Looking for someone to discourage you?

Mums Monday!

Eph 4:29

“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building 

others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen”

Sometime back, I was travelling on some job related work. To be honest, I was so down, this happens all the time I have to be away from family. I get moody, cranky and fussy; I actually throw tantrums like my two year old. Just the thought of being away, not always good but I get 

to mange it somehow.

Well, this time, Tana was only 5 months and I was going to leave her behind as well, I mourned 

all the way to the airport but I decided to encourage myself.

However, at the airport, someone who knew me asked “You mean you are going for this meeting as well??” I said, “Well yes, I am going for it too”

“What about your baby?”- She asked “

“She will manage. She is good with the Dad” – I answered

“You are such a BAD mother!”- She said

I had nothing else to answer, I could not defend myself, my eyes became teary and I left the scene. When we got inside plane, her words kept piercing my heart the whole time, actually the whole week, I was away. did she know I was only feeling bad enough!

Well, I do not blame her; I actually do not think she intended to hurt me.  I am a believer that most people do not have the intention to hurt, it’s just that words that come out and rub on us the wrong way.

I am sure if I told her, that she hurt me, she would have been so sorry and apologetic- saying it was not intentional.

So can we get intentional on encouraging and edifying other Mums? Can we look for ways to encourage each other? Can we take guard over our mouth and ask God to help us to be a blessing to each other.

I am not sure most of us will go out of our way to look for someone to discourage us! You must be insane to do that.

Isaiah 50:4 The Sovereign LORD has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains 

the weary. 

Plan to sustain a weary soul this week!