Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. 1 Thessalonians 5:11
Meet Brent’s lunch box.
This puppy is jam-packed with nutrients via a turkey sandwich, cottage cheese, peaches, a protein bar and a honey crisp apple. All compliments of yours truly. {Que – back pat}
But if you look closely, there are a couple of things a bit “off” with this picture.
First, Brent will be sporting a Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs lunch sack to the office today. Can I just say, I am impressed with my man’s security? I am super impressed he can carry a cartoon lunch bag and still embody all things masculine. Such. A. Stud.
And second, his cottage cheese looks to have expired.
Well.
Mamaw always said those dates are wrong. I am bankin’ on that one today.
But surely all is redeemed by those hot pink words of encouragement on that little note there.
Encourage {parakaleō} STRENGTHEN. EXHORT.
Do you realize that YOU have the power to strengthen your spouse today with a word of encouragement? God wants to use you as His mouthpiece to SPEAK LIFE and EXHORT your husband or wife.
Take five seconds…write a note. Send a text. Call just to say “I love you.” Maybe a spontaneous lunch date! Or fix his favorite dinner!
{But make sure the ingredients haven’t expired. Just incase Mamaw is wrong.}
Just because it is a cloudy day here in Tennessee, doesn’t mean there can’t be a chance of encouragement.
How can you STRENGTHEN your spouse today and press on to a marriage that is “more than fine”?
Becky Crenshaw 
Ah, Tennessee, how I miss it, and hearing “mamaw.” Not heard out here in the “Great Northwest.” My late husband and I used to hide notes to each other in various places, especially if one of us was going to be away for longer than a day. I kept one he hid for me, and it’s on the back of his picture that is always with me. My husband doesn’t mind me carrying that picture, thankfully.