Category Encouragement
Tears, Snot, and Tissues
I cry. When my heart wells up with emotion, it tends to spill out through my eyes. Let’s just say that my heart tends to be a well spring that frequently pours over. I cry when I am sad, when I grieve, when I hurt, when I am upset, when I am happy, when I […]
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 […]
