In the bottom drawer of a file cabinet, I just discovered a thick folder filled with “poems and inspiration.” I thumbed through it as I searched for examples to use in my message for ladies Bible study. Out fell this green card.
It’s signed “Beverly.” My brain strains toward a faint recollection of a women’s speaker who visited our little church in Tampa. I cannot remember the article she speaks of.
The card sports a push pin hole, so it must have once resided on a bulletin board for inspiration and encouragement. I think it deserves a frame now.
I heart this card, and I breathe a prayer of thanksgiving for Beverly, for BBA, who took the time to send it and affirms me once again–26 years later.
“Therefore, encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.”
1 Thessalonians 5:11 (NIV)
Who has encouraged you? Who will you encourage today?
I keep things like this too. It’s so encouraging to look back on letters or emails when you’re in a different place, surrounded by fears and doubts. God has a great way of bringing encouragement if we pay attention. Thanks Sandra!
I keep a file of “uplifters.” They do come in handy when I’m down. Thanks, Jason.
These things can be so encouraging! I hang onto these little treasures too. God always knows what we need and when we need it. Blessings! 🙂
Yes, a treasure. What a blessing to find it. And yes, He knows the whats and the hows and the whens.