
Good morning and Happy Sunday to all of my faithful and amazing WordPress readers! I hope you have a crazy-good day today. You make my days worth waking up for. Just knowing that you are reading what is being processed through my life, and that you’re getting some benefit from the things I write, brings me incredible satisfaction and joy.
And in case you are not aware – I love hearing your feedback! When I get feedback from a reader that they have been impacted and encouraged by something I have written, I experience the soaring feeling that I assume a base jumper feels when they jump out of the plane. Blogging – especially regarding the topics I write about – is a jump at 15,000 feet every time. Hitting the Send button on my posts takes a lot of courage. But hearing that you are blessed and strengthened makes every white-knuckled moment worth it! So please keep the feedback coming when you read something that impacts you. It also helps me gauge what topics to write more about.
And if you like something that you read, please share it on your Facebook page or on Twitter. I am grateful for the faithful followers that I have currently, but I know there are people in your circles that can be reached if you share the links and your testimony regarding my blogs. For instance, when a friend shared the link to one of my posts along with a comment about what she was getting out of my blog, 50 additional people went to the site that day and many of those subscribed to the blog. And now if those 50 people would share the link, the circle grows and grows!
Don’t misunderstand me here. I’m not writing for a following. I’m writing out of sheer obedience to the Lord. I know what He has called me to do, and pressing beyond my lack of experience and my trepidation, I am taking steps forward on this journey. But I also know that there is a stupendous way to spread good news and great encouragement through social media and I want to leverage that as a good steward of my gift.
So I thank you in advance for sharing the links and, if you feel comfortable doing so, adding your personal experiences regarding the blog posts. You guys are the BEST!
Lots and lots of love to you,
Cecily
Cecily is a mother to one daughter and three sons and a step mother to two daughters. She is a native New Englander, who, while fairly-well traveled, has never lived anywhere outside of New England. She loves the beach, the mountains, good food, and football (she’s been a BIG Patriot’s fan before it was cool to be one!). She loves to cook and you will most likely find her scanning PaleoOMG.com or Pinterest for her next recipe challenge. She is an avid fitness freak, indulging in Spin, Kickboxing, and Insanity classes along with running and working out at home.
But Cecily’s greatest passion is finding hidden treasures and bold Truth in God’s Word and teaching it in such a way that everyone can understand and remember what they heard. Nothing thrills her more than when someone comes up to her and says that they have been changed by something she taught (especially when they remember the message better than she does!). Cecily is a late bloomer in the blogosphere as she was very busy raising 6 children, volunteering in their schools, starting her career as an Executive Assistant, being the Worship and Arts director at her church and then recently taking the directorship of the Women’s Ministry. Life with 6 kids in a blended family posed more challenges than the Apollo 13 team had to face, and has given Cecily endless messages and potential blog posts! Cecily speaks at Women’s Conferences and at her church as a guest minister from time to time. Her husband John is a stalwart supporter of everything she does and is her greatest cheerleader. Now that the children are grown (they keep coming home, though!), Cecily has more time to write and speak about these wonderful life lessons regarding faith, blended family life, financial and marital challenges and the joys of watching God show off His faithfulness.
Women identify with Cecily because she has survived divorce, single-motherhood, being in the trenches blending a family, loving an addict, the stresses of ministry and marketplace jobs, and the life change of children growing up and becoming adults. Cecily has not only survived but thrived as a result of every difficult and unforeseen circumstance. She loves to boast about God’s faithfulness and the importance that her day-to-day, intimate relationship with Jesus has made through it all. She shares keys and practical steps that encourage women (and men!) to pursue the Lord for themselves and not sell their ability to hear from God short. Cecily’s favorite topics to talk and write about are Hearing God’s voice, Journaling for life, and Myth-busting.
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