Friday Favorites

Today I start a new Friday blog series entitled “Friday Favorites.”

I confess. I have been a bit of a blog-hoarder. To remedy my lone-lurking tendencies, rather than keeping all of these wonderful blogs to myself, I want to begin sharing them with you!

Each Friday, I will choose three of my favorite blogs and post them on my blog. Rather than reading my blog on Fridays, I want to encourage you to drink in the wisdom, joy, and encouragement of my favorite bloggers.

It is my hope that you will be blessed by this amazing community of bloggers. I hope that these blogs touch  your hearts and bring a smile to your face or a tear to your eye. May you be encouraged, challenged, and inspired by these women and men – as I have been.

Friday Favorites for April 9th, 2010:

1 – Grit and Glory: This is one of my all-time favorite posts from one of my all-time favorite bloggers, Alece Ronzino. She calls it Monday Morning Confession, and I still can’t read this post without crying because I laugh so hard. Truthfully, Alece’s blog is a must-read-again-and-again. Her beautiful-redemptive-brokenness is expressed in a way that celebrates life, inspires, challenges, and is authentically her. She was the first blogger to “push me off the proverbial ledge” I had been safely standing on for years. Because she was able to share her story, it gave me courage to start sharing my own. So, my fave is Monday Morning Confession… but her entire blog is a must read!

2 – Flowerdust: Anne Jackson is a prolific author, speaker and self proclaimed “social-change activist.” This week she is in Moldova blogging to increase awareness about the devastation the sex-trafficking industry is having on our world. These posts are hard to read, but if you can stay with her throughout this week, it will be worth it. Her post, The Sex Cafe, left me speechless.

3 – GitzenGirl: Sara Frankl is a daily inspiration to me. This particular blog, Pour Out, absolutely wrecked my soul in a magnificent way on Good Friday of last week. It was raw and authentic and allowed me a tiny glimpse into the world of chronic illness that Gitz lives in every day. I still can’t read this post without my heart bursting into a million tiny pieces. Bring the kleenex… Gitz’s writing is powerful and beautifully redemptive.

p.s. in case you are wondering, “what ARE the blogs that Jenny likes?” I have included the entire list below for your viewing pleasure (In alphabetical order) 🙂 If there are other blogs y’all recommend… please send them my way!!

An Idol Heart (Grant)
Annie Blogs (Annie)
Best Days of My Life (Sarah)
Bring the Rain (Alicia)
Blessed Dad (Jim)
Come & See (Tracee)
Everything Happens for a Reason (Tonya)
Fearless Flying (Bailey)
Find me…The Real me (Heidi)
Flowerdust (Anne)
GitzenGirl (Sara)
Giving up on Perfect (Mary)
Grit and Glory (Alece)
The Gypsy Mama (Lisa-Jo)
Heart-and-Home (Ashleigh)
InProgress (Tam)
Jenni Clayville (Jenni)
JJJourney (Sarah Rachel)
Just Sayin (Lindsey)
Leading in Shades of Gray (Jenni)
Love and Respect NOW (Joy)
Lysa TerKeurst (Lysa)
Mandy Thompson (Mandy)
Mary Jo Hess (Mary Jo)
My Cup Overflows (Patricia)
My Heart Resonates with a Glorious Sound (Jessica)
My Living Canvas (AnnieLaurie)
People of the Second Chance (Mike & Jud)
Prudy Chick (Prudence)
Rachel Olsen (Rachel)
Ryan Spilhaus (Ryan)
Ragamuffin Soul (Carlos)
Rainbow Gulf of Love (Gladwell)
Refine Us (Trisha and Justin)
Robyn W. Buxton (Robyn)
Shaun Groves (Shaun)
Sheryl O’Bryan (Sheryl)
Spin-the-Axis (Jason)
Spur (Kristie)
Taza and Husband (Kingsley the bulldog)
Treasures of My Heart (Melissa)
T. Suzanne Eller (Suzie)
What Matters Most (Melanie)
Walter the Pug (Walter)
Without Wax (Pete)