Friday Free- for-all
Free Advice Friday
Freely Friday
Girl Talk Date Line Friday
None of those seem to do justice to what I would like Fridays at the TIAMO blog to be about. I want Fridays to be a day we can share and learn from each other in a purposeful and respectful way….BECAUSE…too many times in the past few weeks and months I have been talking with girl friends about any number of things and it has come to this – we are or know people who feel alone in something, feel like they can’t share something, feel afraid or alone…and there is no good reason for that!
Girls we need to encourage and embrace each other. We need to support each other. We need to hold one another in prayer. We live in too connected of a world to isolate ourselves. We live in too social of a world to be alone. We have too loving of a God to not turn to him together in prayer.
Too many times the choices we make as women are used to divide us. How we support our families, how we feed our babies, how we do everything we do…There are plenty of things in each these and millions of other topics to discuss and debate, but that need not divide.
We, as women, have the power to right so much of the wrong in this world, soften the hurts and build up the weak. God has given us tremendous gifts as women, as wives and mother, as aunts and sisters, as daughters and friends. How can we help each other with these gifts? I believe the first step is to talk (not gossip) about our lives…
So on Fridays lets meet here…and talk.
I’d love to hear from you about what we can talk about. I am no expert (in anything!) but I know we all have something to bring to the table.
Hi Danielle, I totally agree with you and I support you and would love to join in supporting and encouraging each other and those around us! Thanks for todays encouragement and your sweet and giving spirit!
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Clinging to this verse today as I get prepared for another busy 3 months with school and teaching around the corner, trying not to get anxious: Philippians 4:4-7
"Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."
Jessica - Thank You...and thank you for that verse! Hopefully we can both find time in the busy (that is an understatement, isn't it!) semester ahead to at least be here together on Fridays.
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