CARELESS WORDS
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There is a fact we need to always take cognisance of: WORDS are POWERFUL!
WORDS CAN EITHER MAKE OR BREAK A PERSON OR A RELATIONSHIP.
Words can move a person to tears or propel laughter.
Someone once said, “Words are sometimes more destructive than nuclear bomb”. Well, it's true, so you need to be careful how you speak to people or address a person. Some hurtful words can make the recipient feel so bad, feel mentally battered or even begin to have suicidal thoughts.
A thought that just came to my mind concerning the effect of words is this:
Comedians make people laugh, what do they use? WORDS!
The suicide bombers are manipulated to carry out their dastardly act through what? WORDS! They are usually not forced to become suicide bombers, all their manipulators use are WORDS.
YOU SEE THE POWER OF WORDS?
God made the world through words. That means IF THE RIGHT WORDS CAN CREATE, THE WRONG WORDS CAN ALSO DESTROY WHAT HAS BEEN CREATED. Be mindful of what you say. Don't be the cause of someone's bitterness because of the kind of words you speak to them. Speak words that edify and IF YOU MUST CORRECT, DON'T DO IT VENOMOUSLY, do it with love.
ALSO, NOTE THAT YOU WILL GIVE ACCOUNT OF EVERY CARELESS WORD YOU SPEAK.
Our Heavenly Father knows the power of words, He doesn't take words for GRANTED AT ALL! Infact, He magnifies His word above His Name: that shows the EXTENT of VALUE GOD PLACES ON WORDS. He doesn't take words with levity.
Do you throw careless words around?
What kind of words do you speak?
Does it tear people down or build people up? Does it create or destroy what has been created?
Does it edify, or it doesn't?
Look inwardly and give answers.
I hope I speak to someone and/or speak someone's mind.
Written by
Elizabeth Oduwaiye
Life Skills/Youth Counsellor,
Author/Orator.
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