Gò0dNews for Everyone
Just One Word
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by Zebbie Brewster
ave you ever had a bad day or seemingly bad
with my breathing! I am not exactly sure what the
days after bad days? Your heart was weary
doctor did to help me, but it worked. I am sure my
and you needed a word of encouragement.
mom’s prayers went a long way in helping also!
Have you ever prayed for God to just speak a word of encouragement to your heart and mind? My mom has been very sick and I want so much to
I can say with much thankfulness that I have never known a time in my life when my mom wasn’t praying for me and my two brothers. They made the difference
make her journey better. It is a very painful path she is
in all things always! Now I know that prayers—and
on right now, and I remember as a child, she was the
many of them—will continue to make the difference in
one I could always go to when my heart was weary.
our daily walk in this world. “Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you” (I Peter 5:7). As Christians, we don’t walk this journey alone. It is amazing how God will send people to our pathway to speak a kind word or send up a prayer for us. That day I prayed quietly for the Good Lord to please give me a word of encouragement, and I was amazed at how many people showed extra kindness to me that day! The Bible talks about those kind words: “A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth:
She knew how to try to help when I was hurting. It
and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!”
seems more than once in the summertime I would find
(Proverbs 15:23). “A word fitly spoken is like apples
my way into a wasp nest and come screaming home
of gold in pictures of silver” (Proverbs 25:11).
with them chasing me. My mom would try to calm me down and doctor me the best she could. I remember one time I got bit by a red wasp on my bottom lip and that was not good! I ended up in
So, I pray that in your walk with the Good Lord, today you will find apples of gold in pictures of silver and that it will add comfort to that heart that needs encouraging.
Thank the Good Lord the swelling did not interfere
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About The Author
the doctor’s office because I was allergic to bee stings.
Zebbie Brewster resides in Summerville, Georgia. She is an active member at Perennial Springs Baptist Church.
