Encourage Yourself!
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13
When I was coming up, the words like encouraging and encouragement were never used. No one in my family ever encouraged me to do anything. I had never even heard of the word.
Growing up, life experiences have suggested that I am supposed to surround myself with people who will encourage me. I ask myself where do they do that at? “My foster parents never encouraged me, my teachers never encouraged me. Other family members didn’t have a clue.”
The community must have been the best-kept secret in town. Never knew we had a community. The only thing I ever knew growing up was to go to school, do my homework, and go outside and play. On the weekends I got to do chores like washing, ironing, folding clothes, and cleaning the house. Oh, Gee! After all that was done, we would get an allowance. Every week we would get an allowance. Every Saturday, or every other Saturday. It was a long time ago, I was a little girl, and I just remember it was regular.
We were never encouraged to do anything with our allowance, like invest or save money. I ask you, would that count as an encouragement, no encouragement? I remember my older siblings when they came home to visit, would always leave us money…
