As we get back to worship gatherings, family functions, and community events, we’re so excited to get together with our favorite people!
Who’s the first person you’re going to meet up with?
In this time of separation, we’ve really felt how much we need our people!
“Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver and the other gold. A circle’s round it has no end, that’s how long I want to be your friend.”
Life is not about the stuff you accumulate or how much money you make. It’s not about your achievements or the letters behind your name. It’s not about what you drive or your net worth.
Life is about Silver and Gold. It’s about friends, old and new. Those precious relationships mined out of life’s ins and outs. The people we meet that make our lives richer.
I’ve been keenly aware of the silver and gold in my own life: A day at the pool, sending that selfie from a dressing room ‘does this dress work?’, catching up on the phone, stopping by the office for a quick hug, planning a meet-up on Facebook, attending a difficult life changing event, inviting some over for a party, staying over for dinner, sharing revelations, and studying Truth. All of it precious. All of them Silver and Gold.
We can’t make it without friends. We need that wide circle of friends to cheer for us and have fun. We need that tight circle of confidants to tell us, “Girl, you’d better put that down!” We need that one kindred spirit to whisper those secrets of the heart. We need to nourish these relationships because we draw so much nourishment from them.
As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. Proverbs 27:17
I love it that I get sharpened by my Silver and Gold. Keeps me humble. Gets me loved. Lets me grow.
So, let’s do something fun!
Would you join me in the WoW Encouragement Challenge?
Call, text, or video chat someone. Write a note or send a card. Post something on Facebook. Whatever you can think of, and then, share it on the Women of the Way TN page. Show me what you’re doing to encourage someone.
And….don’t just encourage the friends you would normally talk to anyway. No! Find friends, relatives, and co-workers that you don’t see often or rarely talk to them. Get creative! Don’t spend any money (unless you just want to). Just be thoughtful and encouraging!
We’re doing this challenge for the rest of May!
Don’ forget, though, to let new people in your circle. Lots of people don’t have a circle, and we need to let them in ours. Find ways to be someone’s cheerleader.
Cherish your silver and gold. Encourage the people who are your silver and gold.
Join me in the WoW Encouragement Challenge here!
~Amy