Category Encouragement

More Than You Know

“Sometimes a small investment can radically change another person’s life.”  Pastor Steve Norby. This is a line from the message my Pastor gave on Mother’s Day this spring.  It really stuck with me.  I am working hard to commit this line, not just to memory, but to the very heart of my daily life.  It […]

Encourage Up

Leaders, encourage your team members.  Parents, encourage your children.  Bosses, encourage your employees.  Employees, encourage your clients and customers.  Teachers, encourage your students. All amazing examples of sending down, paying it forward and passing it along.  Today,  I want to focus in the other direction.  Encouragement is not only limited to a downward flow.  Encouragement […]

The Core of Your Beauty

The size, shape, and weight of my body are not the core of my beauty. I wrote this statement on an index card labelled Prayer for Myself.  I wrote it because so often I find myself attempting to value my beauty on the size, shape and weight of my body.    Read the statement again […]

Help the Helper

One of the most useful tips I have ever acquired in how to be a great encourager is this; Help the Helper. Honestly, I do not even remember where I gained this golden nugget of wisdom along the way.  I just know that it has stuck with me and proven true time and time again. Hebrews […]

Just as I am, I Come

“Jesus I Come” by Elevation Worship was one of the songs offered in praise during the service at my church this past Sunday.  It rang through my heart.  It has been echoing through my soul ever since. The segment of the song that has been reverberating through my mind are these lyrics: “Thank You Jesus […]