Because Friday’s are for celebrating what we have managed to accomplish thus far, looking ahead, and adopting a slower pace. At least that’s what I hope this weekend brings. This week I’m looking back at a few favorite finds that spoke words of life to me as I traveled through the course of my week. Hope you will find some encouragement as well.
For times you wonder if your ordinary story even matters, I’d encourage you to read Alia Joy’s Confession of a Newbie Contributor. Have you been guilty of this?
We tell ourselves such good fiction about how our lives don’t really count for much, not in the grand scheme of things. We’re all just so unspectacularly ordinary. We talk such a good game to keep our tongues quiet and our voices stilted. –Alia
For times you feel like you are wasting your potential swing by Holley’s You Don’t Have to Live Up to Your Potential. She says,
You are not called to live up to your potential—to do as much as you can, as quickly as you can, for as many people as you can. (Hint: potential is usually just a code word for other people’s expectations.) You, my friend, are simply called to say yes to God. –Holley Gerth
Perhaps it doesn’t happen to you but having grown up in church since a small child, I sometimes get that little glanced over looked when hearing familiar Bible stories. Yet I so appreciate it when someone like Ceil takes the familiar Easter story in Easter Speed and causes me to see it through fresh eyes.
In a time when many proposed prophets are quick to prophesy riches and good success all for the mighty dollar, it’s great to see balanced teaching. TC’s Embrace the Captivity reminds us that God doesn’t always send the word we want to hear but even during turbulent times we do not have to fear.
We don’t have to look for false prophets, or preachers, to peddle lies to ease our anxious hearts. –TC Avey
You know some times we get the very thing we didn’t want, Strahlen shares about that in T is for a Testimony I Never Wanted. Here is snippet of what she said,
I didn’t want an amazing testimony!
I wanted my husband back. I wanted the love I we shared. I wanted the friendship and laughter we enjoyed right up until a few days before he announced he was leaving.
What good things have you been reading this week? Link up your favorites this week!
Great snippets! I’m on my way over to check them out!
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Happy reading Cynthia! Hope you have wonderful weekend!
Seems an inspirational storiesto read!
Thanks for sharing!
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So many goodies to choose from across blog land. Hope you have a wonderful weekend.
Sounds like a good read this week, Wanda (as always!)
I read Ceil’s post earlier this week – it was so inspiring. Looking forward to these other *great reads*!!
Have a good weekend, Wanda!
GOD BLESS!
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Sharon, I hope you have enjoyed your birthday week. Have a wonderful weekend.
Enjoy your slow paced (hopefully) weekend, Wanda; I plan to enjoy reading these blogs over the weekend. It is amazing how much lives that “don’t really count for much” actually count.
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So true, it’s just that we often use the wrong measuring sticks. Have a restful weekend!
Hi Wanda! Thank you so much for including me in your Friday Five! I’m so honored that you liked the post.
Hope you are having a great Friday 🙂 The sun is out here, and it looks like spring is here to stay.
I’ll be visiting your picks too. I love to do that!
Blessings,
Ceil
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Ceil, it’s a beautiful day here as well. I hope the spring weather is here to stay awhile. I always enjoy your writing but that one certainly spoke to me. Have a great weekend.
Those were awesome. You find some powerful messages, Wanda! Thanks for your diligence and heart, sister.
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Wonderful choices, Wanda! I don’t know if I told you but the new look of your blog is very nice! Good job renovating it 🙂 Have a blessed weekend!
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Well thanks Joanne! I appreciate it. Hope you have a great weekend.
Hi Wanda,
I want to thank you so much for featuring my post, T is for a Testimony I Never Wanted. I am also working my way through the A-Z Challenge and hope to get to all the blogs eventually, but, as a single mom of 5 boys, it will take me a full year to do it! I’m so thankful you linked our blogs in this way because it led me to read several of your posts sooner than I would have using the challenge alone. I so admire your writing and your faith and am honored to be part of this.
Thank you and God Bless You…
Strahlen
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Hi Strahlen, as a past participant of the A-Z challenge, I know just how challenging it can be to finish it and Arlee has managed to grew quite a bit since he first launched. So weaving your way through all of them will be quite the task. All of the best to you and it’s always a pleasure when I stumble across another sister in Christ sharing the light of Christ. Have a great week.