Encouraging widows to "Reviresco" (flourish) again
(Author’s Note: I will get back on track with publishing original posts this Wednesday the 7th of May.)
In honor of National Widow’s Day, here are more resources for you or anyone you know who is a widow.
I found out about Widow Wednesday and National Widow’s Day from Ferree Hardy’s blog Widow’sChristianPlace.com.
You can also find Widow Wednesday on Facebook and Ferree has Lifeboat Support Group.
May you feel God’s loving arms around you today, whether or not you are a widow.
The Bible verse associated with today’s subject is:
Comfort those in any trouble
2 Corinthians 1:4
Quotes
Here are some quotes about comfort and for those of us in the frozen tundra of Northeast Ohio comfort is defined with one word – heat!
Enjoy and stay warm wherever you live.
Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.
Hippocrates
Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That’s why it is a comfort to go hand in hand.
Emily Kimbrough
Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
Veronica Roth, Divergent
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, Nor will the flame burn you.
Isaiah 43:2
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil; for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me.
Psalm 23:4
In our small group at church, we are studying the book “Love one another, 20 practical lessons” by Don McMinn. We are reading 2 chapters a week. This week we are studying chapters 5 “Encouragement” and 6 “Comfort.” So I decided to find quotes for “Weekend Wisdom” that will coincide with our study.
Bible Verse
The Bible verse for today is:
Encourage one another
1 Thessalonians 5:11
Even though the idea for this “Weekend Wisdom” series is coming from a Bible study, not all quotes will be biblical.
My Philosophy
This Bible verse serves as part of my philosophy behind JoyReturns.
Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, just as in fact you are doing.
1 Thessalonians 5:11 (NIV)
Quotes
So here are some quotes about encouragement; hopefully at least one will speak to you.
I will let my BFF (Best Friend Forever) Ralph start.
Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body; use yours to lift someone up today.
Terri Ann Armstrong
It’s just that in the Deep South, women learn at a young age that when the world is falling apart around you, it’s time to take down the drapes and make a new dress.
Karen Marie Moning, Faefever
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
Hebrews 3:12-13
(Coming tomorrow: Comfort)
JoyReturns 
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