We’ve all heard the term “Mean Girls” before, right? We might’ve even known a few, over the years. Well—step aside “Mean Girls,” — God’s girls are Nice Girls.
A Sisterhood that thrives on Hospitality of Spirit, empowering one another with social grace. A sisterhood that remembers—when one succeeds, we all succeed, because—ultimately all the glory belongs at His feet, not ours.
Worthy is the one Who invited us to His table, giving us His name…making us Sisters in the Family of God.
Nice Girls’ Manifesto
We will see your heart.
We will be your cheerleaders.
We will give you the benefit of the doubt.
We will not gossip about you.
We will not gossip to you.
We will hold you up in prayer.
We will not judge your appearance.
We will not hold you to Martha Stewart standards of housekeeping.
We will say Thank You.
We will rejoice when you rejoice.
We will mourn when you mourn.
We will say I’m sorry.
We will laugh with you, not at you.
We will be honest with you.
We will allow you to see our weaknesses.
We will not expect you to be perfect.
We will appreciate your gifts rather than compete with them.
We will thank God for you.
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I love this! What a great post!
I tweeted a few of your quotes today!
I really like the one that says, “When we forget Who it’s about, by default, we think it’s about us.”
Thank you for a wonderful reminder to focus on Jesus, and to just love others!
Found you on Me, Coffee, and Jesus today.
Have a blessed day~
Melanie
Thank you for your kind words this morning, Melanie.
((sweet blessings)) <3
Brenda, it didn’t seem like you were out of your comfort zone at all! You did a great job and presented us with an awesome message and some amazing food for thought. Happy to visit with you today! Thanks so much for sharing! Peace and many blessings to you, Love! 🙂
Awe, Tia, you’re a blessing. Thank you for your sweet encouragement, today. ((Hug)) <3
You are most welcome, beautiful friend! GOD bless you! *HUGS* 🙂
I love your tweet!! “When we forget Who it’s about, by default, we think it’s about us.” Great reminders here!
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Love the manifesto. Right on, Brenda! Neighboring with you at #IntentionalTuesday.
Thank you for your sweet encouragement, Kristi. ((Hug)) 🙂
Brenda, I am ready to stand up and cheer, hug all my sisters, and celebrate our sisterhood. Beautiful words: “Worthy is the one Who invited us to His table, giving us His name…making us Sisters in the Family of God.” Thank you, Brenda, for sharing your heart and stirring our passions at #IntentionalTuesday on Intentionally Pursuing. : )
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Awe, thank you, Crystal. Your encouragement is always such a blessing to me. ((HUG)) <3
Really love this, Brenda. Oh, that we could all get this message. Thanks for the reminder and great to connect at #TellHisStory today.
Thanks for stopping by, Karlene. 🙂 Lovely connecting with you today. ((blessings))
That should be a poster! Great job.
Thanks for stopping by and reading, Debbie. ((Hug))
Love, Love, Love this!! Absolutely beautifully encouraging. AMEN to the manifesto, Amen, so help us God!!! Thanks for sharing:)
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Love your heart, Bomi. Thanks for sharing your encouragement, today. 🙂 ((Hug))
Your manifesto is so uplifting and encouraging, oh how I wish more women had their own nice girl manifesto! Let’s just say, I hope to see this #trending soon!
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Sarah, this is a pledge for every sister, not just for me. 🙂 We won’t all be perfect at it, but praise God, there’s grace for that too. 🙂 Thanks for coming by and sharing your encouragement, today. 🙂 ((Hug))
I want to print this out and hang it on my daughters’ mirror for them to read every day! They are good girls but we all need a reminder sometimes. Great words!
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Great idea, thanks for sharing. 🙂 Glad to have you visit today. 🙂 ((Blessings)) 🙂
I LOVE THIS! I shared it and tweeted and I’m saving a copy for later. Wow!!
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(((Hug)) Thank you, Deb. For loving, for sharing, for encouraging. You’re a blessing. <3
Beautiful manifesto! I definitely want to be a nice girl. (Our fallen nature does have mean girl tendencies, doesn’t it?) Thanks for your encouragement to be good sisters. 🙂
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Yes, Betsy, sometimes it’s easy to forget it’s not about us, isn’t it? 🙂 Thanks for coming by and sharing your sweet encouragement. ((hug))
This is nice, Brenda!
Loveliest I have seen in a long while.
How are you friend?
Sweet Blessings to you
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Thanks for the encouragement, Ifeoma. 🙂 Nice to see you. 🙂 I see you’re interviewing Susan this week…look forward to reading that. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by…sweet blessings right back at ya. ((hug))
Hi Brenda,
Love your thoughts on nice-girl-hospitality! If only I could always live that out! Thanks for stopping by my blog this week and leaving some lovely thoughts, friend!
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oh yeah … what our world would look like if we lived this out!
love this, Brenda!
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What it would look like, indeed. 🙂 Thanks for visiting, Linda. ((Hug))
Loved this declaration friend! Oh my! I tweeted it. Reminds me of something I heard once that I will never forget, “Comparison is the cancer to our destiny.” When we all work together, using the gifts we are given, we all are following our God ordained path. We are all needed. Blessings friend!
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Hey, Carmen. 🙂 So true that we poison our own progress when we compare. I like that quote. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by and sharing, sweet friend. 🙂 ((Hug))
Oh, Brenda. This is so true. We are in the same family. We are all sisters in Christ. Thank you for writing this. I have nominated you for the Liebster Award at http://vineblossom.wordpress.com
I plan to come back here often.
Love go you from Arizona.
Sorry, Brenda. I meant to say, Love TO you. I stayed up Way too late last night. 🙂
Gleniece, how sweet of you. Thank you for your thoughtfulness. 🙂 And, thanks for stopping by and joining the conversation. Lovely to have you. 🙂 (((Sweet blessings to you)))