What are the ways you show love to others?

We all like to receive a pat on the back from time to time. In fact, it’s such a great feeling that sometimes we’ll even go out of our way to try to get one, boasting about this or that.

There are some people, though, who seem to always be on the lookout for ways to honor others. They find things to celebrate about the people around them. They may do it privately, with just that other person, commending them for something, or they may do it publicly with a party or announcement.

If Just Feels Good
If you’ve ever been blessed to know someone like this, you know how amazing it is to have the person in your life. They are the kind of person where it just always feels good to be around them. You may not even realize why.

This Could Be You.

This could be all of us.

What if we all sought to encourage and honor each other above ourselves? Could you imagine how good it would feel to be in a family where you were honored and encouraged? Could you imagine how good it would feel to be a part of a church like that?

Confidence, Humility, and Compassion
Being a person who encourages and honors those around them requires humility, compassion, and confidence.

• Confidence – Know you are loved and that God knows your accomplishments and the good things you’ve done.
• Humility – Having confidence, you do not need others to honor you to validate those accomplishments. So, you can humble yourself and lift others up.
• Compassion – Finally, you must know and care for those around you to see opportunities to honor them.

Go ahead, give it a try.

Be that person that encourages and honors others. Be the person everyone loves being around because they always feel loved and valued around you.

You can start today. It can change someone’s day and even their life. It might even change yours.

Dear Jesus,

You humbled Yourself for us. You love us as no one else can. Help me to love and honor those around me. Give me the confidence of one who knows You love them. Give me the humility to be able to lift others up. Give me the compassion to seek to know and care for the people around me that I might regularly and consistently honor and encourage them.

Amen.