On Christmas Day I received an email from an Australian pastor. It was a short note of appreciation for my devotional writing. Receiving that email was such an encouragement to me. I responded to his email, thanking him for taking time to write and for his kind words, I saved it so I could read it to my wife when she got home, and I’ve thought about it a few times since. I doubt that it took more than a minute for him to fire off that email but, for me, it was just what the doctor ordered!

I’m reminded today that it doesn’t take a huge effort to show appreciation to someone. Out in the “real world” just a few words of thanks does the trick. Here in cyberspace, an email of just one line will brighten someone’s day.

Maybe this is a project we can undertake in the New Year: to be more thankful people who take that small, but extra, effort to let people know that they are, indeed, appreciated.