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Yesterday I was listening to the ‘Around The Table Podcast With Maggie and Jacey’ (one of my all time favourites – I will include a link for your full listening pleasure). On the episode I was listening to, the girls had entrepreneur/writer/headstander/momma Jess Connolly on show. Jess was talking about the piece of her heart that loves to encourage other women. I wanted to shout all the amens on the street right then and there. In my mind I was saying YES girl, YES. That is what we women need to hear right now.

This topic makes me think of this verse: so encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing. (1 Thessalonians 5:11).

We need to encourage each other. Let us not compare where we are at with where others are at, but celebrate and lift each other up. Let’s celebrate what others are doing, accomplishing, and simply who they are. As we are all His creation and workmanship, we all have indelible value. This is a major lesson the Lord has been teaching me lately – that we have worth because are simply His. Our personal worth does not come from what we accomplish, but because we belong to the King.

Let this be our anthem:

Women, I want to encourage you.

I want to celebrate you.

I want to join in your victories, big and little.

I want to root for you in all that you have done, and everything you are working on.

Good job.

You are strong.

You are beautiful.

You can do this (with His strength).

So be encouraged. Keep going. Little by little. Step by step. Be encouraged. You are loved.

Link:

Around The Table Lunch Break with Jess Connolly

I was throwing my hair back moments ago as I was running out to take our family dog, Molly, out for a walk. I ended up leaving my hair down for the walk, but it made me think of an interesting topic: the hair on our heads.

Every time I see a ‘My Hair Story’ video on YouTube, I roll my eyes and continue on merrily with my video search perusal. Then I got thinking! Our hair is so personal. The hair on top of our head is a physical part of us. It contributes to how we look, which comes with thoughts, emotions, and identity markers.

My hair is wild. My hair contains different types of strands. There are thinner, straighter ones. Wackadoodle kinky types, and wavy ones. I am going to make no churn pumpkin ice cream (I will let you know how it turns out – making homemade ice cream scares me), so my hair is still back. But I have a headache, so I cannot wait until this ice cream is done so I can let my hair be wild and free.

My hair is a host of insecurities for me, and I want to change that. I have leaned towards needing to apologize to others for the frizzy, untameable mane that is atop my head. How bizarre is that? I did not choose this hair, therefore I should not need to apologize for it. I want to rock my hair. After all, the God of the universe gave me this unique attribute. I want to be confident about sporting whatever my hair is deciding to do without apology. It seems so silly and shallow to be writing about hair, but it is an intrinsic part of our being. I want to celebrate who all people are, and image is a part of that for every beautiful human.

The word says: “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.” – Psalm 139:13. God loves us, and created us. We can be confident and rest in who *He* designed us to be. Let’s all celebrate, encourage, and love each other on. Crazy hair or otherwise.

Updates:

1. The pumpkin ice cream was good!
2. My hair was driving me crazy the other night, so I threw it back. I put it back occasionally when life necessitates this.