Thanks to everyone who commented sharing with us your favorite Tote from DaySpring! The winners are listed below by comment number and will be emailed shortly..
12) Sheri
23) Ingrid
37) Carrie K
42) Melissa L
54) Donna VW
68) Krista Jones
73) Helen G.
88) Kaitlin @ Perceptions & Passions
116) Lynn Warren
123) Lauren
When it comes to shopping, if I have too many choices I have a hard time making a decision. Comparing brands, variation in the product, ingredients, size and cost, sometimes I’ll walk away without a product at all when information threatens to overload.
That’s why I like the simplicity of “chocolate, vanilla or strawberry.” Three choices are perfect (but is there really a decision to make in that scenario? Chocolate–booyah!).
The exception is people; building relationships and developing intimacy is never a one-size-fits-all proposition. Neither is sharing the gospel, is it? The gospel never changes but how we share it should be consistent with the relationship we have with the person to whom we’re ministering.
That’s why wearing your faith can be a wonderful conversation starter and opportunity door for telling others about Christ; if another person questions a piece of clothing or jewelry you have on, your answer will be proportional to your relationship. You wouldn’t answer a a stranger in the grocery store check-out line the same way you’d answer your dentist who’s been treating your family for years.
Speaking of lots of choices and having to make a decision, have I got a FUN challenge for you! Click over to DaySpring and look at the extensive line of totes; not only are there choices in material–oil cloth or jute–but the designs are so varied there are sure to be a few you call favorite.
And we have TEN to give away!
Simply choose the ONE you’d like to win, and ten random commenters will be selected to receive a tote! It’s as simple as that. Winners will be announced on Monday! And also, through this weekend Totes are Buy 2 Get 1 Free. Perfect time to stock up on gifts!
(Giveaway open to US residents only).
By Robin Dance, author of PENSIEVE and appreciator of a few good choices.
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I absolutely love this one; http://www.dayspring.com/gifts/totes_bags_and_accessories/totes/blessed_and_loved_canvas_tote_bag/ I like it because it’s simple but not too plain, and the text is wonderful 🙂
Is the give-away open to those of us outside the US, though?
Love the Greater Joy tote!
Wow, these are great! I love the “Bless The Lord” one!
Blessed and Loved tote! Love it!
I would either pick the Sing and Make Music to the Lord, or the Blessed and Loved tote–cant make up my mind– i would take either–if i win–maybe i could decide? lol.
i like the “sing and make music” tote!
I really like the “Bless the Lord” tote. Beautiful and simple!
I heart the “Sing and Make Music” tote! I believe having a song in our heart to Jesus in the good and bad times keeps our eyes focused on Him! 🙂
I would love the ‘sing and make music’ tote for transporting my music books!
OOOOOH so hard to choose one! I would likely choose “sing and make music”… though “just trust god” is amazing too.
I would like this one, please! http://www.dayspring.com/good_things_bless_the_lord_oil_cloth_tote/ It so matches a bag that I already have. I love things in sets…don’t you?
Wow. . . great totes!! I love the one that has the birds and “Mercy” on it.
I love the Good Things bag, it has yellow on it!
I love the Such Things tote! What a beautiful site, thank you for the giveaway!
I love the Holly Gerth-Make that difference tote!!
I love the Good Things tote and Blessed and Loved!
I like the God Gives Every Day a Beauty!!
I LOVE the Good Things-Bless the Lord tote! The Lord has really laid this verse on my heart with the recent birth of my daughter. In fact, it was the main Scripture on which I meditated while in labor.
Holly Gerth – Make that Difference
the Holley Gerth – Make That Difference – Oil Cloth Tote is my favorite, I love it!
I would love to win the Delight Yourself in the Lord – oil cloth tote!
I love the Good Things tote. Just beautiful.
I like the blessed & loved canvas tote- it’d be great to hold my crochet projects!
Holley Gerth’s “Make That Difference” one is my favorite. It definitely goes along with my life at the moment!
*I managed to leave the “y” off of my name :0)
I love the ‘blessed and loved’ canvas tote’ 🙂 Nice giveaway! Have a lovely Thursday, all.
Blessings,
Kate 🙂
The ‘Delight Yourself In The Lord’ tote is perfect for summer, That would be my choice
Hard to pick! 🙂 The “Good Things” tote is definitely one of my favorites.
The “Hope for the best” tote really spoke to me!
“Everything is Beautiful” tote with the bright pretty flower! So summery & cheerful!
LOVE the Walk By Faith canvas tote.
The Blessed and Loved tote is perfect for me!
I’m torn between two but the Holley Gerth – Make That Difference is the one that won out.
Delight Yourself in the Lord tote – My wife would love it for her birthday next month!
Hard to choose!!! Blessed and Loved
Great giveaway and great sale! Thanks!
Hard to choose!!! Blessed and Loved
Great giveaway and great sale! Thanks!
the Just Trust God one is definitely a fave….but im a tote bag addict and really want one of each 🙂
I’m thinking Good Things or Delight Yourself in the Lord!
I love the Holley Gerth Make That Difference tote…love it!!
Make that Difference tote with dream on the side…beautiful.
I love the Daughter of the King tote!
These are all super cute. But, the Delight youself in the Lord tote is really pretty and my favorite!
Daughter of the King! I’m an only-daughter and an only-child in my family!
I adore the oil cloth bags! My favorite is the Bless the Lord bag. Beautiful.
I love the Greater Joy oil cloth tote!
http://www.dayspring.com/sale_and_clearance/june_special_buy_2_get_1_free_totes/greater_joy_oil_cloth_tote/?F_All=Y
The “Just Trust God” one, for sure!
There are 3-4 that I would really love to have or give as gifts. Greater Joy may be my first choice.
Make that difference tote is my favorite!
Make that difference tote is my favorite.
Oooh! I love the “Make that difference” tote!
Oooh! I love the Make that difference tote.
oh my gosh, I’m having trouble picking just one!! I love the message of this one http://www.dayspring.com/gifts/totes_bags_and_accessories/totes/holley_gerth_make_that_difference_oil_cloth_tote/ but I love this one too — both the message and the colors! http://www.dayspring.com/gifts/totes_bags_and_accessories/totes/daughter_of_the_king_oil_cloth_tote/ Either one would make me so happy though 😀
I would use this to take my stuff to the hospital~ and the beautiful message and colors would definitely brighten me up through my 13+ hour workdays >_>
I like the Blessed & Loved – Canvas Tote Bag the most. If I win I’d like it to be sent to my aunt in America please.
ummm…there are way too many choices of totes for me…
One of the ones I like is Holley Gerth’s Make that Difference
They are all lovely, but I love the Greater Joy oilcloth tote! Thanks for a chance at this great giveaway.
“God Gives Every Day a Beauty” – I need this reminder even on those days that are not going well for me! 🙂
I would love the Bless the Lord tote!
Thanks for making this possible for us!
These bags are great! Id take the Bless the Lord–Good Things oil cloth tote. Love oil cloth!
Oh how nice…..just imagine shopping, waiting in the doctor’s office, going to the beach with your “Bless the Lord” tote and seeing other women with these wonderful totes…spreading God’s love and inspiration!!!! Perfect gifts….thank you!
Oh I love a good tote bag! I’d take the Bless the Lord in oil cloth.
I like the blessed and loved tote.
I LOVE “Hope for the Best”. “Hope” is my word of the year, and – wow – how God has been working that into my life…especially when despair seems the best option. He is faithful!
I love the ‘daughter of the King’…..it says it all, that i am redeemed, chosen, loved, blessed, secure, accepted, forgiven, I am the ‘daughter of the King’
I love “Just Trust God”! Simple and to the point!!
I like the Blessed and Loved tote.
Make that difference!
That’s hard — I like a couple of them A LOT — but my favorite is Walk by Faith. Faith is a special word to me and anytime I see the word Faith on a product, I buy it! My house has lots of “faith” items in it! And I’d love to be able to wear/carry the word FAITH.
The designs of all th tote bags are outstanding. I love how they can be a conversation starter. My favorite design is “Delight Yourself in the Lord.”
I love “Good Things-Bless the Lord”-I just stumbled upon these yesterday and fell in love with all of them. This one speaks to me because it is my hearts desire-I want to be a bless God and be a blessing to God. I want to make myself available and open to be used the way He needs to use me. The Lord has blessed me time and again-undeserving me…I want to share the wonder of the blessing with others!
I like th “delight yourself in the
Lord”. Thank you for a chance to win one.
Sarita
Brithmothers never forget
Thanks for all you do for us. Emotional, spiritually and all the gifts!
They are all fabulous! I like Daughter of the King. Thanks.
I forgot to say that Dream is my favorite. But I love them all
Love the Bless The Lord oil cloth tote! SO pretty!
Just trust God. That speaks volumes to people and it is short and sweet so they will be more likely to read it without even trying! Thanks this chance!
Cool! I love the Hope for the Best tote. But like them all!
Hope Is in His Unfailing Love – Oil Cloth Tote
I love this bag!!
I love the Holley Gerth tote Make that Difference!!
Just trust God. Perfect for this season in my life!
I love the Daughter of the King tote because I belong to an International Order of women called…Daughters of the King! =)
Absolutely love the “Hope for the Best” tote . . . and so glad He is in the habit of giving it!
I LOVE the Just trust the lord bag!! How simple of a message, yet the hardest to do on a daily basis for me!!! Thanks for the opportunity to maybe win this, what a gift!!
My favorite one is the Good Things – Bless the Lord – Oil Cloth Tote.
I would love Holly Guerth’s tote about making a difference and following your Dream! In desperately need some encouragement… and totes are a great conversation starter when you don’t have the usual store tote or some generic not so pretty thing like a potato sack. People talk to you… they ask what it says or where you got it… a good opening to share a brief thought with a smile.
Love the Greater Joy tote!
I really like the “Just Trust God” tote. I can get overwhelmed easily so I need to keep that phrase in my head at all times!
They are all so adorable! I love the wooly bully series (young at heart) Really Wooley~
Couldn’t choose between “let your light shine” or “live well, love God”
both sooooo cute
i’ve got my eyes on the flower one with the zebra print on the side 🙂
The tote that speaks to me is Walk By Faith!
14 years I have been the woman with the issue of blood, I have been in and out of the hospital and today I sit with the faith and hope of being finally free, I am waiting to see another doctor.
Thank you so much…walking by faith is so important that and my complete trust in the LORD.
BLESSINGS TINA
Daughter of the King. I love the colors, the circles, and the style of this bag!
They are all so beautiful! I love the Greater Joy the red gingham is so adorable. I would love to give this to my grand daughters for when they go to sleepovers!
Lisa E
I LOVE the Hope for the Best tote bag!!!
All of these are so cute! They would make wonderful gifts. My favorite is the Good Things-Bless the Lord tote.
my favorite would have to be Hope for the best – -because Hope is my lifeline!
Too many great choices, but I think my favorite is “Walk by Faith” though “Such things runs a close second…
What a tough choice! I think my (current) favorite is the Bless the Lord one. So cute!
I love the Good Things tote. The colors are great!
Love all of them……………….. but i guess i would choose Hope for the Best – Oil Cloth Tote as my favorite 🙂
Good things Bless the Lord is my favorite.
Good things bag that says bless the lord is my favorite! Thank you
Just Trust God. It was hard to pick out one but I decided on that because sometimes (and I know this from experience) a person just needs something, some sign…from God that He is there. So I imagined in my mind taking that tote with me when I go shopping to the farmer’s market and maybe someone who is in a bad way needs a “sign from Heaven.” That would be the sign. I think it would be great to lighten someone’s heart, even if I don’t know it but God does.
Oh my gosh, I just love these. My favourite has to be “Just Trust God”. I need to remind myself this every day. Just Trust God.
Blessed and Loved is my favorite, but they’re all really cute!
looove the Good Things – Bless the Lord tote. beautiful!
I love the “Good Things – Bless the Lord” tote!
Know what you mean about information overload! I have same tendency to be indecisive if there’s too much choice. 🙂
I really like the Just Trust God – Jute Tote Bag.
really adore that Blessed and Loved canvas tote. Wearing my faith, I love it.
I would love to win the Delight your self in the Lord. They are all very cute.
These totes are so beautiful… and an amazing walking testimony of your faith. You never know when a person will stop and read what it says and be touched by the Lord in an unexpected way!
the one I have had on my wishlist the most, since I first saw it, is Holley Gerths – Make That Difference – Oil Cloth Tote ! I have it faved in several places!
have a blessed weekend!
Cathy B*****y pbprojecthope at yahoodotcom
I thank God for the blessing of getting a chance at one of these cute bags! My choice is Good Things-Bless the Lord Oil Cloth Tote.
I like “Delight Yourself in the Lord” tote! All are so nice!
I love the Greater Joy tote!!!
Hi Robin, Just finished a week of VBS with the theme TRUST GOD, so of course my favorite it the Just Trust God tote. Would be a great gift for my cousin who is having health issues.
I think the Just Trust God is appropriate for me right now as I’m trying to build my jewelry design business with His guidance. I’m trying to revamp the website, do a name change, improve pictures, etc. with little to no finances, so Trust is a huge thing for me right now. Thanks for the opportunity & the great articles. I always receive a blessing when reading them.
Although all of the bags are a delightful way to open doors for witnessing, I would have to say “Such Things” is my favorite, as it is a list of reminders of Christian qualities to strive for.
Thank you for the many blessings!!! Should I win I would like to have “Delight yourself in the Lord”. I think it will be a awesome reminder of His love & faithfulness!
I love the “Good things” tote!
Love “greater joy” tote.
“Hope for the Best” was my first pick … then I had several others 🙂 … so many good, good choices ! I’m all about Hope — our real Hope — so I’ll stick with that one 🙂 Thanks for the opportunity !
I absolutely love the Sing and Make Music tote!!! It would be great to haul my library books to the car!
Love the tote: I will bless the Lord. One of my mottos for daily living. I bought several of these totes while on special for Christmas gifts. They are high quality items, and they have so many to choose from – one to fit every personality.
How cute are all of these? I think Sing and Make Music… but they all are darling!
I would love the sing and make music tote! I am a music therapist!
The tote that spoke to my spirit was the Make the Difference tote. That message alone could preach! We are in a time of quiet desperation and hunger for God. God can use anything to introduce us to Jesus. I hope I win. Be blessed!
These are beautiful. I love the Bless the Lord tote.
Like the one by Holley Gerth about dreaming big:) Great reminder for myself as I “start a new chapter”
My favorite (today LOL) is the Good Things – Bess the Lord – Oil Cloth Tote.
I love the Delight Yourself in the Lord – Oil Cloth Tote
I love the “Holley Gerth – Make That Difference – Oil Cloth Tote” cute!!!
i would like to win the holley gerth one. “make that difference”
I would love to win the one that says Trust in the lord…. They are all beautiful and if I could afford to purchase right now I would buy them all…. I love the totes and of course to wear our faith is more than an accessory its a blessing!! thanks.
LOVE these! Delight yourself in the Lord would be my choice. He is so good 🙂
I would love to win the good things tote. Love the yellow handles!
I would love to win the good things tote.
Sorry, my computer did a double entry.
Daughter of The King tote I would love to win!
The Blessed & Loved tote is beautiful!!!
I like the Sing and Make Music tote the best – it is playing my tune!!!
These totes are lovely…my favorite one would be: Good Things-Bless the Lord-Oil Cloth Tote.
Hope for the best…. such a sweet vintage look. That always inspires!
blessed and loved 🙂