Let Us Be Encouragers
June 30, 2008
by Genel Webb
“Let us be encouragers one to another,” as my grandmother used to say. Each day as we encounter people that we know and people that we don’t know, we can all be encouragers. It costs us nothing, yet it so increases the other person that receives the encouragement and the person that gives it. It doesn’t matter how successful a person is or isn’t, the effects of being encouraged are the same. It makes the receiver of the encouragement feel stronger and just better. As Believers in the Lord, Jesus Christ, encouragement is a wonderful seed to sow. What person that is struggling to make ends meet, doesn’t want to hear — you can make it…keep plowing? What former addict doesn’t want to hear — keep going, keep looking forward? What great chef doesn’t want to hear that the meal was delicious, or what anointed musician doesn’t want to hear that someone was moved by their music or what great athlete doesn’t want to hear that their playing was extraordinary? And whose spirit doesn’t it bring a smile to…to feel that because of your sincere encouraging words, someone is strengthened?
My point is that all involved parties benefit from encouragement, the encourager and the person being encouraged. I’m sure that this is not a revelation to anyone reading this because we can all bear witness to the effects of encouragement. All of us have been on both sides. It’s so simple and easy. “Let us continue to be encouragers, one to another.”
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