09/13/2026
Sunday thoughtsâŚ
âNever doubt the power of one woman reaching into the life of another woman with written or spoken whispers of love.â
Precious gifts we can always offer each other - to be seen, to be valued, to be loved. đ
Iâm determined to use my words as a gift to others who may be in hard places ⌠like a friend of mine who recently told me she is struggling with feeling like she has no real purpose.
Everything just feels hard, with very little reprieve.
So I sat down to write my friend a card and send her a little gift. I desperately wanted to love her through my words. My heart was full of care, compassion and a strong desire to encourage, but I struggled to translate all I felt on paper.
As I prayed about it, the word âlovedâ kept coming to mind.
Remind her she is loved. Remind her how much you respect her. Remind her that she is a woman who has so much to offer. Remind her she is seen and she is valuable.
In Acts 3, Peter and John encountered a crippled man at the temple gate called Beautiful. They stopped. They noticed. They decided to touch. Riches werenât available to them but the ability to value was.
Acts 3:6-7a says, ââSilver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.â Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up âŚâ
Peter and John didnât have silver, but they had a hand to offer and value to give. The man in need was worth touching. The hurting one in need was a man who needed someone to see him as a man. The man in need had so much to offer. After he got up, he went into the temple courts, praising God and stirring up wonder and amazement about God.
I want my friend to remember she, too, has praise left inside her for our God. She, too, can get up. She, too, can stir up amazement and wonder about our God.
Is there someone in your life who needs to know that she is loved? Someone who needs to hear that she is seen and she has value?
Never doubt the power of one woman reaching into the life of another woman with written or spoken whispers of love.