Category Encouragement

Praise God first, then thank others

I enjoy it when someone says thank you to me.  It encourages me.  It lifts me up.  It warms my heart.  I really take pleasure in someone telling me how much they appreciate me and are grateful for what I mean to them. More and more often I am hearing the response from people that […]

Missing the bar

Do you ever have days where the bar in life seems unrealistically high?  Even with my eyes on God to the best of my ability, I still seem to come up short.  Some days I just feel as though I fall flat upon my face.  Thursday of last week was one of those days for […]

You are beautiful

I am beautiful.  Read it again.  I am beautiful.  Say it out loud.  I am beautiful.  Better say it one more time.  I am beautiful. Do you believe it? If so, I’m so proud of you!  If you said no, then today could be an amazing day – the day you believe you are beautiful. […]

You are a gift

“I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” Psalm 139:14 NIV  God is good.  That is a simple yet profound statement.  God is good.  His works are wonderful.  Each of us are one of God’s great works; each of us were wonderfully made.  You are […]

Encouraged by honesty

I think one of the hardest things that we can do in life is to really take a look at where we are.  It sure is painful to sit with God and shine light on the areas of our lives we need to work on.  I know.  I did it this morning. Today I took […]