Wednesday, May 18, 2005

the gift of encouragement

Someone called me yesterday just to tell me they were praying for me...and then proceeded to pray for me over the telephone.

I cannot express how meaningful those few moments in the middle of a hectic day were to me. It did not lift the burden of responsibility that was almost overwhelming. It did not change the landscape of my day.

What it did do was this. it encouraged me. It gave me just what I needed to work through the challenges before me and to emerge from them with a sense of accomplishment.

I owe it to that phone call.

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