Monthly Musings...

Dear Friends

I needed only blue mini smarties over the weekend for a cake I was making. And digging them out of the bag was rather therapeutic. I accidentally dropped this yellow smartie into the tub of blue ones and it looked so bright and happy.

When I look around I see many people who feel blue. Sad and downcast faces that seem to be without hope. I thought about how a little encouragement can go a long way to brightening someone's day. The Bible teaches us to encourage one another and build each other up. This is taught because the Lord knew and warned us that difficult times would come. And He also knows that the gift of encouragement would help to combat depression and anxiety.

So if you are feeling like the yellow smartie, think about who you could encourage with a kind word or an offer of prayer. If you are the blue smartie today, then I hope through this message you will feel a stirring of hope. Hope, however small a flame can be fanned into a solid anchor of faith in God for a better tomorrow. I pray that there will be more and more yellow smarties infiltrating the blue and eventually chasing them away!

Love from

Maxine

1 Thessalonians 5:11
“Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.”