Wednesday... Encouragement is what we want and need.

Now we may be down and we need to be encouraged, we need to be lifted up. We need that during these troubling times but we also need encouragement to get us up and at it, to be encouraged to get up and do what we may not want to do. No matter what, we need to be encouraged. And one is more enjoyable than the other.

Look at Proverbs 20:4 (MSG), "A farmer too lazy to plant in the spring has noting to harvest in the fall." But I don't like to work and I believe that God will take care of me. And that is true but God takes care of those who get up and at it. Yes we need sleep but we need it to help us with work. And work is God's plan. You can wait on God but there are some things that God is waiting on you. And something need to be done now so what you will need will be there when you need it. "A farmer too lazy to plant in the spring has nothing to harvest in the fall."

Verse 14 says, "Don't be too fond of sleep; you'll end up in the poorhouse. Wake up and get up, then there'll be food on the table."

Thank You, God for the means you have given us to live each day. You use so many different ways to provide for us. Please give us the desire, the motivation, the strength to do what we need to do.

Also verse 12 (NLT) says, "Ears to hear and eyes to see - both are gifts from the Lord." And may we use these gifts to be encouraged to do what He has provided for us to do today. Remember, encouragement is what we want and need. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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