Encouragement
Every Day
The Bible says, “Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and
cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double
for all her sins. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert
a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall
be made straight, and the rough places plain: And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it
together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh
is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: The grass withereth, the flower
fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower
fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.” Isaiah 40:1-8 (KJV)
When
times are tough and things just aren’t going your way, there’s nothing like a hug. Someone putting an arm around
you and telling you, “Hey, everything’s going to be all right. You're okay.”
And there’s nobody better at that than your mom. Just ask Nick Anderson. The former Orlando Magic guard missed
four free throws in the waning seconds of his team’s NBA finals game against Houston and the team went on to lose a
game it otherwise might have won. Later Houston guard Clyde Drexler blew past Anderson for a lay-up late in overtime. Nick
Anderson had a very bad game.
Understandably, when he got home Anderson was down in the dumps.
“My mom put her arm around me,” Anderson later said, “and told me, ‘You’ve got nothing to put
your head down about. You’ve pulled your team through many other times.’”
Who can encourage us and the entire world more than our Creator? His Word shall stand forever. Isaiah 40:31 (KJV):
“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they
shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”
Let’s
encourage one another to continue to share Christ Jesus each and every day!
Daily Chronological Bible Reading: Isaiah 40-43;
