ENCOURAGEMENT

“So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.”

Isaiah 41:7 KJV

I watched the funeral for Mrs. Reagan on television yesterday.  It touched my heart because they said so many kind things and I’m sure it encouraged her family.  However, I wonder if they ever said all those kind words to Mrs. Reagan when she was alive.  She couldn’t hear them at her funeral.

A pastor said in a sermon “My uncle raised me and I was going to tell him how much I loved him and appreciated all he had done for me but I waited too long and he died before I told him.”  Many years ago, I called a friend of mine to thank her for all she had done for me.  I waited too long.  She had died.

What about you?  Have you told your family and loved ones how much you love them and appreciate them?  If not, tell them today.  All of us need love and encouragement and we need to know someone cares about us and loves us.  What about Jesus?  Have you told Him today that you love Him?

It would break my heart if Jesus didn’t tell me every day He loves me.  It also hurts Jesus when we don’t tell Him how much we love and appreciate Him.  O how I love Jesus!  He is the Joy of my heart and the reason I’m living.  I long to see Him face to face and thank God one day I will see Him face to face.

Joanne Lowe

March 12, 2016