words

we all need to own our words. we have the incredible gift of either crushing or cherishing someone with what we say. think about a song that you love, a poem, a speech, or a book. all of them have the capability of moving you to tears, or just making you feel so special.

the old saying "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me" had to have been written by someone that was either emotionally dead, or a politician. i really believe that some people just calculate the harshness of their words just to hurt another. in our anger we blurt out such awful, harsh words because we are blinded by the situation and not what caused the situation to begin with.

take a man for instance that works hard everyday, provides for his family, but never hears the words "thank you" and "we respect you for what you do." a woman needs to hear that she is loved and cherished. she needs to hear that she is beautiful inside and out. we would be more encouraged to tell our pets that we love them, than our own family and friends. what makes us fear not telling someone that we cherish them?

when you lose someone close to you, you hear the usual words; "i'm praying for you," "their in a better place," or "they are at peace." i have heard these words quite a few times over the last couple of weeks and this morning i started thinking about what those mean. we know there is a heaven because of CHRIST through scripture. we know that because of HIS love for us by HIS words that HE will give us peace in our mourning.

the problem with this is that we only say these words when someone dies. why does it become offensive if we talk about scripture with another in our everyday life? see we glorify HIM when those we love die, but we don't do it in our day to day conversations because we fear offending another individual.

i don't understand disease or illness. i don't understand pain. i don't understand suffering. i don't know the answer to why we have to go through what we do, but i do know believing in HIM makes it easier. we should never have so much fear that we can't tell another how we feel about them. there should never be so much pride in our hearts and minds that we can't put that aside and tell someone we love them, cherish them, or respect them. actions may speak louder than words, but sometimes it's the words we need to hear, not see the action.

"fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your forehead." deuteronomy 11:18