Wednesday Word // Encouragement.



What has God taught you about encouraging others in the blog world / real world?
 



Whew! Can I start with that?!  First, let me address the "What has God taught you" portion of the sentence.  God has taught me SO many things, but and foremost God has taught me to trust Him in every situation.  Lately, I've found myself in the dark on so many decisions / events in life and I've left my full trust in His care.  And I feel wonderful.  I feel encouraged. 

 

 

So, what has He taught me about encouraging others?  It is vital.  It is as necessary as taking the next breath of life.  Without Him, we are dying and going to hell.  Living a good life doesn't give you that automatic pass into Heaven's gates.  We have to earn our keep and God is there pushing us the entire way.
 

o "It's scary."  You are dang right it's scary.  Don't you think God knows you are scared and shy to stand up for Him?  He is challenging you, friend.

 

 

o "I don't know what to say."  None of us do.  God will provide the words, you provide the source.

 

 

o "I don't know enough to tell anyone else."  Honestly, this is the one that gets me the most.  For a long time I feared that I didn't have all the answers for a lost soul.  And then God smacked me in the face and I realized I'll never have ALL the answers.  That's why he wants all His children to come to Him.  He is our safe-house. 

 

 

STOP making excuses.  Get out there and tell a friend / family member about God's love for you and I.  We are His children.  And I for one want all my loved ones with me one day when we are walking into those pearly gates. 

 

 

So, to answer the prompt, God has taught me to be ME.  He has taught me to stand up for what I believe in and not feel ashamed by it.  He has taught me that He is my Father and will be there for me and you in every situation in life.  He has taught me to pray, and pray hard, for our world and our brothers. 
 

God has taught me encouragement and He has shown me encouragement.

 

 

What has He taught you? 

Community Brew // Wednesday's Words

Gratitude
Wednesday is a special day around this blog.  I love getting to join in with other Godly women who want to talk about their love for God and the things happening in their lives.  Such a sweet day, indeed.

Colossians 2:6-7

Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.

Psalms 136:1

Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good, For His loving kindness is everlasting.

There are so many things in my daily life that I am thankful for, and many things I need to take a minute and thank God for more often.  I'm guilty of not giving credit where it's due, and my day to day walk in this life is no different.  

The Lord continues to amaze me with His ways in my life. Brian and I, like every other couple, have faced hard times, but the Lord is always faithful to us.  He shows us that He is there even on our dark days.  Being a newlywed isn't always easy.  Finances are hard.  Figuring out how to merge a household is hard.  Adjusting to the new way of life is hard.  Every day there is another challenge in our path, but we both know that relying on God's promises that we are already taken care of and shouldn't fret.

With that being said, I like to let Brian know that I'm thankful for him.  He always (Jokingly) gets onto me for thanking him for little things. But I know in my heart it goes way beyond a simple gesture.  Brian is the man God made for me and every time a "little thing" is done for me, my heart is more at ease with life.  God gave me this wonderful man.

For that, I am full of gratitude.

How do you express gratitude?

               

Wednesday's Words (Intro)

I'm so excited to be joining today with Jenni and Martha Kate for Wednesday's Words.  Finding other women who love the Lord is one of my favorite aspects of blogging.  I've met and did Bible Studies with women I would never met in this life if it weren't for our beloved BlogLand.

So, since this is a brand new link-up, the girls wanted to start off with a little introduction.  So, here's a little more about myself..

I'm Kayla White.  I live in the NE corner of Mississippi. ( I'm seriously like 10 miles from the TN line and 20 from the AL line!)  I'm 30 years old and married to my precious husband, Brian.  We are coming up on our one year anniversary in October.  I can't believe it's already that close, but the Lord blessed me with the man that He knew I was meant to spend my life loving unconditionally.   

We have two furbabies, Reagan and Roxie, who have no idea that they are really dachshunds. They really are what makes our house a "home."  When I'm not blogging, you can find me reading or re-arranging some area of our house.  Brian just shakes his head at me. ha!

I've been blogging for several years now, but in the last two years I've really put more focus into making it memorable.  I started it as just a fun thing to do, but once I met and got engaged to Brian, it lead me down a road of being able to document our lives and all the memories I never want to forget. 

I've loved meeting the women that I have through this journey and I'm excited to see what the Lord has in store for me next!  So, grab a cup of coffee (and me one too!) and let's be friends.