Welcome to those of your stopping in from Jenny’s devotion with Proverbs 31 Ministries! You came to the right spot today. We are giving away five copies of her novel, Just Between You and Me, and – are you ready for this? – a Baked Goods Dreambox from Zingerman’s (courtesy of Thomas Nelson Publishers)!
In Just Between You and Me, Maggie Montgomery has a rather voracious sweet tooth and were she not a figment of Jenny B. Jones’ imagination, she would be the first to enter our giveaway today. However, since she is excluded from our contest, as am I, you should take advantage of the better odds and enter! All you have to do is leave a comment on this post or sign up for our free monthly newsletter. One lucky winner will walk away with the gift basket and a copy of Jenny’s novel. Four other winners will each receive a copy of Just Between You and Me.
Zingerman’s Baked Goods Dreambox: “It’s a big foot and a half long pine crate stuffed to bursting with testaments to the temple of sweetness: our incredible nosher-sized Sourcream Coffeecake, two Ginger Scones, a Magic Brownie, a Dulce de Leche Buenos Aires Brownie and a Pecan Blondie, a Ginger Jump-Up Cookie, a Big Oatmeal Raisin Cookie, a nosher-sized Pecan Pie, a jar of American Spoon Cherry Berry Spoon Fruit, Mandelbread Jewish Biscotti, Washington State Fireweed Honey and one of our homemade Zzang!® Chocolate Bars.”
***Note: this dream 
box feeds 14 to 16 people, so be prepared to throw a party…or go into sugar shock. Or you could just send it to me. That’s a perfectly acceptable alternative.
And now, a few words from the lovely and talented Jenny B. Jones:
Just Between You and Me deals with the issue of fear–from phobias to the big, deep emotional things that can put the “pause” button on a life. One of my fears is flying. I hate it. I love hanging out in airports, but as for getting on a plane, I’d rather not. Despite the fact that I know who holds my life in His hands, I still have yet to get on a plane without being certain my life is about to end 30,000 feet in the air. Four years ago, I was on my way to a conference. It was a horrible flight. My friend Erin and I were praying for our lives. Literally. Out loud. Erin went with the 23rd Psalm. I went with some sort of begging-whining-made-up-on-the-spot thing. While flying doesn’t bring out the best in me, it also doesn’t seem to stop me from traveling. But it does ensure that my brain will be nonstop with panicked thoughts. On a recent trip, I jotted a few down. Thought I’d share.
Totally nervous. Somebody needs to take me out with a tranq gun. You know, the kind they use on rabid baboons who escape from the zoo.I need to workout. If I live, I’m gonna do that. And be kinder to strangers. And floss every day. And smile more. And read some classics. Okay, maybe just floss on the even days.
Yea, though I descend on American Airlines, I will fear no evil. . . but this turbulence is scaring the heck out of me.
Dear God, even though I’ve eaten enough this week to feed a small country, and now would be a good time to die calorie-wise so I don’t have to run all this off. . . it would be super cool if that didn’t happen.
Would I assist in an evacuation since I’m sitting on the exit row? SURE! (Was that believable? Because there is no way. It is every short girl for herself. Dude, if we go down, all rules are off, and I will go all Jackie Chan on you.)
Before a flight, I always eat whatever I want in case it’s my last meal. And it ain’t no salad, you know what I’m saying?
What was that noise?
The woman behind me has tuberculosis. I know it.
Seriously, what WAS that noise?
The pressure in my air conditioning vent could part the Red Sea.
I should advertise my books in SkyMall catalog. Right next to the FitFlops and the Nighttime Bunion Regulator.
Wow. The plane is really shaking. No wait. That’s me.
Okay, so flying is my big nail-biting fear. What about you?
Leave a comment. Share your fear. And enter to win enough sweets to give your dentist nightmares for a decade!
About Ariel Lawhon
Ariel Lawhon is the co-founder of She Reads, novelist, blogger, storyteller, and life-long reader. She lives in Texas with her husband and four young sons (aka The Wild Rumpus). Ariel believes that Story is the shortest distance to the human heart.
Wow! The P31 devotional was written just for me. I have a dream too that I have been afraid of pursuing. I just turned 50 and have been thinking about giving it up. But now I feel renewed! And I would love to read this book! Thanks for the opportunity to win it!
Awesome website!
Please enter me in your giveaway!
God Bless you all!
Cindy Woolard
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this post created a few “lol” moments for me today. thank you for sharing. i personally love flying. but i’d go “all jackie chan” on someone if i had to actually help in an evac situation. they have to know we wont be great at it…right?
Needed that today-working on the fear issue. Working on getting my bachelors of Theology-my big dream, that has been overwhelming me for 2 years
Oh, this sounds like such a great book!
I stumbled across She Reads today from the P31 site. I receive their devos through my email each day, and today I wanted to check out more.
As an avid reader, I am so very excited to see this website!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Please add me to the drawing for the freebies!
Lana
Heights!! Just THINKING about being up high and I start feeling sick!! Next month, my husband wants to take me to Seattle or Hawaii, while we can drive to Seattle, there is the space Needle he is sure to make me go on. (He totally does NOT understand my fear of heights, shouldn’t I be fine inside a tall building looking down? Why would that make me nervous, there is glass there!) We would have to fly to hawaii, and a plane goes ALOT higher then the Space Needle!!! Any case, /i can either stay home and let my husband go on oue ten year anniversary trip alone, or deal with my fear and make him carry me shaking all the way up the Needle or onto the plane!!
Nothing goes together better than a marvelously wonderful book and something delicious to eat!!!
My everlasting fear is walking up “see through” stairs!!! How in the world I think I could slip through those openings I will never know~but I just freeze up everytime I talk myself into trying it!!! One time I crawled up the stairs~wasn’t proud of HOW I got to the top, just proud that I did it!!!!
I love learning about the different authors you feature! Thank you for the opportunity to learn more about their writing proccess as well as their hearts.
I am so glad I visited today, I leave as one encouraged woman…God bless you.Pam
Jenny – thank you for your devotion today and for sharing your fears.
Your devotion touched on my need for security and safety – which
has dictated my choices at different points in my life. Thank you for the
reminder to look to God for my safety and security.
Peace~
Thank you for the much needed P31 devotional. I found it to be very encouraging and it really spoke to my heart.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine, after reading this I don’t think I have a physical complaint left!
Thank-you for raising my spirits!
Jane
My first time on the “She Reads” site and looking forward to browsing the fiction titles. I’d love a copy of the featured book but as I live in the UK, don’t worry about the sizeable feasting crate!
Jenny -
I can totally relate to the fear of flying.
BTW, already started reading “Just Between You & Me,” and you’ve got me hooked!
Hello!
A friend forwarded your newsletter to me and I am very glad she did. I am an avid reader and now I have a place to find great Christian authors to read.
Please enter me into your drawing. The book sounds wonderful. And I would never pass up free chocolate
OMG!!!! It is 6:30 am, And I have been laughing so loud Im going to wake my family!!!! did I mention it was Sat.?
Just got home from a great trip and upset I forgot my skymall catalog. I wanted to order the Nighttime Bunion Regulator.!!!!!
My mom has EVERY fear known to mankind. If there is a cloud in Alaska, we are going to have a storm in Texas. I can not wait to get your book for her!
Soaking in all His blessings!
kim
Who won the goodies and book?
This is such a nice giveaway! Thanks for offering this! : ) Please enter me!
~Katie P.
Love your post on sharing your fears!! My biggest fear is swimming in water I can’t touch/see the bottom. It seems silly, but I worry about what will ‘get me’.
what goes together better than chocolates and a good book!
Please enter me into the drawing!
Thank you
Thanks for the post! Please enter me into the drawing. God bless.
Love everyone that writes for Proverbs 31 . My fear is bridges, yes you heard me correctly. I never learned to swim and when I have to ride over a bridge with water underneath it, I almost have an aniexty attack. I start before getting there, quoting 11 Timothy 1:7 “God has not given me the spirit of fear.” I never thought about bridges collapsing until a couple of years ago when some major bridges did. Some mornings coming to work and it’s still dark, I think, if the bridge breaks, my family won’t know I’m gone until the end of the day, when I don’t make it back home. My grandson laughs every time he’s with me, but I just silently quote that scripture. I’m 59 and ashamed of this, but I am . Please enter me into the sweepstakes. If I win, I can carry me some “comfort food, (chocolate)” over bridges with me.
God bless your ministry!
Sweets are a Good book. I fear not reading.