You may never know the difference an encouraging word can make in someone else's dark day. Everyone has some unseen trial they have experienced. Encouragement is like throwing light on a dark place.
It scatters. I like to think of it as glitter.
"So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing." --1 Thessalonians 5:11
My friend, Patti M....she is an encourager. She gave me a sign for my desk that reminds us to build each other up. She does that in her classroom. I have seen her throw a little glitter of encouragement and change the mood in a room.
The Complain Train and the Encouragement Engine ride the same rails. Sometimes, they are hooked together, which is good for one of them.
I need the reminder to be intentional. The Lord knows my thoughts... which is pretty humbling.
I used to have a quote on all of my emails that said, "Be a lamp, a ladder, or a lifeboat." It is a choice we make every day. Lamps light the way and disperse the darkness. A ladder lifts someone up who is struggling. A lifeboat is purely a rescue. All of us need to be rescued sometimes. That, too, is humbling.
Today, I am grateful for encouraging words.
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