Encouragers

I have finally finished my daughters High School Scrapbook!!  Yeah!  It was supposed to be a graduation gift and she is completing her second year in college this month.  Better late than never right?  I was so passionate about doing it when I originally started the project because I wanted her to be able to go off to college with a book of her memories at home.  Memories with her high school friends, memories of her family and the fun we had together.  I also wanted it to be an encouragement to her as we shared with her our prayers for her future, the beautiful young woman we saw her becoming and some insights from her cousins, uncles and aunts about how to stay on track during her college years.  Well hopefully it will be a blessing for her next two years of college and as she moves on to her adult life after college.

 I don’t think we realize the power of encouragement these days.  I was having lunch with my mother in law for Mother’s Day and she commented how she really enjoyed reading my blog.  It was such a great encouragement to hear her say that as this is not something that I do with my strengths but through my weaknesses.  

I am not a technical person.  I was probably the last person to get a smart phone and even now I refuse to put Facebook on it for fear that I will get sucked in to the drama that is Facebook.  I have a Facebook account and I love it but I have to set a time for myself to look at it or I will waste hours stalking my friends and family.  I love them so.:)  I know my husband will be mortified that I admit this online but I still write checks.  Not in the grocery line mind you but I prefer to write checks than to pay online.  Maybe I’m an old soul.  I am the last to accept new technology so it’s almost funny that I am doing a blog.

I have friends who are really gifted at encouraging others.  I am not as good at it but know it is important so I like to do things like making a small scrapbook just saying what I like about the person or make a prayer book.  I especially like to make the prayer book.  I have only done a couple but I am working on one right now.  I take a few months or an entire year and pray for someone.  I keep a journal of the prayers and then when I am done I give it to them so they can be encouraged that they are being lifted up to the Lord on a regular basis.  They can also see how God worked in their lives through the prayers since it was prayer over a long period of time.  The one I am doing one for now has been a blessing for me as well as I can see God working in her life and mine as I pray for her.  

Find a way to encourage someone this week and/or commit to praying for someone over a period of time and let them know you are praying for them.  You can send them an email or a text, call them or send them some snail mail.  You will bless that person more than you can imagine.

And if you need an outline for a High School scrapbook let me know.  Maybe I will get my son's complete before he gets through college. :)

This is my precious daughter when she was young.  The years went by soooo quickly.