Encouragement
It seems like encouragement comes from a place of experience and humility. Like saying ‘I walked thru this too’ or ‘I made mistakes and here is how God helped me’. Personal encouragement comes in a variety of ways. Do you see the blessings in your life? Do you see the answers to prayers that come? Do you thank God for them? Are you an encouragement to others? I know that my life is a lot more satisfying when I take the focus off myself and start serving in little ways thru the day. I also have become much more thankful for the times when others have helped me or my family. I have walked thru some times of discouragement this week and I really began to grapple with the idea that my attitude is everything and no matter where I am in a situation the sun also rises. Time will keep rolling so what are the little decisions that can start helping me win at life things like relationships and money?
The little things matter.
I suppose the unbeliever would attribute many of our blessings and answers in life to “chance” or
“coincedence”! We know the true Source! The
best joy is being able to look back over trials
and see those answers to prayer and how all
things truly DID work out for the best when at
the time we could not see through the smoke…
gman
February 14, 2009