More Words on Words
Words are powerful. The power of the tongue is extolled in
literature and in many passages of the bible. We have grown up to the sounds of
“sticks and stones may break my bones etc.” only to watch in horror the after
math of cyber bullying. There are many that have grown up where words of affection were withheld
and phrases like you are “stupid”,” no good”,
“lazy’ etc., abounded and can attest to the power those words have had on
their lives. Most of us have been hit with words at some point and have felt
the sting if not worse. My belief is
that there is One who has soul lifting words and is The living Word for us. WE
are to use our voices and our words to uplift and encourage one another. The
older I get the less I want to get involved in debates over politics and
religion as it is a waste of my words. We are all so different with varying and
sometimes diametrically opposed views but it does not make a person less
valuable to be different. If I have been put down by another’s words do I now
have license to mock and cut down? If we do not agree am I justified to use my
words to denigrate ones character? The question I think is not about political
views but will we honor one another and respect each other using our words to
affirm the value of a human being.
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