Hump Day Encouragement Posted on February 27, 2019 by Brendon
Normally by Wednesday, the week has already taken a toll on all of us. It could be the fact that we are busy and we have been running all week long to appointments, doctors offices, schools, practices, games etc. It could be that we are down in the dumps on how long winter has been, then we get a glimpse of warmth only to have it taken away again. Maybe that is only here in St Louis. Whatever it might be, we typically look at Wednesday as the downslide of the rest of the week, looking forward to the weekend.
Whats funny about this conundrum we seem to walk into every week, is that we tell get hyped for the weekend only to start the week drained from whatever it was that we did over the weekend! Granted, that is not necessarily a bad thing. Really its not a bad thing at all.
Encouragement is one thing that always lifts me up. Not sure about you, but I love hearing an encouraging word. It brightens the day a little and makes whatever the next task is a little easier to dive into.
So I hope what this scripture is for you on this Hump Day – an encouraging word that can push you to the end of the week and into the weekend!
John 15:9-17:
9“I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. 10When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. 11I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! 12This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. 13There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14You are my friends if you do what I command. 15I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me.16You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name. 17This is my command: Love each other.
This is a reminder that we all need –
Jesus loves you.
Jesus died for you.
Jesus wants us to love people just like he loves us.