{"id":541,"date":"2012-10-29T22:07:31","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T03:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/?p=541"},"modified":"2016-11-02T22:09:27","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T03:09:27","slug":"allume-lit-up-and-shining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/2012\/10\/29\/allume-lit-up-and-shining\/","title":{"rendered":"Allume: Lit Up and Shining"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past week I experienced a very large dose of sisterhood. 400 women in the same space, of the same mind, in the same spirit, of similar humor all talking at once. I have learned from past experiences that all of that fun and joy spilling out can be a bit much for my spirit to be immersed in- so I escape, and sit back and observe until I can re-enter the fray so to speak. However, there is joy in observing, too!<\/span><\/p>\n

The fun was watching those beautiful ladies laugh, love, hug, hold onto, and pray with each other and for each other.\u00a0 We came not knowing what, if anything, to expect other than to hope to recognize the real person from their FB and twitter pics.\u00a0 The joy was seeing that it was Real Love in action, authentic, transparent, see Jesus shining through them {Love}.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our hearts resonated with the words balance, pride, bigger, smaller, community, Blog schedules, RSS, SEO and a multitude of other terms that I now have to refer to in my notes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our hearts bled and broke with the stories we heard, especially from that sweet grown up baby girl of a father in prison who experienced love through Angel Tree of Prison Ministries. All because of a promise and a present at Christmas time over the years.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been blogging for about a year and whenever I meet other bloggers for the first time they\u00a0always<\/em>\u00a0say: \u201cSo, what\u2019s your blog about?\u201d I hem and haw, searching for the appropriate tag for it, but failing miserably, I mumble \u201cI just don\u2019t know how to describe it.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I think people have been asking me that question all my life- \u201cSo, who are you anyway?\u201d is how it usually is thrust into my face. Haven\u2019t been able to answer that question either \u2013 except with surface answers. You know the ones: wife, mother, nurse, Sunday school teacher, bible study attender, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

But something has been happening over the past year in my life- God has started showing me about me- and since the conference I do believe that I\u2019ve been able to put words to who I am-<\/span><\/p>\n

I am the encourager, I am the one who sees God in every situation, I am the mama-surrogate hugger, I am the one who \u201cgets it\u201d when I look in your eyes.<\/span><\/p>\n

And Why?<\/span><\/p>\n

Girls, I\u2019ve been there, I\u2019ve seen it, that dark side, the side where if only someone would really look in my eyes and understand, the side where I\u2019m the exhausted mommy and can\u2019t put three words together in a sentence, the side where my heart is breaking because of family, the side where I\u2019m the only stay at home on the street, that feels left behind when the \u201cgirls\u201d go to lunch during work and I have the kiddos so that won\u2019t work, the side- well, you know, all of you know.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was blessed by God immeasurably by those few, those Godly women who came along side at the critical moments in my life. And I\u2019m here to tell you- I will be that woman if you need someone in 3D or over the phone for a phone hug and need to know that someone is out there praying for you. I\u2019m in your corner. You can all do great things \u2013 that is after all what you were called to do-\u00a0YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Love,<\/span><\/p>\n

Your Encourager<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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