ENCOURAGING OTHERS=THIS LENT!

 

ENCOURAGING OTHERS=THIS LENT

 

There is NOTHING BETTER=than a personal compliment

About our appearance=about our EFFORTS=or about

Our work=to PICK US UP=and help us keep on

MOVING FORWARD=that is what I try and do

WHEN I CAN=that is why=I ENCOURAGE YOU

To do this for someone=when you see them BROKEN=

Or having a hard time

ENCOURAGING OTHERS=lifting others up=This Lent

 

Lent is NOT ONLY just about fasting=about almsgiving=

About praying=but it is ABOUT ENCOURAGING OTHERS=

Loving others=BUILDING UP the broken among us

PICK someone up this Lent

 

“You know=that the rulers=of the Gentiles=

Lord it over them=and the great ones= make

Their authority over them felt=But it

Shall NOT be so among you”                                                                                                 Matthew 20:25-26

 

SOME of us=in this life=are powerful=and

Some of us=like to LET others know

HOW POWERFUL=that we are

 

But that is not=what BEING A CHRISTIAN

Is all about=BEING A CHRISTIAN=is loving others

BEING a Christian=is LIFTING others up

Being a Christian=is ENCOURAGING OTHERS=when

They feel like giving up=QUITTING=and

NOT going any further

 

“You Lord=hear the desire=of the afflicted

YOU ENCOURAGE THEM=and you listen

To their cry”                                                                                                                     Psalm 10:17

 

“Judas and Silas=who themselves were prophets

Said MUCH TO ENCOURAGE=and strengthen the believers”                                           Acts 15:32

 

“For everything=that was written=in the past

Was written=to teach us=so that through

The endurance=Taught in the Scriptures=

 

And THE ENCOURAGEMENT they provide=We

Might have HOPE”                                                                                                       Romans 15:4

 

I have to tell you=HOW BLESSED=I feel each day

WHEN I write my poem=How God=Jesus=and the SCRIPTURES

Give me the HOPE=to keep on going=give me the HOPE

To write another day

 

I have to tell you=HOW BLESED=I feel

When someone tells me=ONE of my poems

HAS ENCOURAGED THEM=lifted them up

Given them HOPE=ENCOURAGING OTHERS=This Lent

 

There is NOTHING=in this world=Like encouraging

Someone else=complimenting someone else=INSPIRING

Them=to keep on going=to give HOPE

The apostles=the disciples=Jesus=and our

Holy Father God all knew=and KNOW THIS

 

“Joseph=a Levit from Cyprus=whom the apostles

Called Barnabas=which means=’son of encouragement’

 

Sold a field he owned=and brought the money=and put it

At the apostles’ feet”                                                                                                               Acts 4:36

 

“And let us consider=HOW we may spur one another=on

Toward love and good deeds=NOT giving up

Meeting together=as some are in the habit=of doing

 

BUT ENCOURAGING ONE ANOTHER--------and all the more

As you see the DAY APPROACHING”                                                                                Hebrews 10:24-25

 

So take a LOOK AROUND=and see who is HURTING

Who needs ENCOURAGEMENT=Lift someone up today

 

ENCOURAGING OTHERS=This Lent

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of our Forever loving=FOREVER ENCOURAGING

Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

2-20-2024

 

 

Ps       INSPIRED=by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Kathleen Swartz McQuaig