Welcome to Refill Your Cup - a place for encouragement, optimism, and practical ways to recharge your spirit.

Refill Your Cup - Joy comes in the morning:

As I supported a 5k on Saturday morning, I’m grateful that a tragedy, where a young girl drowned, can be turned into an opportunity to give back in ways that can teach over 30,000 kids and their families about swimming and water safety.

While I wish tragedies like this never happened. I’m reminded both how God comforts us, and how your perspective determines if it is used to help others and to bring light out of the darkness.

Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning.

So even if today has been hard, you get a fresh start tomorrow morning!

“Remember, even little steps taken with hope, joy, and optimism can make a big difference. Keep refilling your cup, so you can pour out to others. Shine your light to drive out the darkness!”

Shelly Rexroat

If you are curious how Refill Your Cup began…

The journey began in 2017, during a season when I was feeling very discouraged. After praying for direction, I felt the nudge to share encouragement with others. It felt like such a strange thing to do when I wasn’t feeling encouraged myself. But I started sending little notes, via text or email, of encouragement to family members - simple reminders to life our hearts. Over time, I discovered that when you share hope, joy, optimism, and light to others, it flows back and refills you too.

Fast forward to 2024, and after joining a weekly devotional that was only 15 minutes long, I saw how powerful something so brief could be. No matter how busy life gets, we can always carve out a moment to renew our outlook. And I’ve learned that you can’t pour into others when your own cup is empty. Taking time to restore your mind and soul isn’t selfish - it’s essential.

What started as a weekly encouragement session at work, evolved into a podcast, which has now expanded to an email newsletter as well.