While thumbing through an “Everyday with Rachael Ray” magazine I saw a picture of one of the yummiest looking cheeseburgers that I have ever seen. So, I stopped to read the caption. It said, “MOUNTAIN HIGH – This smoky cheeseburger’s a star that hasn’t forgotten where it came from” and I thought as I chuckled - “WOW - that must be some burger!” …It’s smoky, it’s a star and it even remembers things! That’s pretty impressive for a burger, don’t you think? Maybe you are not as impressed as I seem to be but, I am someone who struggled with poor self esteem for most of my life so, this struck a cord with me. Just imagine if we complimented one another using words like that! What would that do, not only for our own self esteem, but the self esteem of others whom we love? Certainly everyone deserves such praise – Don’t you think? So what would such powerful words do for those we don’t even know? Or for people some may look at and judge for where they are in life? Wouldn’t such powerful words be able to uplift even the most broken-spirited woman’s soul? Couldn’t our words heal a multitude of past hurts and emotional scars? Wouldn’t God be so pleased if we used our words to build each other up? If we remembered to speak positive healing words in every aspect of our lives? In fact, I am thinking of a couple of specific women, who could certainly use hearing some healing, positive words spoken over them today. I am going to give them a call and share what God has placed on my heart for them - You might wish to do the same for other women in your life. I believe that together, we can assist broken-spirited, wounded women to heal and become EVERYTHING God created them to be! “Love means doing what God has commanded us, and He has commanded us to love one another, just as you heard from the beginning.” (2 John 1:6, NLT)
Blessings,
Alane D. Brown