Our Words

With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. (James 3:9, 10 NIV)

Each time we open our mouth today we will have a choice as to what comes out of it.... praise or cursing; building up or tearing down; positivity or negativity; admiration or gossip; love or hate. What we must remember is that whatever we choose will live on beyond that moment and even beyond today.

Words are like that proverbial stone thrown into the pool of water. Ripples are created with our words. They touch those that hear them in ways that are impossible for us to predict. We can predict that positive words will affect positively and negative words negatively, but we can't know how far the ripples will reach.

When we are caught up in a group of positive excited people, we can't help but "catch" that same energy. The same is true when we are around a group of whining, complaining, hateful people. We find ourselves complaining about everything and everyone we dislike as well. That proves that we can have an effect on our own environment by the words we choose today.

Let your words be kind, positive and uplifting today and as you get into your bed tonight you will realize that you had a kind, positive and uplifting day today... and probably those who you spent your day with will have had a kind, positive and uplifting day as well as the others that those people have touched. Imagine if we were kind, positive and uplifting each and every day in each and every one of our environments. We might change the world eventually!

Father,
Make us more aware of those times when we use our tongues to curse rather than praise. Help us to change the world simply by our choice of words. Amen.

Joys: Time with family; a good interview for Kevin and more calls from other companies interested in interviewing him; chocolate covered strawberries