This Is Understanding!
"And Joses…
was also named Barnabas by the apostles
(which is translated Son of Encouragement)."
Acts 4:36
Pat Williams was on a book tour when he learned he had been
diagnosed with multiple myeloma. He announced his illness at a
press conference in Orlando, and shortly afterward he received a
letter from golf pro, Arnold Palmer,
who had also battled cancer.
It said: “Pat, I understand you’re going through a tough time right
now. I wish you all the best with your treatment, and would only
give you the same advice that people gave me when I was going
through my ordeal: listen to what your doctors advise you and
keep a positive
attitude.”
Pat had the letter framed and hung it in his office.
Later, Palmer learned of how much his letter had
meant. “I can’t believe Pat Williams would frame
of letter of mine,” he said.
We never know how much our notes mean to other people.
When you speak a kind word or write an encouraging note,
it goes to the heart of the recipient. As any one of us can be
like Barnabas and be a willing servant of God, blessing and
encouraging others and glorifying the Lord through actions.
We never know what a humble
word will mean to others.
"It is good for me to have been afflicted,
that I might know how to speak a word
in season to one that is weary."
Charles H. Spurgeon
