A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT
You are valuable because you exist.
Not because of what you do or what you have done,
but simply because you are.
–Max Lucado
I want to show my support and appreciation for this community of bloggers by listing, over a period of time, some special blogs I read.
Every Thursday, I will publish a list of blogs that I enjoy. They have been a great source of encouragement, inspiration and information. This is not an award, but a ”SHOUT OUT” to them. I hope you will check out these wonderful blogs. I am sure you will be blessed by them.
If you don’t see your blog listed, the time will come when it will be.
http://marinakanavaki.com/
Marina is a very talented artist. Her paintings are creative and colorful. She operates her own art shop that contain her beautiful paintings. She also features her designs on many forms, from jewelry, clocks, book covers, mugs, notebooks, etc. Visit here blog to see her beautiful designs.
http://rutheh.com/
Ruth Ella Hendricks now teaches Digital Photography at Pittsburgh Carrick High School after more than 20 years of teaching Visual Arts K-8 in the Pittsburgh Schools. Photographing since the mid ’60′s, she studied photography as an undergrad and more recently at Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild and Pittsburgh Filmmakers. Her film portrait of Dorothy Holley Quart Jar Poet premiered in Fall 2005. Two of her photos are published in Along These Rivers Anthology of Poetry and Photography About Pittsburgh. She is my friend and mentor. See the post I did on her photo gallery showing here.
http://vineandbranchworldministries.com/
Davis is an ordained minister who has served three congregations. His present ministry is a multi-faceted one. He is President of Livingston Mind Reality Institute, and as such he travels throughout North America as a Teacher, Preacher, Inspirational Speaker and Motivator, and he is now working to help build global ministries throughout the world in order to bring God’s people into their right relationship with him. He has been a keynote speaker and taught at many schools and delivered named lectures at a variety of Universities.
Five years ago Davis founded THE VINE AND BRANCH WORLD MINISTRIES.COM and on-line ministry and it would be a ministry that would completely change his life in so many ways. The Vine and Branch World Ministries would be a Teaching Ministry that would work to help relieve poverty around the world and bring salvation to God’s people.
Davis is the author of six books and working on his seventh to be published in early 2012. He is also a frequent contributor to various magazines and journals, as well as writing regularly for several on-line sites.
http://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/
Frizz is combining the Flickr photo-pool idea with the blogger idea of writing a DAILY post; but step by step he enjoyed more and more the comments of his readers. They often inspired him to dive deeper into a topic. The result now is a print edition “Fragments And Feedbacks” – 100 pages, only words, no photos, a “best of” (so far) out of more than 1,200 articles – if you are interested please visit blurb book: fragments-and-feedbacks Frizz also host a weekly challenge Tagged (each week there is a different alphabet letter).
http://dianarasmussen.com/
Her name is Diana. She started her site at the beginning of this year after God spoke to her. He told me to “quit playing church”, and testify about what He has delivered me from. I am using this site to not only share the deliverance of God, but also the music He has given me – to bless you on your journey.
I have also written a lot of poems about abuse, domestic violence, and depression. These are from the dark part of her life. She shares them to show what God can do with a life. Yes, there is healing, and she is no longer living in the darkness! God has delivered her from rape, depression, homelessness, suicide attempts, divorce, domestic violence, and betrayal. There were many times that she did not think she would make it. God had other plans… Visit her blog and be inspired and encouraged.
http://kattermonran.com/
A 45-year-old father of two children. One is 14 and acts like an 18-year-old sometimes, and a 16-year-old who has Asperger’s Syndrome which is an Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
His sister got him into taking a photo every day of the year. That way, you get to see what is around you, no matter how small. He usually take over a thousand photos a month at the moment so he had to buy a spare memory card and battery as well. He participates in a number of blog challenges with wonderful posts. He hopes you will enjoy the photos (and other articles) that he uploads.
http://3rdculturechildren.com/
3rd Culture Children is the channel they found to voice her impressions and feelings about life, friends, jobs, travels, all wrapped up by her duties with the Foreign Service.
They are a family of 5, 3 being children under 7 years of age, living and working around the world. And write about that. Her impressions as a mother, former “geeky stuff” scientist, researcher, partner and household queen!
You will find here her experiences, challenges and victories. Her impressions as foreigners, spouses, parents, travellers!
http://creativityaroused.wordpress.com/
This is a place to post his photos, art, photo manipulations, haiku and whatever else he creates. He calls it his “album of creativity.” He created this blog as an offshoot to his main blog named Ichigo Ichie, and he uses the pseudonym “Fergiemoto.”
He likes to take photos, mostly of nature. He also likes to manipulate photos and see what kind of art he can create with them. Haiku is something he has not attempted before starting this blog, and he finds it quite enjoyable. Exploring creativity is part of his healing process, and a refreshing and important outlet, but he wanted a separate place just for his creativity attempts, whatever comes to mind, and for whatever reason.
http://darrellcreswell.wordpress.com/
Darrell was born the son of a Pastor/Missionary. He began traveling on mission trips as a small boy and began preaching the Gospel at the age of 13. In his life he has preached the gospel all over the world. He is thankful to God for allowing him to have success in also the business world. He took a one year sabbatical, that led to him leaving the ministry for 10 years of his life. During that time he was able to become a multimillionaire in the oil business, but also fell away from God. During that time he also lost the fortune the Lord had given him. He became a drug addict for a few years and was totally lost. But many years ago, by His mercy the Lord reached out to him, and he gave his heart and soul back to Him. By His grace He has restored him into a life of being a servant, ministering to those in need, and for that he is the most thankful of all. He thanks the Lord for Romans 5:20..But where sin increased, grace increased all the more. Visit his blog and learn more about the experience he brings to his site.
http://betigaklaten.wordpress.com/
Bambang (Bams) Triwoko lives in Jogjakarta, Indonesia. He’s only human, a husband, a father of 4 daughters and 1 son-in-law. He much loves his cute grandson, Dominic… 
He was an employee since 1976 and resigned in 2001. Ever since then, he’s an independent entrepreneur and manage his own business (Consumer Goods Distributor and Event Productions).
He does start a blog, it’s obvious for possibility of self-expression, to share and interact with others.
He’s passionate about helping people discover their wanting to become an Entrepreneur.
He’s interest in : Family living, Friendship and community networking, Entrepreneurship, Human Resources Development and Photograph.
http://mountainperspective.wordpress.com/
Barney is a retired man who moved to the mountains. He now has the opportunity to step back and gain perspective on what’s important, and to discover that most of what we deal with really is not. He has lived and worked in a number of places over the years, the most adventuresome locations being Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and China. There is nothing like being immersed in an 8,000 year old culture to learn perspective, he states. Improving his perspective, accepting life with a modicum of tranquility, and learning how to become at peace with the world are his personal goals. I love how he stimulates the mind with his words, whether you agree or disagree.
http://50yearproject.wordpress.com/
This blog is be about his pursuit of visiting 192 countries, reading 1001 books, and watching the top 100 movies before he dies. The postings will include thoughts and feelings about the books and movies and experiences from past travels and future travels to keep him inspired and focused on the fun aspects of his life. He doesn’t want to bog down his mind with negativity, but want to remind himself that going to work allows him to pursue my his goals. Also he will post photos from his travels and experiences to remind him what all the hard work is for. All of the photos that are posted are from his personal collection.
http://www.ceephotography.com/
The reason why Cee is doing this blog is her love of photography and pictures. She is a very visual person and reading or writing is not the easiest way for her to communicate. So Chris, her partner now since January 1989, and she have been talking about the best way for her to journal. And she started her photography blogs. It is her way of saying, she is here on this world and a place to express herself. She has Chronic Lyme Disease and it was undiagnosed for 25 years and has been through a 40-day coma with multi-organ failure and she is dependent on insulin (Type I Diabetes) because of her Lyme Disease. To read more about Lyme Disease, please see her Living with Lyme page. She is also the host of many wonderful blog challenges.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
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