encouragement

Good morning friends! Today I wanted to share with you a little bit about my vision for The Best Nesst and talk about encouragement.


I started, what would later be known as The Best Nesst in April 2008. Basically it started out of boredom, I was a stay at home mom to my son who was 4 months old at the time. Then, I found out that there was a need, a need for cards with bible verses on them. Any not just any cards, but cute cards, with cutesy paper that people would be proud to display in their homes and not just throw them away. This was also a time when I needed encouragement, because what new mom doesn't? Not that I necessarily needed people to pat me on the back and say, "way to go!" but I would seek encouragement through Gods word. The passage I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me was something I repeated often throughout the day and throughout the night as I got up again to soothe my crying baby or to nurse him. I held on to the promise of this verse for dear life carefully noting that it didn't say that I can do all things only when I've had 8 hours of sleep. No, it was a straight forward promise, that I could and would get through this blissful but hard stage of being a new mom. I gleaning the bible for promises that God has made.


God has really put it on my heart to use His word and my gifts to encourage others. This is something that I have not mastered be any means and I am realizing that it must be intentional. Meaning it isn't always something that comes up in the normal course of the day-but I have to work it in.


Something else that God has really laid on my heart-is that encouraging one another starts at home. I was reminded of this by my husband. It was one of those times when life was just busy-we were both busy, he would work all day then come home and do projects on the house-and I was just too busy in my own little world, when one night he said, "honey, you make such a big deal about encouraging others, but yet you don't encourage me." Ouch. After I pulled the knife out of my heart I realized that this is a big part of his love language!

I just want you challenge you to encourage someone, whether it is your husband, children, co-worker, neighbor-be creative and intentional about this. God commands it, and we need it.

This is also I started my doing my encouragement cards, {you can read about it on my side bar and sign up by emailing me} I send people cards for free, with an encouraging bible verse on them. I think about the world we live in and how so often women tear each other down with gossiping etc. Ladies lets build each other up-Let's encourage one another! What better way to show encouragement than through the word of God-the bible is filled with promises and hope.

I would love to hear your thoughts on this and how you encourage others and how you like to be encouraged.

I will start.

I am encouraged through words of affirmation, such as "honey, the house looks great!"

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!