Words For Encouragin Somebody
This article will provide information about how to deal with someone who is in pain.
Encouraging words and tips may seem useless to someone who is in pain. In most cases when youtry to borrow and use some daily encouraging words from great authors that someone may decide not to hear a word of what you are trying to communicate.
Irrespective of how the person seems to be dealing with the situation, positive communication is a very important healing component. I can liken sharing such words to planting a seed. It can take a few days or even weeks for you to see the seeds germinating but through constant watering and a speck of sympathy and tolerance the seed does grow.
Similarly when sharing words of encouragement, never stop simply because you are not getting the reaction you expect. Don’t stop sharing Christian quotes of encouragement if you are trying to help a Christian person and don’t even think about giving up.
It may be that the person who is hurting is still fresh from the ordeal and needs time to digest everything. Exercise some patience and understanding. Do not try and set a time table for the person to get over what ever it is he or she is grieving for – depending on the extent of the pain or disappointment.
I have a friend who lost a loved one and spent two years still mourning and crying everyday before going to bed. One day he told me how the positive things we kept saying to him helped hime to move on eventually. We didn’t know we were making that kind of an impact at the time.
So no matter how irrelevant you think it is to thinking about writing letter of encouragement to friend or loved one remember that it is not in vain. Make a decision this day to keep at it until you know for a fact that your friend in need is over what ever grief and heart ache – this will help you feel like a true angel and it will bring a positive feeling to you too.
Filed under Relationships by on Sep 20th, 2009.

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