Many times last summer when I would water my flower boxes, I would end up with a liberal amount of water on me, due to the overflow. The water would sprinkle out of the bottom of the boxes, giving my shoes (or bare feet) a little shower. Sometimes, it would just splash up out of the watering can as I was doing my daily task of giving the plants a drink. On those hot days, that was refreshing!
You know, that often happens to us when we go to be a blessing to someone else – the blessing splashes up and drenches us as well! That’s what this verse in Proverbs is saying:
Proverbs 11:25 –
The liberal soul shall be made fat:
and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
One of the best ways to lift your own drooping heart, is to go be a blessing to others. Here’s a picture of some people that have stopped by recently to be a blessing to us, and greatly succeeded. My prayer is that their service for the Lord watered themselves, too!
Here is part of the group that came from our church to read, sing and play for my mother-in-law:
These gentlemen are strangers to us, but they came with guitar and harmonica (and a bag of treats) to sing and brighten the day of the hospital residents:
There was also another stranger who brought and keyboard and played Christmas carols and sang while he played!
Can I encourage you to find a way this weekend to go “water” someone who needs encouraging? Your local hospital would be a great place to start, if you don’t know of someone who has a need. Ask the staff if you can go from room to room, and just read Scripture – a psalm or the Christmas story from Luke 2. If you’re musical, you could consider using that gift to be a blessing.
When you refresh others, you will be refreshed and will forget all about your own troubles!
Be refreshed,
RefreshHer 