Radvent Day 9: Inspiring

So today's (Thursday's... oops) prompt is:

Ask someone you love to show you what inspires them. It’s a great exercise in seeing the world through someone else’s perspective.

Ask someone you love what you have done to inspire them.

Be proud of yourself and marvel at how your own little sphere of influence is ever-expanding, completely out of your control.

So I asked my mom and I'm waiting for her response :) Update later hopefully.

**Update**

So my mom is amazing and wrote a bit about what inspires her and what I've done to inspire her:

"What inspires me? Wow, there are so many things! God...Father, Son and Holy Spirit most of all, God's Word, the scriptural affirmations that I confess daily, my relationship and trust in God, my unity with fellow believers, I thank God for my pastors Jodie and Cory Dueck, and their ministries, especially Hearts Restored. It made such a difference in my life, it was an epiphany of sorts for me 6 years ago! I love being a leader there now and my prayer group on Tuesday nights inspires me too! Being a happy intercessor, also coffee break and care group at Gateway. My friends like Sandy, Susan, Margrete, Monique and Peter Dahl are all inspirations to me too!

I have learned so many paradigm shifts in the last few years... Walk in Love (agape) even when I don't feel like it, Bless those that curse you, Speaking life, not death to change my circumstances, choosing not to be offended,walk by faith not by sight, and one of the most important...calling those things that are not as though they are Rom. 4:17, and last by not least.. forgiveness is a choice, not just a feeling, if we forgive then the feelings will come. These have made me who I am today! My faith is a journey, God is the author and finisher of my faith!"

"There is so much that inspires me about you! Your strength and determination most of all. Your faith that things will turn around, even when circumstances are not good. Living to see your dream of being a teacher come true, inspires me too! You keep going (like the energizer bunny), lol;) Nothing can keep you down for long! I hurt when you hurt, we are alike in how sensitive we are, I have learned that God esteem not self esteem helps me in how I perceive these kinds of things."

Have I mentioned that my mom rocks? And yes, I teared up while reading it...