I love to give encouragement and I love to receive encouragement. Encouragement is something we need and also something that I think we desire.
This past week I had the honor and joy of being encouraged in a very large city many miles away. It's a city that many people love... I even love this city but not for the same reasons as many others. We went on a mission trip to Las Vegas. We were able to spend the week with some old friends who have recently moved and some new friends from the same southern state. :) These people were a great encouragement throughout the week... through their faith and their optimism. People we met along the way through surveying neighborhoods, serving at a rescue mission, and sharing at a homeless ministry were also encouraging throughout the week. It was a great week! I'm so thankful that I had the opportunity to go... to learn... to share... to live...
This week I have even been encouraged by those around me here at home... the Word, my friends, my coworkers, my family, and even others in the community whom I didn't know until this week. It is so refreshing and revitalizing to be encouraged.
I hope that I can be an encouragement to those around me. May my words and my actions be positive and productive/beneficial to those around me!
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