**UPDATE**
Congratulations to the winners of the birthday drawing! Your names are posted below. Watch your inbox for an email from Living Proof later today so that we can get you your gift!
BONUS: The wonderful people at AMG Publishers have extended a 50% discount to any of you who would like to order a Key Word Study Bible! Click here to get more information, or to order your Bible. AMG Publishers
Winners:
#523 – Carole Germain #4348 – Karen Quinn
#2282 – Merissa G. #4399 – Anna Bunch
#2321 – Marilyn Riley #4430 – Nancy Beeey
#2756 – Merissa Ury #4813 – Myrlene Darnell
#2876 – Beth Longar #5648 – Nan Smith
#3937 – Dani Turner #5798 – Rachel C.
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A few nights ago I walked my buck wild new puppy around my neighborhood, watched the sun sink deep down into the horizon, and then settled in back at home. I flipped on my favorite season of the West Wing and I ate an entire bag of tortilla chips and ¾ a jar of my favorite salsa for dinner. What is it they say again? The apple does not fall far from the tree. Or something like that?
You see when we were growing up Mom would throw us kids in the back of Brontosaurus the station wagon and haul us halfway across the city to her old favorite Tex-Mex joint. She ordered a pint of salsa and a gigantic grease-stained brown paper bag of tortilla chips for take-out and she would eat all of this and only this for her dinner. Her own dinner. I can’t remember what we kids even ate, or if she fed us at all. I’m only kidding about that last part.
My mom was born at high noon in a fierce thunderstorm, my grandfather said. Her presence still shifts the atmosphere. A few weeks ago Mom left for a week in the hill country for a time of writing and solitude. The second she got back home, I loaded up my stuff and headed out to spend a night with she and my Dad. You see, for me, going to hang out with my parents isn’t really like going to hang out with the parents. Far from duty, it’s one of my favorite things to do. We caught up on all the life stuff that night. And then in the morning we drank our coffee in our pajamas and by 8:30 a.m. at the latest we had already covered topics such as the theology in Ephesians, the New Testament canon, the Holy Spirit’s role in the interpretation of Scripture, and the Festal Letter of Athanasius.
I have to say, this woman utterly dazzles me. She is the sweetest in the land. She is gracious and sanguine and loving and kind, no doubt, but she is serious and intense and focused and courageous. She has opinions and perspective and boldness and wisdom from the ground like no other. For all her awesomeness she is not self-righteous or squeamish, and God knows I have pushed her limits.
Mom is deeply committed to our family and I’ve always known that full well but I’ve also seen that she’s preoccupied with something a whole lot bigger than us. Probably the most important thing I have learned from her is that being caught up in Jesus and what He is doing in the world is everything. It is the ultimate priority and a family committed to His work in the world will get the privilege of making sacrifices together.
Over the past few years in my own journey I found myself in an unknown place, a place where a heart could break deeper and wider and in more directions than I could have imagined possible. Mom has walked alongside me on this road further than any human could be expected to walk with another. She would have had good reasons to just sit out a while and catch her breath. But she never left my side. The road has been bumpy but also tedious and repetitive. When the landscape didn’t seem to change for a long, long time, she kept plodding along with me, carrying my burdens and helping me shoulder the grief that felt too much to bear.
Mom is tender and she is strong and she is not afraid to look pain and grief and loss dead in the eye. Even more, she is daring enough to hope against hope. To see in others, even me, the beginnings of life and growth and health and wholeness where others might only see brokenness and death. She has shined the light of Jesus on me more times than I can count.
She can fry a chicken and whip up mashed potatoes and gravy with the best of the Southern cooks. Her pleasures are simple: the reading of books, sitting on the front porch, walking her dogs in the woods, eating dinner with my Dad, playing games on the floor with her grandkids, and drinking tea with Amanda and me. But make no mistake she is wicked smart and complex and multifaceted. She is so much more than even the best caricature of her could ever hope to be.
I love her.
Yes, I love her. If one photo could capture the light and color she brings to my world, this is it:
It is my joy and honor to be her daughter and also to work for her at Living Proof. This blog giveaway is just one of many ways I celebrate her beautiful life today. The first three gifts are from Living Proof and the last two gifts are personal gifts from me.
First and foremost, we are giving away eight Key Word Study Bibles. My mom gave me one of these Bibles many years ago. It was one of the first Bibles I ever really remember being excited about. It helped me become familiar with various Greek and Hebrew words before I ever took a Greek or Hebrew reading class. Every time I read it I was reminded that the Scriptures we hold in our hands in English are a translation. Remembering this often is a good thing and will take a person a long way in the study of the Bible, I think.
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Second, we are giving away an assortment of several pounds of favorite Houston coffee beans. My mom is a serious coffee drinker, so this is just an obvious addition. This package will include but not be limited to one of my current favorites:
Third, we are giving away an arrangement of fresh flowers Mom loves. And, really, who wouldn’t like these?
Fourth, we are giving away a crossbody saddlebag. Mom and I both carry versions of this crossbody bag over and over again until one breaks and we have to buy another one.
Fifth and finally, we are giving away a small bottle of Flowerbomb. Mom wears lots of different perfumes, but she most often travels with this one.
So, if you’re interested in our giveaway please do pop on and say “Happy Birthday” and show Mom some love. Your comment becomes your entry into our random drawing. Comments will officially close 24 hours after the post is published, and please only one comment per person. The names of our winners will be posted at the top of this post at some point on Thursday.
I hope you all are happy and well.
And, Mom, I love you!
The best is yet to come,
Melissa
Happy birthday, Beth – though I am a little late!!! Your work has richly blessed me and taken me deeper and deeper into the Word and I truly am blessed for having taken the journey of so many studies with you and your incredible insight and perspective. May God continue to bless you and the Holy Spirit fill you with new wonders to share with us all for many, many years to come!
Happy birthday!! May God continue to use you and your ministry to glorify His kingdom. Thank you for speaking His truth.
Happy Birthday Beth, Your Studies have changed my life!!!
Your staff has been such a Blessing, the kindness & love they show is incredible. It is wonderful to call & pray with Kimberly & know she (all of you really do care).
I can’t imagine where so many of us would be without You & the Ministry! Happy Birthday, may you be Blessed
Happy Birthday Beth! You are an inspiration to us all. Have a blessed day.
Happy Birthday!! Thank you for continuing to bless my life – you and your family.
Happy Birthday Beth ! Thank you so much for your teaching and showing me the way to Jesus. You have no idea how much you have helped me in my marriage. I truly hope to meet you one day. May God continue to uphold and strength your ministry. Have an amazing day !
Happy, Happy Birthday Ms. Beth!! Many more years to you!!
Happiest Birthday! Thank you for all you do! You are a blessing to me and countless others. Thanking Jesus for you today!
Happy birthday to the woman that changed my quiet time forever. She’s taught me to LOVE God’s word and have the desire to study & learn more about Him everyday. Happy birthday dear Beth. Hope your day is full of blessings and love! ❤️
Dear Beth Moore, HAPPY BIRTHDAY WITH MANY “MOORE” TO COME!!!!
HAVE RICHLY ENJOYED YOUR SERIES WITH AREA CHURCHES!!! MAY GOD CONTINUE TO RICHLY BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!!!! MY MOM JUST CELEBRATED HER 71ST BIRTHDAY SUNDAY ON “FLAG DAY”!!!
Happy Birthday and God bless you this day and throughout the coming year! You inspire. You RE new and RE store my spirit. (couldn’t guess I was in Tampa this past weekend!)The Jesus in me loves the Jesus in you!
happy, happy birthday!
Happy Birthday Beth!
I thank God for using you to reach my heart. Through your studies I have grown, and found great comfort, and many laughs.
June baby’s are the best 🙂 (I’m a June 14th Baby)
Much Love
Wishing you a blessed birthday, full of love and laughter and God’s presence so real you feel his arms around you. An aside, this day, 84 years ago, my paternal grandparents were married. It’s a good day indeed!
Happy birthday, Beth. God’s riches blessings to you.
May God bless your socks off this year, Beth! Thanks for loving Jesus and sharing your gifts with us.
Happy Birthday Beth. You have definitely been an inspiration to me. Your children are so blessed to have such a mother as you. Melissa’s words brought tears to my eyes, just feeling her love for you, and your love and devotion for her and your family. What joy! So Christ like. Thank you for shining His light on us all.
PS…I saw you in Albuquerque in April. What an awesome teaching.
Happy birthday, Beth Moore! My gracious, the world is a better place because you were born!!! I can’t thank you enough for allowing the spirit to guide you in all the ways you do!!!
Beth, may you be abundantly and extravagantly blessed on your birthday, as you have so blessed a multitude of others! *******
happy birthday to you! what a blessing you are to so many!
Happy birthday! Hope you are able to spend the day doing memorable and fulfilling things with loved ones.
Happy Birthday, Beth! Thank you for the blessing you have been to my life through your Bible studies and your example of a woman who walks with God! I hope you have an incredible day!
Happy Birthday Beth! I have enjoyed so many of your Bible Studies and have been encouraged to keep digging…deeper still. Wishing you a wonder-full day!
Happy Birthday Mrs. Beth!!!! I hope you have a wonderfully splendiferous day! Thank you for all your hard work, so that someone like me can dig into the Bible in a life changing way. May God bless you many times over.
Hope you have the happiest birthday, Beth!!!
Happy Birthday! I have done many of your bible studies and have gotten so much from each one of them. Thank you for being open to the Lords leading. Have a blessed day.
Happy Birthday Beth,
You are a true blessing in our time!
Love, Marcy
What a sweet tribute to a beautiful and Godly woman. Happy birthday to my sister in Christ!
Happy Birthday! You have brought me closer to Christ through you teachings And I whole heartedly than you!
Happy Birthday Beth! God uses you as a great encourager in my life. Thank you for allowing God to take the reigns in your life. May you be blessed and take time to fully embrace the love from your family and friends.
Happy birthday! God bless you!!!!!
What a beautiful post!❤️
Happy Birthday Ms. Beth!! Praying your joy is doubled over today! You are such a blessing to me.
Happy Birthday! You are a wonderful person who has impacted my life in sooo many ways. Thanks for saving me from the depths I was in. Have a marvelous day!
Happy Birthday sweet Beth! Thank you for submitting to the Holy Spirit so long ago and dedicating yourself to the adventure and blessing of serving such a gracious and wonderful God! You have helped multitudes of ‘girlfriends’ (and probably a surprising large percentage of ‘boyfriends’) to follow Him with an undying passion and search the Word with an unquenchable desire. Your life as a Moore is ever so a reflection of Christ’s overwhelming love for His people! Keith and your children are immeasurably blessed! I, along with hundreds of thousands of other Siestas, thank God for you and celebrate this day as the day You began so that someday, You would fulfill the Purpose from the Most High! I hope you have the day you always wished to have for a Birthday and pray for many blessings for you and your ministry throughout this next year long journey of your life. God bless you dear sister! Happiest of Birthdays to You!
Happy birthday, Beth. Thank you for inspiring me and countless others thru your bible studies and deep love of Jesus !
Beth, your teachings have challenged, blessed, and taken me further into Gods word than I would’ve ever gone on my own. You are a blessing and I pray that your special day is equally blessed
Have a blessed birthday!
Happy birthday Beth! Love to you and your family.
Melissa, what a beautiful birthday tribute to your sweet mama! I love the way you all love each other! Thank you for sharing it with us all!!
Dear Beth, I hope you’re having the most fantabulous day ever!! I hope to be able to come to a LPL sometime soon now that I’m done with nursing school. It’s been a long journey but I know it’s where God wants me to be. Thank you for all your blogs and words of wisdom and encouragement. During this time of nursing school, they’ve really meant a lot and helped during the tough times!
Happy HAPPY Birthday!
Lots of love!
NikkiPoppins
Happy Birthday to a trailblazer in the faith for women. Beth Moore you will never know this side of heaven how many lives you have impacted for the gospel of Christ. I’ll let you know one… mine. Thank You for your obedience to be used in such a mighty way!
I love your teachings and your books and would love to be as strong as you are in the Word and Life…To have survived what you have and still smile..May your birthday be blessed beyond your wildest imaginations and May God’s love surround you…Be Blessed
Happy birthday to you!
Have an amazing day celebrating! Happy Birthday my sister in Christ!
Happy Birthday!!! May your day be filled with extra special blessings!
Happy Birthday! I love your wit and wisdom! I wish you a day filled with family and fun!
Glory be to God the Father for your life, and may you be richly blessed in the coming year! Happy birthday, Beth!
What a beautiful tribute to your mom, Melissa! Wishing you have very happy and blessed birthday, Beth! May God’s love envelope you today and always!
Happy Birthday, precious Beth! I appreciate your ministry to women because it has blessed me mightily! Although I’ve never met you, I love you!
Happy Birthday to you Beth..you are a blessing to so many and all you do is obey God! You always make it seem like if you can do it so can I! My twin daughters share this birthday with you! I love that!
A very Happy Birthday to a very special lady.