Love Archives - 7 Days Time

A Lifestyle Fashion Statement

May 31, 2012 by Sharita

Hmmm… Ok… Should I wear my favorite blue shirt? Or maybe the one with pink stripes? If I do, maybe I could go with the hoop earrings? Or should I be dressier? Ok, let’s do the blue shirt with silver dangly earrings and my cross necklace. There. Decision made.

Oh wait. My blue shirt is in the dirty laundry. Sigh. Let’s try this again.

I am certainly not the most fashionable person on the planet—far from it, actually. I dress decent enough to get by, and if I really need to, can groom and clean up reasonably well. I’m not a girl who has to wear make up every time I leave the house and if you see me at the gym wearing mascara, you can assume that it is leftover from an event earlier in the day. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: attitude, Christ, fresh start, God, life, Love Tagged With: attitude, clothes, faith, fashion, Jesus, style, wear

More Productive Perspective (Five Minute Friday)

May 18, 2012 by Sharita

The end of the week,
Now has arrived,
Let’s take a moment to rejoice,
For we have survived.

In the bloggers world,
Friday’s mean fast,
Writing for Five Minutes,
Can be such a blast.

Link up with The Gypsy Mama,
For she gives us a prompt,
Write nonstop for 5 minutes,
Til that clock tells us stop.

So tis Five Minute Friday,
Don’t edit, don’t think,
Pay close attention,
For time passes in a wink!

Todays Prompt: PERSPECTIVE

Annddd… GO! [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Five Minute Friday, God, Love, perspective Tagged With: faith, Five Minute Friday, God, love, perspective, sight

25 Reasons Why Moms Rock

May 14, 2012 by Sharita

“But Moooooooommmmmmmmmm…”

“Mom, you just don’t understand.”

“Whatever, Mom.”

Aaahhh, the sweet, sweet sounds of my childhood. (My teenage years were kind of brutal. Just ask my parents. Apparently, I had something called an “attitude.” Pshaw. Whatever 😉 ) [Read more…]

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Filed Under: blessing, childhood, chocolates, Christ, Love, patience Tagged With: blessing, gift, God, love, Mother's day, motherhood, parent

He Forgave You– Now Forgive Yourself Too.

May 9, 2012 by Sharita

“If only I hadn’t… I wish I didn’t… Why can’t I go back… It’s all my fault.”

Regrets. Mistakes. We all have ’em. We’ve all made ’em.

So what are we supposed to do?

This week, we have been working through reasons why our hearts can be blocked and how we grow apart from Christ. (Click to read the original post here.) Yesterday was all about forgiving others… a hard but necessary topic. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: attitude, Christ, cross, faith, forgiveness, freedom, God, health, heart, Love, peace, promises, release Tagged With: Cross, faith, forgive yourself, God, hope, Jesus, sin

Unblock Your Heart

May 7, 2012 by Sharita

I will never forget that phone call. It was March, my senior year of high school. I was “supposed” to be in English class, but of course was spending my time ever-so-wisely in the library. The secretary tracked down my location and transferred the call to the library. It was announced: “Sharita… You have a phone call.”

The chorus of “Oooooooo, I wonder if she’s in trouble?” echoed in the room from my schoolmates as I rolled my eyes and made my way over to the phone.

“Hello?”

“Sharita.” My mom’s voice sounded… weird. “Um, your Daddy is sick.” [Read more…]

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Filed Under: blessing, Christ, faith, Family, fear, God, health, hope, Love Tagged With: blocked, clean, confess, faith, family, God, health, heart, heart attack, hope, Jesus, surgery

Comfort from Community (Five Minute Friday)

April 27, 2012 by Sharita

Good morning, America! (Or should I say “world?” Fun fact: 7 Days Time ministry has grown and we actually have legit and semi-regular readers in other countries. Thanks for that one, Jesus!)

Anywho, today is one of my favorite blogging days of the week. That’s right– it’s Five Minute Friday. Top three reasons why its my fav?

Less pressure to get it right (or at least “perfect”)
It is a great conditioning tool and change of pace from normal posts (AKA: I write for 5 minutes flat… and don’t have to come up with a topic of my own)
It’s on Friday. So what’s not to love??

Every week, I link up with The Gypsy Mama… She gives us a prompt, then we go to town with our writing. Today’s prompt: “COMMUNITY.”

Annndddd GO! [Read more…]

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Filed Under: encouragement, Five Minute Friday, joy, Love Tagged With: Christ, community, creative, Five Minute Friday, fun, Joy, love

Helping Hands & Burgers for Babies (Factor of 7)

April 26, 2012 by Sharita

Did everyone see the awesome article in The Bayonet yesterday documenting our latest “Factor of 7: Latte Love?” If you read it and were inspired, I have some GREAT news for you… You can share the love of Jesus RIGHT NOW!

Mandy Gramkow is a friend of mine from college, a fellow blogger, a wife, a mama to two precious little ones and a daughter of Christ. She ran across 7 Days time and realized that she was actually in the middle of her own Factor of 7. Team Gramkow’s journey of faith will simply blow you away, so please check out her message below to answer her call of sharing the love of Christ! [Read more…]

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Filed Under: blessing, challenge, Christ, Factor of 7, faith, Family, generosity, God, Love Tagged With: donation, Factor of 7, faith, God, love, NICU, premature baby, support, testimony

A Latte Love from Fort Benning Bayonet

April 25, 2012 by Sharita

It’s the big day, folks! The story about our latest “Factor of 7” (Latte Love) where we bought $107 worth of coffee for unsuspecting customers at Starbucks has appeared in the Fort Benning Bayonet. This is truly a blessing from God. AMERICA! [Read more…]

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Filed Under: accomplishment, America, army, blessing, Factor of 7, faith, freedom, Love, mission, servant evangelism Tagged With: actions, coffee, faith, God, message, newspaper, starbucks, story

Sabbatical brought to you by: Generosity and Grace

April 23, 2012 by Sharita

Many of us have dreams of where we would like to visit or vacation. Perhaps the beach. Maybe the mountains. Or it could be somewhere ritzy.

For me… I just wanted… AWAY.

God called me to come away with Him this weekend. I had some incredible time alone, by myself, just Jesus and I in Pine Mountain, Georgia. He recharged my heart, mind and soul for doing His work. I could talk about the words He spoke to me for about a month’s worth of blog posts. But I will spare you all of the major details… For now. 😉 (Don’t worry– Thanks to this weekend, I’ve got plenty of new Jesus revelations to share AMERICA! ) [Read more…]

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Filed Under: adventure, attitude, faith, God, hope, Love Tagged With: generosity, grace, Jesus, love, recharge, relax, rest, sabbatical, speak

A Latte Love (Factor of 7)

April 18, 2012 by Sharita

Yesterday at 5:45am, my phone alarm went off. But unlike other days as of late, I had NO problem bounding out of bed.

It was time for third month of Factor of 7. I was so excited about it, I woke up three times throughout the night to make sure I hadn’t overslept for our Jesus adventure.

As I write this, I can’t tell if my excited jitters are from the skinny caramel macchiato I had or the remnants of our Starbucks Factor of 7. (Talk about some legit Jesus Caffeine!) [Read more…]

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