i heard a sermon the other day that's sitting with me. about encouragement- & its capacity to fight sin & feed the soul: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews%2010:24-25&version=NLT
we need it. we are our own best discouragers. or worst encouragers. we need affection in action, & it's not possible without drawing near to people & letting them draw near.
also. i need this word- facecrime- to be incorporated into the repertoire. STAT. thank you, george orwell!
"it was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. the smallest thing could give you away. a nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself- anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide. in any case, to wear an improper expression on your face (to look incredulous when a victory was announced, for example) was itself a punishable offence. there was even a word for it in Newspeak: facecrime, it was called."
-1984
I am my own worst encourager. I like that, but I want to def be ur gooder encourager. I want to encourage you to be more like Christ! So make that call even though she won't return your call (You know what I'm talking about). Maybe then you can come to Joni and Friends family retreat with us one time. It's a life changer! Love you!
ReplyDeleteha! don't push it, brother. ;)
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