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By Mathias Klang from Göteborg, Sweden (friendship) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

By Mathias Klang from Göteborg, Sweden (friendship) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Dear Faithful Blogger,I read your post. every. word.I can’t tell you all the ways you’ve impacted me because I’m not even sure I can explain how, except to say:ThankYoutrans
Thank you for pouring a bit of yourself into this sleep-deprived mama’s life. I was reading your blog at 2 AM when my 3-month-old woke to feed in the middle of the night.Or the time you made me laugh with that funny thing you wrote about being married to your opposite and I’d just wept over a disagreement that I had with my husband.Or that post you wrote that gave me the courage I needed to try engaging more with my little ones at home even though I have no formal training in working with preschoolers.

Thank you, friend.

I think back to the time when you told me a story about how you allowed God to love on you; because I really needed it when my baby was in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Your blog posts poured into me when I was restless due to Braxton-hicks contractions, or when I was looking for ways to breathe new life into my relationships.

Thank you.

The bloggers who astound me and to whom I owe special thanks are:

– Bloggers who aren’t afraid to include their beliefs and faith in their blogging
– Bloggers who get personal and give you a glimpse into their homes and hearts
– Bloggers who reach out and build relationship – they e-mail you back, they leave comments
– Bloggers who host link parties or facebook groups and want to build community

God laid this word picture of “THANKS” on my heart and I thought I’d share it with you.

THANKS

Your words are a healing balm to a weary and weathered world.

I encourage you to run the race with patient endurance ever mindful of the eternal prize. Throw off everything that hinders and the doubt that entangles (Hebrews 12:1).

I’d like to read more from your heart. every. word.

And know… you have my sincerest, deepest thanks.

In His Grip,

Monica

http://happyandblessedhome.com

Monica Pruett is a Christian mommy blogger at HappyandBlessedHome.com and can be reached on her blog or on Facebook. She’s the mother of two adorable boys and is married to her best friend Jimmy. Her passion is to be an encouragement to moms and she publishes free printables and crafts for preschoolers, devotionals for moms, and ideas for having fun together as a family. She currently visits over 100 blogs a week and truly enjoys connecting with others and sharing what God is teaching her in the areas of mothering, parenting, discipleship, and marriage.

Comments

    • Thanks Janelle! I meant every word. I am so deeply blessed by bloggers and so thankful.

    • Hang in there. When I’m ready to throw in the towel I remember those nights when I sought encouragement. A new mama’s hours are so crazy there is no way she can call someone at 2 AM. But she can read a blog and be encouraged. I owe a great thanks to so many bloggers. Keep up the good work!

  4. This is a beautiful and encouraging post to keep writing and fulfilling a calling.

  5. There are so many more quiet readers than commenters who draw inspiration just as you note. They come to the well and go away, energized and refreshed, more hopeful and resolute. It is a great reminder that although we may never know the women we impact, into whose lives we breathed encouragement, we are called to continue to write. Thanks for that reminder!

    • I can’t tell you how many times I’ve felt down and another blogger picked me up. Keep writing and encouraging others!

  7. I so needed to read this. Weeks like this past one leave me wondering- some days – I think of dropping it altogether, but I can’t not write. Other times I’m certain I’m smack in the center of where He wants me to be and I remember like Kim Hall said the quiet readers- they are out there. And, I remember that I’m not writing for me, or for them after all- I’m writing for Him and the one He wants me to reach out to with the words He gives. Thanks Monica- so much!

    • Nancy – I think you speak the from the heart. I always remind myself even when no one else knows, God sees. He sees you and loves your heart!

    • Nancy, We’re walking the same road, friend. It’s true that we’re writing for ONE, but it is so hard not to compare, isn’t it? Glad to know I’m not alone.

    • So great to connect with you -from our Alma Mater to cyber space – God is so good!

    • Rosann – keep up the good fight. Blog and blog some more, you never know who it will reach!

  12. Monica, I really can’t even find the words to tell you how deeply this impacted me today. My prayer for the last few weeks…months…years, has been that my voice could bring the Kingdom a little closer, and in doing so, encourage all the moms and women yearning for a closer walk with Jesus. But sometimes the silence seems overwhelming and I wonder if anyone’s listening at all. Thank you for the reminder to keep my eyes fixed on Christ, always trusting, always resting in his sovereignty. You’re a blessing!

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