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Free Refills?

Melinda
 Photo courtesy of terremonto

How easy it would be if life came with free refills.  Exhausted?  Partake of the refill of energy, for example.  Just before leaving you would take a sip, and top it off again to be sure you will have the energy to make it back. Well, it does.

Lately, I have been refilling in many areas.  Faith, ministry, rest, and prayer are areas I have been filling up on.

In ministering we can fail miserably when we don’t stop for a refill.  Regardless of who you are ministering to, or what that ministry is.  It could be caring for someone, teaching, providing, insert your ministry here _____.

It is vitally important to remember to refill what resources you have used to minister to others.

Take time today and write a list of all the ways in which you minister.  Then check the level of your cup in that area.  Do you use wisdom?  Have you filled it up, or are you running on empty?  Do you use your physical energy?  Are you resting?  Do you use compassion?  Have you received any?  

Gather that list and start refilling your cups.  God has promised to fill them.  Psalm 23 explains the way in which he calls us to do this.  Take a peak at this Psalm and be encouraged.  Hear God’s call to refill so that you can make your calling and election sure. (2 Peter 2:10).  He called you, He chose you, only He can refill you.

Take your cup to Him even now.  It will overflow, and you will be blessed, to be a blessing.

For more posts related to refills and encouragement check out the Bread and Jam tab at the top of this page.  You just might get a refill Beloved<3 Mindy

Published by Melinda

Really y’all I’m just another Samaritan woman seeking living water and pouring out where I see need for encouragement.   I am 48, mother to four girls ages 16-26, Gigi to the most handsome 2-year-old little boy, Fibromyalgia warrior, minister, writer, and a lifetime learner. 
I am writing my first book, slowly but surely, six chapters in, as our blessed first love has called me to share His glory in my story. I feel lost in that familiar desert place, and thankful for the manna that is there miraculously every day. I am overcoming hour by hour the condemning voices of the enemy and learning to love myself. It has been an arduous journey.  This wordsmith journey, but so worth it. 
I became a licensed minister in 2010.  However, I do not currently work in the ministry. I share Christ's love through devotional blogging.   I have a degree in Church Ministry, was pursuing my degree in Christian Care and Counseling at Oral Roberts University, but now am pursuing Life Coaching, and Neurolinguistic Programming Master Practioner Certifications and a business license. I am a certified women’s biblical counselor through the Extraordinary Women's program at Light University.   I am working on their Addiction and Recovery program now too.  Yes, I am a glutton for punishment with a wealth of life experiences with which I can minister comfort to others.
I'm a lover of a good book, writing, singing, and music, and my nemesis is the perpetual laundry pile.
Blessings to you and yours,
<3Melinda


3 thoughts on “Free Refills?”

  1. Hi Melinda! Thanks so much for stopping by my “space”! I have been feeling a need for a refill- thanks for the reminder that refills are needed and where to get them from! 🙂

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  2. Thanks for stopping by my place as well and, yes, it is so important to stop and refill. Psalm 23 is so familiar and yet, so rich. Blessings to you.

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  3. Hi Melinda! Thanks for filling up our cups with this post in the jam. It's always helpful to hear a friend offer to refill our cups. You've done that here at your place. Thanks, friend!

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