encouraging

1 Thessalonians 5:11 English Standard Version (ESV)

11 Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

Why is this command so easy yet, so hard?  Throughout my life this has been a struggle for me.  Both giving and receiving encouragement.  We walk each day putting out fires here and there.  We fret over all our problems, fears, and regrets.  We get so much accomplished but we dont have enough time to stop and lift someone up that has fallen.  

I can tell you friends, it hurts to fall.  Sometimes it hurts worse to get back up.  Wouldnt it be so much easier to get up if someone leaned down and whispered, "I want you to get up?"  How much easier would it be to get up if someone held out their hand and said, "take my hand and pull yourself up?" Now on the next level.  What if three people picked you up while two others cheered you on!?

Thats what its like my friends when you encourage one another.  Whether you are the whisperer, the speaker, the helping hand, the picker uppers, or the shouters.  Every little bit helps.