Agape Love Designs: $50 Value: Custom Digital Portrait GIVEAWAY & Discount!

Sunday, April 10, 2011

$50 Value: Custom Digital Portrait GIVEAWAY & Discount!

Boy oh boy, do I have a special treat for everyone today! :)

My EXTREMELY talented bloggy BFF

and New-ish sponsor, Jacy, of This Way Up (Art By Jacy),

and I had been talking about doing a special giveaway

for all you amazing Agape Love readers!

And she has graciously agreed to giveaway a

ONE OF A KIND, CUSTOM

Digital Portrait!

This is a $50 Value!

Not only that but she also has a special

discount code just for Agape Love Readers!! :)

Just enter code AGAPELOVE10 at check out

for 10% off, sale ends the 16th

Check out some of the custom digital portraits

she has done so far:

These are so amazing! When I first saw this listed in her shop

I totally LOVED them! They are just the coolest thing!

I want to eventually get one of each of the kids as well

as me and the hubs. I am just so beyond impressed,

with her talent, and how she is using the gifts God has blessed

her with to glorify Him!

Even more impressive is the story of how it all happened!

I asked Jacy to share her story. The story she told me when

she decided to email me about sponsoring Agape Love.

I am so touched and INSPIRED by her story, and how she

aloud God to turn her life around, use her for His will,

and in the end lead her to do what she loves for a living!

Please take a minute to get to know Jacy, read her story below,

and then check out how YOU can enter to

win a custom digital portrait from her!

Here is Jacy:
"As I sit here thinking about what to write for this entry, I realized the date.
It has been three full months since I made the decision to let God take care of my job situation.
I was working a full time job at a credit union and my creativity was running dry. I mean desert dry!
My mind was numb from pushing aside what I really wanted to do in my heart. I felt the need to pray
everyday before I went into work, and throughout the day...God I needed to have a creative job! I know that there is more to life than just what I have. I am grateful for what you have given me, but I know that there is a greater purpose for me!

Sound familiar?

Cut to December 2nd 2010, the day I got laid off. If you are like me, human, I was like "Lord that is not what I had in mind!" However I realized that it was what God had in mind and it didn't take long before I was cleaning out my dusty studio, and pulling out my paints again! I knew God had heard my prayer and was orchestrating a great job for me. In the last three months, I have been blessed by growing my online shop and blog, and really allowing God to dictate my business plan.

At 26 years old and still very much a kid, it took me a while to realize that this was in His plan all along. I had allowed the fear of failure to trap me for years. The constant weekly paycheck made me stay at a job that I knew I wasn't made for. It was at this moment, when the distractions were gone, that I felt God telling me to "Be still and know I am God. I am in control, just trust me."

I am truly blessed to be sponsoring this giveaway to all the wonderful Agape Love bloggers! God is working on me everyday, in mind, body and spirit. I have the privilege to do what I love, a dream I've had since the 3rd grade. All of my life I was surrounded by creative individuals, and knew I was destined for success in the arts. As most adults, we tend to lose sight of what is important in life and forget that God cares about the treasures of our hearts.

Take this moment right now to ask the Lord to show you the doors and the path where you need to be. Not only spiritually, but professionally. Jesus cares about your job and what you do with the gifts that He has given you.

James 1:17 says:
"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness,
neither shadow of turning."

Fear is not of God. It is a chance for you to reach out even more to a Creator who can make miracles and do the impossible...
remember, with God, nothing is impossible!"

AMEN to that! Thank you so much Jacy for your wonderful

inspirational story and words! You dont know how much you

inspire me! I am thrilled to be sharing you & your work on my blog!

Now are all you readers on the edge of your seats waiting

to find out how you can win your own art by Jacy?

Well here is how YOU can enter:

MANDETORY ENTRIES:

1.) You must be a public follower of Agape Love Designs

Leave me a comment letting me know you are.

2.) Become a public Follower of This Way Up!

Leave a comment letting me know you are.

3.) Head on over to the Art by Jacy Shop and tell me your