A Christmas Series: The Gift of Encouragement

Welcome to our second week on gifts. For this series, I imagined someone asked me to make a list of the top presents money cannot buy, but that I enjoy receiving from others. These gifts are intangible, yet they often gift us with the most important parts of life. Such as the gift of forgiveness we discussed last week. We continue with another valuable gift to both receive and give, encouragement.

Google defines it as, “the action of giving someone support, confidence, or hope.” And dictionary.com explains it as “to inspire with courage, spirit, or confidence.”

So on the flip side, discouragement means “a loss of confidence or enthusiasm; dispiritedness” (Google).

Recently, this hit close to home. Discouragement knocked on my heart’s door and attempted to enter as a house guest through unkind words.

Encouragement to the rescue! My sweet husband spoke encouraging words, cheering me on with the truth and lifting my spirits. Then my stepfather came to town relaying words of life and hope, redirecting my heart and kicking discouragement to the curb.

Encouragement gifts us with the support, inspiration, confidence, hope, and courage we need. And when we need it the most. 

Encouragement gifts us with the support, inspiration, confidence, hope, and courage we need. And when we need it the most. #giftidea #encourage Share on X

Powerful Quotes on Encouragement

Look at how this gift really makes a difference in our lives. 

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