Today 10-6-2023

1 Thessalonians 5:11 NASB "Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, just as you also are doing."It doesn't come easy! Today's Word is about building each other up and encouraging each other! Watching my grandsons play, I began to notice that they would rather knock down the blocks than build them up. I took a few times of teaching them how to build the blocks up and the joy found in creating new things with the blocks. There is no joy in knocking each other down except for the selfish gain. When we learn that building others up is better than knocking them down, we will find true friendship. God never knocks us down unless we need it to get rid of the idols of ourselves. Let's learn how to build each other up and encourage each other and rejoice in the accomplishments of others. Give someone a nice pat on the back today rather than trying to knock them down! peace, tom