“Therefore encourage one another, and build up one another, just as you also are doing (I Thessalonians 5:11).”
We need to be encouraged and we need to encourage. I use to see it as a weakness in me when I needed the encouragement of others. God designed us to need each other and expects us to encourage one another. My definition of vulnerability was to give someone power to hurt me. Our tender Father is teaching me that when I am vulnerable with trustworthy people, I am giving them the power to encourage me. I now tell those I trust with me that they have the power to encourage me. It is not a weakness in me to need these dear friends, it is how God designed me. God has designed us to need each other. Find those trustworthy people in your live and give them the power to encourage you. Also, be sensitive to the power they have given you and seek to be an encouragement. As 1 Thessalonians 5:11 says, let’s “build up one another” through encouragement.
Mary studied Mechanical Engineering as an undergraduate student. While studying she traded semesters working at NASA in Houston, Texas. It was while working at NASA that she felt the tug on her heart that God had another plan for her life. Upon graduation, Mary proceeded to serve as a missionary for the next 11 years of her life; she served in Greece the last two years of her service. Upon returning from Greece, she pursued her Master's degree in Counseling, which led to a job with a major university. It was while working there that God did what God faithfully does, she found herself working as an engineer again as she managed major construction projects for the university. She also pursued her Master's degree in Engineering Management and her Professional Engineering License. Mary now on her ministry and writing. When Mary left missionary service it was her desire to return to fulltime ministry one day. She had her first outline for a book in 1989 (a book she has yet to write). Her first book was published in May, 2014 with the second quickly on its heels in December, 2014. She continues to write and is developing an evangelistic series of books centered around Jesus Christ. Her prayer is that her books will bless others' relationships with our Father God and His word.
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