Encouragement

When you see someone who is struggling, a friend who is discouraged, how do you respond? Our words can be what keeps a person going; our compliments can put a spring back into their step. The bible says, “Worry weighs a person down; an encouraging word cheers a person up.”

Now more than ever, we need to let the encouragement flow. We need to tell others how much we love them, how we value them, and tell them that they are well-able and talented and creative. Always remember, with your words you can give hope, healing, encouragement and new beginnings, and you can pour it out everywhere you go.

Today, choose to speak encouragement. Choose to speak victory and faith. Instead of telling people what they’re doing wrong, instead of pointing out all their faults, find what they are doing right. Focus on the good. There are already enough critical, judgmental people in the world. Let’s be people who lift up others and restore them! Let’s be the salt that makes people thirsty for the way we live and want to give joy and comfort like us.

I want to share a prayer that I pray daily before I write these blog posts, in hopes that you would pray the same. “Thank You for speaking through me. Thank You for using me to be a blessing to others. Thank You for encouraging my heart as I find more ways to better encourage the people around me.”