The Power of Words (Part 1)
Dear Friends, I've been thinking recently about the power of our words. How many of you remember when you were at school saying this playground chant: "Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me"? The truth is that whilst being physically hurt causes physical pain, it's not true that words don't hurt us. Words can and do cause us much pain, they bruise our hearts, they can leave deep scars and cause all kinds of damage. Words such as, "You're ugly...stupid...fat...no good...a failure...hopeless...etc" cause so much harm, not only at the time, but also on in to the future if we don't do something about them. So what can we do? Step 1. Let go of the words that have damaged us - reject them and leave them with God. Step 2. Ask God to heal us from the pain - he is our healer. " He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds." Psalm 147:3 (NLT) Step 3. Fill our minds with the truth from God...