Everyone wants it and we all need it. Encouragement! That seems to be the cry around Bloggyville lately! I read this post and this post and was so upset by the whole situation. I tend to agree with Sarah when she says, in much nicer words, to keep your mouth shut if you can't say something nice! (She almost quit blogging because of some things that were said in comments). Wouldn't we all be well-served to heed these wise words? What in the world makes us think we have the right to speak unkindly to our Christian sisters--or anyone else for that matter--including our families? Why is it that criticism seems to fall out of our mouths so much easier than encouragement? I know that I am sometimes much quicker to criticize than to encourage, especially with my children and husband. We would do well to learn that encouragement goes much farther than criticism does to change things. Let's do take the time today to be an encourager and lift up everyone we come in contact with. Wouldn't the world--and the blogging community be a much better place? I know that the vast majority of Christian women bloggers are very encouraging, and I have never received an ugly comment, but I am going to give it an extra effort today! I hope you will too! I leave you with this quote and a Bible scripture I found:

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