What are you saying?
Proverbs 18:21 says, “the power of life and death is in the tongue”. God gave Adam the job of naming the animals and Genesis 2:19 says, “Whatever the man called them, that was their name”.
I am learning that words have power. They can tear down or build up, they can injure or heal, they can mean nothing or everything, they are forever. Sometimes we say things we regret. Sometimes we don’t say things we should. I believe both are a sin. James 4:17 says, “To him that knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin”. Just as we should be kind in our words we should also speak when we believe we are led too. I say that because there are times when we have something to say and it may fall on deaf ears or we “cast our pearls before swine”. Say it anyway, you never know what seeds you will plant with your words.
Be careful what you say. What you say matters. Just a large ship gets guided by a small ruder, your day, your present reality will be guided by the words you speak. I am sure we all work with someone who has said or maybe we have said something like, “it is going to be a bad day” and sure enough what happens? It becomes a bad day. As he thinks within himself, so he is (Proverbs 23:7). When I get to the end of my life I don’t want to leave anything unsaid. I also want to know I used my words for the building up of others and speaking life into them. So what are you saying?
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