What encourages me...

Writers from a few of the blogs that I keep up with are a part of a new site launched just today.
www.incourage.me
(Check out the new button in the margin).
Checking out this site was quite the treat. I can't wait to have a little more free (quiet) time to dive further into it.

I NEED encouragement daily.
I wish I didn't. I wish I were just that positive and optimistic without giving it a second thought. And honestly, most days the places from which I gather that encouragement takes a backseat to everything else going on in our home.
It should be the very first thing I do EACH and EVERY MORNING.
Some days, I do.
Some days, I am up before everyone else sitting at the kitchen table or the back porch with my hot cocoa, bible, prayer notebook and pen in hand.
Some days, I am not.
You can probably guess the better days in our home.
You got it.
The days where I open up my day thanking my Father for everything He has blessed me with, begging Him to be with me and my family everyday and praying for Him to watch over all who need Him.

So what encourages me?
Most of all, The Word.
Second to that, my husband. God made him just for me. He made him to love me as Jesus loved the church. Encouraging!!!
Those women out there who love Jesus and blog about it daily.
Other moms who know exactly what you are going through. You could call them up crying and you don't have to say a word. (Those would be my 2 sisters)
And my newest encouragement? Those fantastic homeschooling websites out there. What an encouragement!

So my list of links:
www.biblegateway.com
www.aholyexperience.com -
http://www.aholyexperience.com/2009/06/conversation-how-can-i-be-better-wife.html
http://www.aholyexperience.com/2008/09/place-for-everything.html
www.likeawarmcupofcoffee.com -
http://www.likeawarmcupofcoffee.com/home/?p=904
www.livingproofministries.blogspot.com
www.homeschoolcreations.blogspot.com
www.1plus1plus1equals1.blogspot.com
www.ourlifestyleoflearning.com