You need breaks. You need sabbaticals to go and recharge your soul. If God Himself rested on the 7th day, I mean, come on, He’s God and He rested. I’m always in awe of that and also am reminded of how I (we) need to rest, time to time. That’s why I’m taking a blogging break.

Plus, I’m re-evaluating my time commitments, you know, because the new year and all. I’ve started working part-time but will share more on that, next month. Regardless, I’m committed to this group right here. I never tire of encouraging us toward the things we’re being called to do.

For now it’s time to live life, be with family, wrap under fluffy covers, and celebrate with those we’ve been given. Besides, you, the reader, need a break from your inbox too, right?

I’ll be back in January to kick off the new year with you. Until then, I  leave you with some enCouragement.

Places or articles you might be interested in:

Courage-related:

Six Attributes of Courage by Melanie Greenberg, Ph.D. in Psychology Today

Goodreads quotes on Courage such as:  “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
― Winston S. Churchill

More from Wisdomquotes such as: “Freedom lies in bold action.” –Robert Frost

Writing-related:

Ten Surprising Secrets to Make Your Book Go Viral by Jennifer Dukes Lee at Tweetspeak Poetry

Rise Up Writers with Jolene Underwood is an online community where she encourages us to “make much of Him.”

Hope*Writers [click here for link]: “One thing we all have in common is we would love to have another writer who’s been there to walk alongside us, but we’re pretty much afraid to ask. Or maybe we’ve asked but everyone is just too busy.”

Pics and pins for you to share:

Places I contributed:

Here:

“I remember how Hope first came to me. How I’d lived as an unconventional rule-keeper, the punk-rocker who also kept her nose clean, eventually becoming the wide-eyed Christian who–to this day–has not grown tired….” click here to read the rest of The Amnesia of Home, at Amber Haines’ place.

& Here:

“Our authentic lives, frees others. They let themselves off the hook, the one perfect hook they keep trying to hang from. It also lets us off the hook too. When we hide our true lives, because of shame and fear, we try in vain to live before others, instead of before God.” To read the rest on The Risk of of Letting Others Into Our Life at Outside the City Gate, click here.

Merry (early) Christmas and Happy New Year! See you on the other side.