Women of Valor - with Melissa Blount

When I think of a woman of valor. i think of a woman dressed in a military suit adorned in medallions and upright and confident and strong. And when I found this beautiful woman and she introduced me to the women of valor collective where I had the beautiful opportunity to write and share with her community, I was enamored by how she provided confidence. day by day, by the stories of others into the insight of the valor that they could own under the love and adoration and promise of our Father in heaven.

So today, Melissa and i unpack what this community means to her, how it was established, and designed even from her town testimony. And isn’t that exactly what God would have us do. He’d have us go through the fire to come out stronger. Perhaps in intimate situations, uncomfortable situations…well mainly all uncomfortable! If you know anything about my story there was not a lot of resting and not a lot of being and a lot of doing in how I was striving so hard to become. So it was such an honor…and honor and valor go so beautifully together…To sit alongside her and dream cast over this growing community.

Hundreds of women submitting their own stories to be shared. No filter in that. Simply an act of ministry. To spread the good news and to showcase how God shows up in all of those situations. And how He becomes the change agent in which we get stand, adorned, with medals, saying I’ve done it. i can see Him hanging it over our neck as a daughter of the King most high and saying “well done my good and faithful servant.

So I hope today as you listen, you feel inspired to write or speak or share your story in some way. And if you do, then Melissa is your girl. Reach out and check out the incredible website and community she is creating. And speak and know that you are a woman of valor.

Don’t feel quite like the aligned, pristine, pressed white suit yet…know that it is yours for the taking friend.

 

Melissa’s Formal Bio:

 

Melissa is a wife and mother of four adult children; Jordan, Malachi, Ephram, and Trinity.  She is currently working as an Operations Director in an Insurance Sales Corporate office and has for the last Fourteen years.  When she is not at work during the week, she is enjoying trips with her husband, and traditional dinners with her children after church each Sunday.

Melissa was inspired to tell her story while attending a women’s meeting at her local church.  A year ago, she started writing her story down and witnessing to her friends, family, and small groups.  Her stories have entertained, captivated, and encouraged many women.

​She started a women’s online chat group that pray and encourage each other daily. The miracles, through the power of prayer, and the ‘God-incidences’ as she calls them, that have taken place within this group have guided her.  It’s really been the driving force that has encouraged her to create this Ministry, Women of Valor Collective and to learn how to follow what she believes is the will of God on her life. The next chapter.

​Her objective is to spread the Word, encourage and touch as many women as she can through speaking engagements, the completion of her book, and social media mainstreaming. When she speaks to anyone and shares her story, she finds they are receptive, attentive, and they always tell her she needs to share this with others.  She is no longer walking in fear and wants to guide other women to be fearless.

 

Connect with Melissa Blount here:

https://www.womenofvalorcollective.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvk0bEv3TqBVz_IRKIEIgDw?view_as=subscriber

https://www.instagram.com/womenofvalorcollective/

https://www.facebook.com/WomenofValorCollective