“God gives us encouraging voices throughout our life; we need to learn how to hear them.” ~ Janice Elsheimer
Janeen wouldn’t have written a book, she said, if someone hadn’t encouraged her a few years ago. One particular friend, and a couple others, took note of her ‘way with words,’ and gently urged her to write for publication. She thought they were just being kind until the day she received their gift subscription to Writer’s Digest Magazine. The gesture moved her deeply. She began to write with fervor.
That anyone would validate Janeen’s writing seemed to surprise her. Maybe because she grew up with a critical mother. But God knew what Janeen needed to get on the creative path. He sent just the right balcony friends to counteract a lifetime of living in the basement. Not that life will never be hard again, but Janeen is now using her God-given talents and gifts.
Has God sent encouragers across your path, too? Have you paid attention? Sometimes encouragement comes in different forms - through books, artists of old, other writers, even teachers from the past.
Your most important encourager of all is God.
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on October 29, 2007 - 9:01 pm
You, Vicki, are an encouraging voice into my hesitant world of keyboard and thoughts.
~thank you~
All’s grace,
Ann
on October 31, 2007 - 12:00 am
Huge thanks for this encouraging post Vicki.It’s just what I needed to read tonight.Love you friend~
~Sharon~
on November 1, 2007 - 4:35 pm
Vicki, this is a good post, because each of us has been on the receiving end of encouragement at one time or another. It’s also a reminder to take advantages of moments when we can and should encourage others, too. God didn’t place us on this earth to go it alone; we need each other and we thrive on knowing that someone else believes in us.
on November 2, 2007 - 3:14 pm