your project!


Here are a few inspirational examples from the team for this challenge: 



by Karma


by JackieAnn


by Tammy


by Amy


by Sharon


by Amy J.


by Heather

My Lifetime Story - Challenge 45

In our home, family meal time is a cherished part of our day. We pray together, eat, and talk about our day.

This week create a layout about family meals. This would also be a good place to share some of your favorite recipes. 

Be sure to follow this challenge in our forum and post your page in our gallery under the appropriate category! If you are a digital scrapbooker, be sure to find some great products in our shop to help you with your project!


Here are a few inspirational examples from the team for this challenge: 


by Tammy


by JackieAnn


by Amy

My Lifetime Story Challenge 44 - What makes me... sad, afraid, mad?

 

We have already scrapbooked about our favorite things and the things that make us happy.  Now it is time to focus on the things that make us sad, afraid and mad. 

Life isn't always a bowl of cherries, sometimes there are lots of pits in the bowl with the cherries!  We need to include a little of the pits in our "My Lifetime Story" albums as well.  When our children and future generations look back on these albums we want them to see that even among the fear, sadness and disappointments we continue to live for the Lord as is shown on the other pages of our album. 

This week create a layout or layouts about the things that make you sad, afraid and mad.

Be sure to follow this challenge in our forum and post your page in our gallery under the appropriate category! If you are a digital scrapbooker, be sure to find some great products in our shop to help you with your project!


Here are a few inspirational examples from the team for this challenge: 


by Tammy


by Heather


by  Sharon


by JackieAnn


by Kimberly