WORDS

In the light if the Phil Robertson stuff going on it got me thinking about words. One simple WORD. One HUGE impact. It's so major what words can do once they leave your mouth. The impact they can immediately make. They could make your day or for Phil ruin your whole empire. Words have been known to ruin friendships, relationships and sometimes lives. So the question I had to even ask my self is why do we not think about our words more carefully before we allow them to come flowing out of our mouths. 

You can't retract them once they are out there, they are out there. I have been guilty of letting my words get the best of me. And have ruined friendships, or worst yet hurt someone I love. 

It's goes back to the old saying.. You can mean something but if you say it mean, no one can hear your meaning.

Think about that. wow just wow. That had a huge impact on me. Think of how many heartaches and hurt we could have avoided if what we meant to say didn't come out so mean. And if we said it with more love, maybe just maybe it would come off better. 

Just lately I have seen more and more women using their words to tear others down.... Now I'm

Not going to sit here and say I haven't done that in my life time. 

The what is she wearing? Did you see how fat she got?

   But where did that get me? Nowhere!!! It just made me feel worse about myself. So why why why do we feel the need to tear each other down. If you don't have anything nice to say don't let it come out of your mouth. 

     The tongue is the tail of the heart, the heart is known by how the tongue wags.

If we really knew what out words where going to do to the person we where going to say them to, would we continue to speak them? 

I can still recall some things that have been said to me in my 27 years of living. Some good and some bad. The good make me smile. But the bad, the bad still rip at my soul sometimes. See that's the thing, we never really seem to forget the bad. Or the feeling those horrible words left us with.... Do you really want to be the person behind that horrible word that will hurt someone for along time. Is it really worth it? 

Now I'm gonna get a little Jesus up on here lol.... I understand why the bible says the tongue is like a double edge sword. Think about it! Your words can either lift someone up or tear someone down. Jesus said to love your neighbor as thy self. So would you call yourself a hippo? Or ugly? Or that your outfit is ugly? Breath stinks? Yeah I'm thinking not. 

If we all could spread more love with our words instead of hate think how amazing that would be or better yet how much better we may feel. 

This is something myself needs to work on. But I think it's something worth working on. I want the people around me to feel the love I feel for them through my words. And if that means a compliment or just lifting their spirits through my words thats something I want to strive to do. Be more loving. More compassionate more caring and more careful with my.....  WORDS 

    In the beginning was the word. 

    The word was with god and the 

     Word was god. The word gave

     Life to everything and his life

    Brought light to everyone. The 

     Light shines in the darkness, and

           The darkness can never  

           Extinguish it.

Until we meet again- ASH