ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER

“They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.  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 41:6, 7
King James Version

I watched one of the most beautiful and heart touching movies I have ever seen and I could hardly see it because of the tears in my eyes.  It was about an elderly man who had given up hope because the town he had built fifty years ago was deserted and empty so he went to bed and refused to get back up.

All the man's friends decided to get together and rebuild the town he had built and the man seeing what all of his friends had done was so encouraged that he wouldn't let anyone help him but walked by himself into the church that had just been rebuilt.  

Everyone was crying tears of happiness to see the man walk into the church by himself and all of them starting singing "Joy To The World" as they walked together into the church praising God for what He had done.

What about you?  Are you an encourager to your family, your friends and all you see?  We either encourage people or we discourage them.  May God have mercy on us if we are hurting and discouraging people Jesus loves so much that He died for on the cross.

Joanne Lowe

July 23, 2020