Today for our 30 day challenge to do a random act of kindness everyday, I decided to make a homemade card and stick it in a co-workers mailbox at work. It was a simple message of encouragement with a yummy chocolate bar attached. As teachers, we often get 'hammered" in the media and by parents, and I knew this particular staff member had really been putting in a 110% effort with a particularly difficult student and their family. I have to tell ya, it felt great. I did not sign the card, and no-one saw me put it in her box... so it was anonymous :)
As I take on this challenge, I am reminded of the many examples of kindness I have witnessed my mother do for others over the years. She is one of the most generous people I know. She simply LOVES to give to others both in word and deed. She is an excellent letter writter, a lost art in this day and age, and she often writes beautiful notes of love and encouragement to her friends and family. I have been the lucky recipient of several of those letters over the years, and I treasure each and every one. On really crappy days, I can get them out and re-read them, and I instantly feel better. It never ceases to amaze me how powerful a simple, sincere, loving word can be. Perhaps that is why God inspired the prophets to record His word...the Bible. I think He wanted us to have a love letter of encouragement that we could look back to any time we need help or encouragement. The Bible is god's love letter to us...His beloved. I encourage you today to give yourself a few quiet minutes with God's word. Take some time and read a few Psalms. I love Psalms 121, 91, and 146. read them and you will feel not only encouraged, but revived with a new energy to keep on keepin' on!
"The Word was, the Word is, & the Word will be..."
