Sixteen Kites by Dee Kamp
Encouraging
Words
“The teacher thought I was smarter than I wuz. So
I wuz!”
I have this quote near my computer and it always
makes me smile. I don’t know the author
any more, but just as it was true for this little child, it became true for me.
It wasn’t
until my senior year that I heard those amazing words from my mentor and
teacher. Who knew those words would
shoot me like a star to make it on the honor roll for the very first time?
Encouragement with God’s wisdom and in righteousness
can make a down trodden soul glitter and shine.
“And those
who are wise―the people of God―shall shine as brightly as the sun’s brilliance,
and those who turn many to righteousness will
glitter like stars forever.”
Daniel 12:3 TLB
One reading volunteer I worked with in the local
elementary school a few years ago, who had the greatest success with struggling
readers one was nearly ninety years old.
Many others who volunteered often came with more
titles, education and experience, but it was this woman’s great love and same
simple words of encouragement that continually taught a child to read and reach
higher levels than ever before. She would say over and over, “You are smarter
than you think, keep on trying”.
No one is ever too young or too old for the need
to be encouraged. No one is ever too young or too old to convey it. There is no limit to what God can do through
one who lovingly encourages another.
One of the things that can have a powerful effect
on all of us is someone saying in a deep abiding affirmative, “God believes in
you and I believe in who you are because of the gifts that He has put within
you.”
Kind words, encouraging words can be short and
easy to say, but they sing a song in the heart that is truly endless.
“Encouraging
Words” by Dee Kamp, Grace Every Morning Ministries© October 24, 2013
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