This is another “summer re-run”, as I re-post some articles from my first year of blogging.

The Gift of Encouragement

One of the highest of human duties is the duty of encouragement. It is easy to laugh at men’s ideals; it is easy to pour cold water on their enthusiasm; it is easy to discourage others.  The world is full of discouragers.  We have a Christian duty to encourage one another.  Many a time a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept a man on his feet.  Blessed is the man who speaks such a word.  – William Barclay

Here is an article called “19 ways to Encourage Others”  and another called “The Power of Encouragement”.  Maybe you have wanted to encourage others but just weren’t sure how to do it?  Both of these articles give examples and offer practical ways that you can…