...the hearts of the saints

have been refreshed

             through you.

             Philemon 1. 7

(It is not just outsiders

who are impacted by

the sharing of our faith,

but the

     fellowship of believers

through every word and action

of kindness and encouragement.

God gives us stories

      of His faithfulness

not to just keep for ourselves,

   but to encourage others.

How can I refresh

             other believers today?

By seeking out needs,

even those

    that are not on the surface.

No act of love

  is ever obscure or fruitless.

Even when we

       never realize it.)

O LORD,

I think of all the times

when others have

encouraged and refreshed me

   and never realized how much

   or right when I needed it most.

You have strategically placed

       others in our lives,

sometimes to refresh us

and sometimes for us

        to do the same

to encourage in their faith

or to point them to You.

Help us to be faithful

and very aware of

      every holy moment.

The act of refreshing

   always reverberates

   in our own lives.