Happy Tuesday, friends! I hope your week is off to a great start. I’ll be honest, my week is shaping up to be a bit challenging:
- First, this time change makes me uber cranky. I’m already not a morning person. Why are they adding insult to injury? I mean, whoever decided we needed to move the clock forward anyway?
- Secondly, I have one kid out for Spring Break this week… and my other child will have their Spring Break in a few weeks. You know what it’s like to entertain just one child, right? Can you say “high maintenance?“
- Lastly, my laundry is overflowing. I knew it was a problem when my son advised me he had just turned his underwear inside out this morning. Seriously. I need to focus.
Hey sisters, I wanted to remind you that I am blogging over at CWAHM today. My weekly column is called “Let’s Get Real With Our Kids” and you can jump over and read my devotional by clicking here.
I’m talking about how we’re called to encourage each other… a concept that comes easy for some and is an afterthought for others. It’s no secret that we all need to have our “cheerleaders” who just support us and love us.
But you know what? We need to be intentional about being that voice of confidence for others, too. Especially our kids.
You see, a word of encouragement can be the difference between finishing it in style and collapsing along the way.
I hope you visit me at CWAHM! You can leave a comment on their site, or jump back here and share your thoughts. Either way, I’ll respond to you!
Let’s encourage others. Let others encourage you, too. We’re all in this together!
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Congratulations!! What an awesome privilege to be able to read you on 2 websites. 🙂 Thank you for the reminder that our job is not just correct our kids, to feed them and dress them. Cause honestly none of that is very fun (although I do like my sons style :)!!! The fun part is encouraging them! To see them claiming and ACCEPTING their rightful place as children of the King. I needed this reminder today as I sent my kids to school with a bad lunch (ha-ha). Lord let us see areas and attributes in our children to encourage and praise and give us the words that will water dry areas of their hearts and minds!
Great prayer! We do need to ask God to show us those areas to encourage! Some of them we can see easily, but others are hidden for a variety of reasons. Bottom line, we need to be intentional parents! Thanks for the insight!
Congratulations girl – good article. It’s the hardest job in the world to parent well. And it’s a daily task. May we be women who are so connected with who we are in Christ that streams of living water will flow out of us to these little ones we’ve been entrusted with.
Julie, I think you hit the nail on the head! WE have to be connected with who WE are in Christ… that’s a powerful starting point. Thanks, sister!