In the midst of daily life,

sometimes your spouse needs to go beyond

what they think they can do.

You can help.

Your spouse can go further with a bit of encouragement.

Truly.

Sometimes the incline seems daunting. 

(and your spouse is saying to themselves, “I can’t do that…”)

Warren Dunes State Park Indiana - photo taken by Robert Ferguson

But with a bit of encouragement your spouse can go further

than they thought.

And sometimes the way is a bit uneven…

(and they’re saying to themselves, “I can’t do that…”)

Lion's Head rocky shore on Georgian Bay

But with encouragement,

just a bit,

your spouse can go further than they thought they could.

Encourage Your Spouse

If you provide the encouragement, your spouse will go further than they thought they could.

Lori at Sandy Beach on Lake Huron Ontario Canada

Robert and I have been traveling for 4 months. 

It’s been a very different experience compared to my former sedentary life…

I was a very good “sitter”.

(I sat well. I was good at sitting.)

But this traveling life has taken away my ease – it’s required a lot more movement.

Sometimes I didn’t think I could go very far.

But Rob encouraged me.

He would say,

“You can do it.”

And I did.

And I was happy I tried.

(No marathons, no running, no hiking etc.  Just more movement. Often.)

If you encourage your spouse,

he or she will go further than they think they can…

Encouragement.

It needs to start somewhere… why not with you?

They will go further than they they think they can with a bit of encouragement

Yes.

Encouragement.

It needs to start somewhere… why not with you?

How can you encourage your spouse today? 

Hope Faith Love Prayer Action

What are we reading?

Robert is reading Patrick Lencioni’s

The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business

The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni

and I’m reading Beth Redman’s

God Knows My Name: Never Forgotten, Forever Loved by Redman, Beth [David C. Cook, 2010] (Paperback) [Paperback]

God Knows My Name by Beth Redman
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