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What refreshes you?  Gives you a lift?  Physically?  Mentally?  Spiritually?

Some find refreshment in a hot cup of coffee, tea or chocolate on a chilly morning.  It could be some ice cream on a hot afternoon.  What can top a cool glass of clean clear water when you are thirsty?

That hot cup of brew is fine on a chilly day, but not so great when the temperature and humidity are hovering around the 100 mark.  Right?  And do you really want that ice cream when you are standing outside in a wintry gale?  I don’t think so.

One aspect of life here in the blogosphere that I’ve come to appreciate is the general lack of sharp words and snarkiness.  That is especially true of the bloggers I visit regularly and that leave comments here.

If you read this blog regularly, you know that I’ve just gotten over a cold.  It was not the typical cold that I’ve experienced many times in the past.  I didn’t have terrible congestion in sinus or chest areas, but my major muscles ached and I felt very weak.  It sapped not only strength, but spirit as well.  I was feeling low.

And then our friend Shark left a comment on yesterday’s post.  It really wasn’t that much.  And to the rest of the world it would surely appear to be a polite and friendly comment in the form of an observation.  To me it was pure poetry — based not on rhyme and rhythm, but on simile and contrast.  Poetry that was an encouragement to me and that said things were going to be better.  It was exactly what I needed to hear.

In Proverbs 25:11 the Bible says, “Like apples of gold in settings of silver is a word spoken in right circumstances.” (NASB)

The Psalmist’s prayer was, “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my rock and my Redeemer.”  (Psalm 19:14 — NASB)

Doesn’t it make you feel good to know that you have friends who are trying to live like that?