A Thought For The Weekend And a Bleg*

Last week I said I was going to start a short, sweet, weekly Friday Five kind of feature so I could spend more focused time actually writing on Fridays.  Then I noticed how many people in blog world do Friday Five kinds of things and I realized how profoundly unoriginal I was being.  And, while I may be completely unoriginal, I have no need to expose how completely unoriginal I am on the internet.

So I took last Friday's post down.  Today, I leave you with this short, sweet thought from my Bible study leader.  Speaking about the hope and comfort found in Isaiah's prophecy, the promise that God's people would be restored after wandering in exile, she said,

Sometimes it's okay just because it's going to be okay.

May those words encourage your hearts this weekend, dear friends.

And now, a request--I've been trying to track down the link to a post that I loved, but can't remember where I read it.  It was a story about a woman who saw a young girl dressed all in black, wearing an "I hate the world" attitutde.  She saw herself in that young girl and remembered the kindness of a woman who saw her, smiled, and said, "It's a beautiful day, isn't it?"

I have told that story a number of times lately.  It challenged me to ask for eyes to see those to whom I might speak a few words of kindness and blessing.  I just wish I knew who wrote it so I could give credit for it.  I know many of you who stop by here stalk the same bloggers I do.  So...if any of you remember the story, or if you are the writer, could you send me the link?  Thanks muchly!

*Bleg = Blog + Beg.  No it is not original to me.  I am profoundly unoriginal.  See above.