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Stir Up One Another

Sounds like causing strife, doesn't it?  Let me give you the whole verse: let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works.


It's what struck me as I was doing my Bible reading this morning, in Hebrews 10 (verse 24).  It's a little hard for me to concentrate on reading in the mornings.  Levi and I do it together at the kitchen table after breakfast: he looks at the pictures in his Jesus Storybook Bible and listens (make that "listens") to a story, and I do a page in a devotional, in Hebrews right now.  There's nothing special about this particular Bible study book, and in fact I can't even say it's all that good.  But since I can barely concentrate anyway, I'm just trying to write down one thought every morning that catches my attention.


As the devotional suggested, I took the verse quoted above as a command: consider how to stir up someone to love and good works.  My husband was the first person who popped into mind [that's appropriate, right?], so come nap time, I sat down and jotted off an encouraging e-mail.  I don't do things like that very often; in fact, I'm not verbally appreciative nearly enough.  I felt good about it, he was pleasantly surprised: not a bad result from 3 minutes of purposeful e-mail writing.


So go: consider how, consider who, and spur someone on to something good.  :)

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