"...the right word at the right time---beautiful"! (Proverbs 15:23 The Message)

There are people all around us hungry for a word of encouragement...even the successful ones that seem to have it all! We all want to be told we are doing a good job and that we are relevant. The world is so full of discouragers today...in the workplace, at home and even in the church! People are quick to tell you what you are not doing right, how you are not meeting the goals they have set for you and how you are not meeting their needs. It is easy to laugh at men's ideals; it is easy to pour cold water on their enthusiasm. Look around you. I bet there is a divorced woman raising her kids alone, a breadwinner who just lost his or her job, a couple struggling in their marriage, a person needing some friendship, a minister laboring in difficult ministry. It is our duty...yours and mine to encourage the people around us. A word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer, will keep a man or a woman on their feet. Encouragement brings healing, restores hope and makes life more bearable. Be the person who dishes out loads of it...daily. Stay above...always.
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