{"id":442,"date":"2018-12-05T12:11:58","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T12:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatadventure.carterclan.me.uk\/?p=442"},"modified":"2018-12-05T12:27:28","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T12:27:28","slug":"catching-contentment-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatadventure.carterclan.me.uk\/?p=442","title":{"rendered":"Catching Contentment &#8211; Giveaway!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"443\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/greatadventure.carterclan.me.uk\/?attachment_id=443\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greatadventure.carterclan.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/liz3.jpg?fit=1008%2C1227&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1008,1227\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G935F&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1544010603&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;2.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.03030303030303&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"liz3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greatadventure.carterclan.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/liz3.jpg?fit=841%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-443 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.greatadventure.carterclan.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/liz3-246x300.jpg?resize=246%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greatadventure.carterclan.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/liz3.jpg?resize=246%2C300&amp;ssl=1 246w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greatadventure.carterclan.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/liz3.jpg?resize=768%2C935&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greatadventure.carterclan.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/liz3.jpg?resize=841%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 841w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greatadventure.carterclan.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/liz3.jpg?resize=222%2C270&amp;ssl=1 222w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greatadventure.carterclan.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/liz3.jpg?w=1008&amp;ssl=1 1008w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s almost a week since I came out of hospital, and I&#8217;m gaining a little strength every day, though it&#8217;s taking much longer than I&#8217;d like. There were two things I wanted to do on publication day and couldn&#8217;t, so I&#8217;m doing them now. Only 3 weeks late \ud83d\ude42 Both of these things feel quite bittersweet, with the taste of disappointment still so stark, but they are just two small things to celebrate something I was unable to celebrate in the way I&#8217;d have loved to.<\/p>\n<p>The first was to have a photo with the book! I kind of did it anyway, but a rough looking hospital bed pose with my Kindle just doesn&#8217;t quite cut it, because it isn&#8217;t the real book. So here goes.<\/p>\n<p>The second was to give away a signed and personalised copy. I&#8217;d love to do this so much that I have not one, but two copies to give away, and I&#8217;d love one of you to win this! All you have to do is sign up to my mailing list in the form below, or if you&#8217;re already a member leave a message in the comments, and I will draw names out of a hat next week. I even have a turquoise pen to sign them &#8211; of course!<\/p>\n<p>{The third, of course, is to drink champagne and eat cake with family and friends, and I will do that as much as I can over the next few weeks, don&#8217;t you worry \ud83d\ude42 Just as soon as these drugs have left my system &#8211; they are dragging their feet rather too much.)<\/p>\n<span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2Fp8T2j8-78&#038;text=%27Read%20if%20you%20need%20encouragement.%20Read%20if%20you%20need%20challenging.%20This%20is%20a%20powerful%20and%20unmissable%20book.%27%20Want%20to%20win%20a%20signed%20and%20personalised%20copy%20of%20%23CatchingContentment%20by%20%40LizCarterWriter%3F%20&#038;via=LizCarterWriter&#038;related=LizCarterWriter' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#039;Read if you need encouragement. Read if you need challenging. This is a powerful and unmissable book.&#039; Want to win a signed and personalised copy of #CatchingContentment by @LizCarterWriter?  <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2Fp8T2j8-78&#038;text=%27Read%20if%20you%20need%20encouragement.%20Read%20if%20you%20need%20challenging.%20This%20is%20a%20powerful%20and%20unmissable%20book.%27%20Want%20to%20win%20a%20signed%20and%20personalised%20copy%20of%20%23CatchingContentment%20by%20%40LizCarterWriter%3F%20&#038;via=LizCarterWriter&#038;related=LizCarterWriter' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Share on X<\/a><\/span>\n<p>Here are some of the things people have been saying about Catching Contentment:<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If you don&#8217;t have this book, get it! It&#8217;s a game-changer.&#8217; &#8211; Sara<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;<span class=\"cr-widget-FocalReviews\" data-hook=\"cr-widget-FocalReviews\"><span class=\"a-size-base review-text\" data-hook=\"review-body\">Read if you need encouragement. Read if you need challenging. This is a powerful and unmissable book.<\/span><\/span>&#8216; &#8211; David<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;<span class=\"cr-widget-FocalReviews\" data-hook=\"cr-widget-FocalReviews\"><span class=\"a-size-base review-text\" data-hook=\"review-body\">It is well written, intelligent, and rooted in scripture . The author dares to voice the reality of living with circumstances that are overwhelming whilst still having a deep and personal faith.&#8217;<\/span><\/span> &#8211; Nicky<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;<span class=\"a-size-base review-text\" data-hook=\"review-body\">I can\u2019t recommend this book highly enough. I am sure that anyone who chooses to read this book will be blessed by it as I have been.&#8217;<\/span> &#8211; Vicki<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I <span class=\"a-size-base review-text\" data-hook=\"review-body\"> honestly don\u2019t know if I have ever read a book which has made God\u2019s love so real to me, and made me desire to know him so much better, while still being a really compelling read.&#8217;<\/span> &#8211; Abby<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I<span class=\"a-size-base review-text\" data-hook=\"review-body\"> would wholeheartedly recommend this book and will definitely be purchasing more for church study groups. If you buy just one book on the subject of illness \/ disability \/ healing \/ faith and any link of those subjects, this should be the one.&#8217;<\/span> &#8211; Charlotte<\/p>\n<p>If you want to see more reviews, both endorsements and customer reviews, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Catching-Contentment-How-Holy-Satisfied\/product-reviews\/1783597402\/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_paging_btm_2?ie=UTF8&amp;reviewerType=all_reviews&amp;pageNumber=2\">have a look here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, sign up to my list or leave a comment to win a signed copy!<\/p>\n<p>[mc4wp_form id=&#8221;240&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s almost a week since I came out of hospital, and I&#8217;m gaining a little strength every day, though it&#8217;s taking much longer than I&#8217;d&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[173,179,164,178,180,113],"class_list":["post-442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-catching-contentment","tag-celebration","tag-contentment","tag-disappointment","tag-giveaway","tag-illness"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8T2j8-78","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":387,"url":"https:\/\/greatadventure.carterclan.me.uk\/?p=387","url_meta":{"origin":442,"position":0},"title":"Catching Contentment &#8211; Book Trailer","author":"liz","date":"October 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"It's just over five weeks now until publication, and so much is happening - and so much remains to be done! 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