Power of Life and Death
Proverbs18:21
The tongue has the power of life and death...
I can't count the number of times I've had ideas shot down by the power of another person's comment. Sarcasm, criticism, and plain-old meanness run rampant in our culture. Clearly, the tongue can be a weapon of great destruction
I'm guilty of killing things with my tongue, too. For example, my eight year-old daughter, Kassidy, has a very unique style of dressing herself. I regularly attack her creativity with my words.
On the other hand, a well placed word can bring forth life.
Today, I received an email from my friend Terry. His simple 26-word message was sent to encourage me to continue publishing these Daily Build Ups. His message was perfectly timed, because I read it as I was sitting down at the computer to create this post. Frankly, I was not looking forward to this project at the end of a very long day. Terry's words put life back into the project and gave me a good theme, too! Thanks, Terry!
Mind your words!
Lon
If you have a suggestion for a Daily Build Up topic, please send them to me at: Lon@AcornMinistries.com
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Terry,
Thought you might like a little fan mail! This came from a great lady that can teach us all something about encouragement. Her name is Judy. Here's her message:
Thanks to Terry.----------------Judy-------
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