Showing posts with label encouragement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label encouragement. Show all posts

Thursday, August 12, 2010

THINGS I LOVE THURSDAY!


Today I'm participating in a new series:  Things I Love Thursday, hosted over at The Diaper Diaries.   So come along for the ride as each week I feature something I love...  

I must say, today - I really love blogging.  Fellow bloggers.  The 'blogosphere'.  I'm coming up on my own one-year blogging anniversary, and while I am still pretty green at this, I'm starting to find my way.  I've been so blessed by all of the different blogs I've come across, one usually leading me to another, to another, and so on.  (It's very easy to lose track of where you started!)  I've found lots of helpful tips, inspiration, and words of encouragement on lots of different topics ranging from blogging to motherhood to cooking to faith and more.  And I'm developing new friendships, albeit virtual!  Perhaps virtual in person, that is, but very present and real in spirit.  While it can sometimes be a distraction and source of social disconnection, this technology/internet/blogosphere can also really make this big world a smaller place and lend unexpected blessings every once and awhile.  And I'm just thankful for the opportunity to share my own thoughts and encouragements here with others as they have shared and blessed me!   

"So speak encouraging words to one another. Build up hope so you’ll all be together in this, no one left out, no one left behind. I know you’re already doing this; just keep on doing it. The way He wants you to live."  1 Thessalonians 5: 11, MSG

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Legacy

My husband's grandmother passed away two weeks ago.  She was a dear, sweet woman who epitomized Christian love and charity.  I was inspired at her funeral by words of her many acts of encouragement and support she generously offered to others in her lifetime.  Sending cards, phone calls, visiting people, serving her church.  These things reminded me of my own grandmother who passed a few years ago - they were a lot alike. Though both were often limited later in life by their physical limitations, their spirits were lively.  I was also reminded of my own 'call' to be an encourager...which is partially why you're reading this now.  A faithful servant's heart, encouraging attitude, a strong sense and love of family...this was their legacy.  A legacy I aim to uphold and pass on to my own family.

Bless You, Granny Mc!

"Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last; but a woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised."  Proverbs 31:30