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MY MISSION

Empowering women to give their best life through giving to themselves and others, practicing gratitude, and pursuing one good goal, with a foundation of faith.

© 2021 Stephanie L. Jones, Giving Gal

On my giving journey, and over the past ten years,

On my giving journey, and over the past ten years, I’ve focused buying my gifts from small businesses.

I often wish people could see the work, effort, money, frustration, and tears that go into a small business. We don’t do it for the money, but to share our passion and purpose.

And for me, every book helps care for an orphan, feed the hungry, support a Veteran, and spread the Gospel.

If you need Christmas gifts, or want to donate my new children’s book to your local school or library, today is the day to support my small business!

I can’t express the joy I receive by every order!

Thanks for all of your support. It means more than you’ll ever know and it helps me continue to publish books that make a difference and change lives.

Today is all about giving thanks, but how do we em

Today is all about giving thanks, but how do we embrace and use gratitude as a tool, everyday, to get us through the good and bad days.

Here’s six ways you might find helpful:

1. Write down what you are thankful for. Keep a pen and journal handy for jotting down three to five things you are grateful for each day. When you have a bad day, pick up your journal to help you focus on the good. Check out Thank You Notes to God, it's a great journal I created to help you start and continue this habit.

2. Focus on the now. Stop yourself from saying; I'll be grateful when (fill in the blank). Look at your surroundings, be in the moment, and find the good right where you are. What I've discovered is, when we get to the future, we'll have something else we'll be chasing. Stay in the now.

3. Slow down. Take time to pause throughout your day, have a stop and smell the roses moment, and be grateful for what you notice when you slow down. If this season has slowed you down, jot down what you've seen that maybe you didn't realize before. Be grateful for the new discoveries.

4. Lessons learned. Take note of lessons you learn during the upcoming holiday season that are teaching you about yourself. Write it down in your journal and be grateful to God for revealing your strengths or weaknesses you never knew you had.

5. Curb complaining. Complaining sucks the energy out of the people that surround us and us. We need all the positive energy in our life we can get. Learn to flip complaints to words of gratitude.

6.Thank people. Along this journey, we cross paths with many people. Don't forget to say thank you. Tell each person that is helping you along the way how grateful you are for them. Bonus points if you write them a thank you note. Be specific in stating the ways they helped you.

This list isn't all-inclusive, but as you go through your day, take time to pause and constantly ask yourself, what can I be grateful for in this moment. The more you practice gratitude, the more it will become a habit, and the longer it's a habit, you'll potentially experience a life-changing mindset shift.

Here’s to everyday thanks giving!

Happy Thanksgiving! May today be a day of thanks

Happy Thanksgiving!

May today be a day of thanks and giving!

Here are a few ideas of how you can give. Get creative, have fun, and be grateful!

🍽 Invite a family to dinner.
🤗Hug the cook.
🇺🇸Don't discuss politics.
🥰Speak kind words.
😴Give to yourself and take a nap.
✝️Forgive someone.
🦃Provide a meal to someone in need.
🥧 Share the last piece of pie.

Take time to focus on the things you do have and not the things you don't.

Did you know the definition of holiday is rest? S

Did you know the definition of holiday is rest?

Shocking I know!

If you are hosting Thanksgiving, the tips I share will help you decrease stress and enjoy the holiday.

#podcast #podcastersofinstagram #holiday #stress #thanksgiving #happythanksgivng #christian #christianlife #enjoylife #family

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand 30 The apostles gat

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

30 The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught. 31 Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”

32 So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place. 33 But many who saw them leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. 34 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.

35 By this time it was late in the day, so his disciples came to him. “This is a remote place,” they said, “and it’s already very late. 36 Send the people away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”

37 But he answered, “You give them something to eat.”

They said to him, “That would take more than half a year’s wages[e]! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat?”

38 “How many loaves do you have?” he asked. “Go and see.”

When they found out, they said, “Five—and two fish.”

39 Then Jesus directed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass. 40 So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties. 41 Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all. 42 They all ate and were satisfied, 43 and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish. 44 The number of the men who had eaten was five thousand.

-Mark 6:30-44
#bible #bibleverse #bibleverseoftheday #scripture #feedthehungry #givingchallenge #giving #christian #gratitude #grateful #love #lovethyneighbor

Happy World Kindness Day! Here are 33 ways to ce

Happy World Kindness Day!

Here are 33 ways to celebrate that focus on being kind and making a difference to those that cross our path.

How many ways can you be kind today?

1. Introduce yourself to someone new at work and discover one thing you have in common

2. Snuggle with a loved one

3. Share an inspiring song with a friend going through a difficult time

4. If you receive a gift, express great joy and gratitude

5. Surprise the delivery person with a box of chocolates

6. Support a friend pursuing their dream

7. Text a note of encouragement

8. Share a motivating quote on social media

9. Make a favorite snack for everyone to enjoy while watching football

10. Invite a friend to dinner

11. Send your best marriage advice to a newlyweds

12. Leave a sticky note of positivity for a stranger to find

13. Snag a loved one and watch the sunset

14. Treat a friend to ice cream

15. See someone going above and beyond? Acknowledge their efforts.

16. Donate to a fundraiser

17. Jump in leaves with a child

18. Support a local bookstore or author

19. Taking a hike and pick up litter

20. Plant a trees

21. Offer to babysit for a friend/neighbor

22. Write a good memory and share it with a friend/family memory

23. Spend uninterrupted time with your family

24. Gather a group of friends to a night of fun

25. Give a hug

26. Donate a Bible

27. Support your church/pastor/staff

28. Celebrate a birthday

29. Bake a sweet treat and share with friends/family

30. Buy matching pajamas for the family to enjoy

31. Smile at everyone that crosses your path

32. Thank a Veteran

33. Meet a friend for coffee

Let’s do our part to spread lots of kindness today and everyday!

I’ve been struggling with forgiveness lately. Ol

I’ve been struggling with forgiveness lately. Old hurts resurface and new ones emerge.

I set high standards for myself. I often require them of others, especially in my business.

People copy hard work, don’t have consideration for time and effort put into projects, flake on commitments, and lack respect for one another.

It’s hard to deal with people, especially Christians, who walk and talk one way in public, put on a show for all to see, and then behind closed doors their actions don’t align.

I’ve seen this over and over again.

Hypocrites are those I struggle to forgive and move forward.

I want to expose them.

Yell how they hurt me from the rooftops.

Post their wrong doings on social media.

And yet I don’t.

It may be cathartic for a day or two, but then what? The pain will still be there. No problems were solved. More hurt was spewed.

Instead, I lay all these thoughts, struggles, and brokenness down and give them to Jesus.

As this verse says, forgive “anyone”, not some, not those that are easy, anyone.

Why because I am given that same forgiveness and grace each and every day.

#bibleverse #bible #verseoftheday #christian #forgiveness #love

To all the men and women who served the United Sta

To all the men and women who served the United States of America, THANK YOU! We are forever grateful.

Whenever if you see a Veteran, walk up to them, extend your hand for a firm handshake, and thank them for their service.

Buy them a meal, a cup of coffee, or find another way to show your gratitude.

Over the past decade, on my giving journey, I’ve talked to hundreds of Veterans and all are incredibly humble. Their sacrifice is something we can never repay.

May we celebrate and honor our Veterans today and every day.

The Word Became Flesh 1 In the beginning was the

The Word Became Flesh

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome[a] it.

6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.

9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

15 (John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”) 16 Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and[b] is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

John 1:1-18

#scripture #bibleverse #bible #verseoftheday #christian #hope #faith #love

It’s World Kindness Week! On my latest episode

It’s World Kindness Week!

On my latest episode of the Giving Your Best Life podcast, I share 33 ways to spread and show kindness.

Check it out and find ways to celebrate this week!

#worldkindnessday #podcast #podcastersofinstagram #podcasts #kindness #rak #giving #givingchallenge

Generosity Encouraged 6 Remember this: Whoever s

Generosity Encouraged

6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

8 And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.

9 As it is written:
“They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor;
their righteousness endures forever.”[a]

10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.

11 You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.

12 This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.

13 Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, others will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else.

14 And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you.

15 Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!

2 Corinthians 9:6-15

#bibleverse #verseoftheday #verse #scripture #bible #christian #generosity #giving

It’s National Author’s Day. How God is using

It’s National Author’s Day.

How God is using me is beyond my biggest dream!

My goal is that the Giving Gal children’s book helps parents, caregivers, teachers, grandparents, Sunday school teachers, and anyone who loves children teach them how to be kind, compassionate, and giving.

I’m beyond grateful for your support on this adventure😘

www.GivingGal.com/shop

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