April 6 2009

"Kindly words are like drops of honey, sweet to the soul and healing to the body." Proverbs 16:24

I would like to find the person who first coined the phrase, "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me" and ask them if they still believe that to be a true statement. It is a lie from the pit of hell and smells of smoke. Broken bones heal, but broken hearts and spirits never heal. Many people go through life and to their grave with the memory of one insult blurted out in anger by someone they loved burning in their ears and heart. Words are more destructive than guns and permanent damage is done with them. How much better if we would heed the verse above. God gave us the ability to speak encouraging kind words. When we speak words of hope and encouragement we enable others to adjust their vision from gloom and doom to hope and joy. I do not personally believe God does His greatest work through preaching great sermons. I think the greatest stuff happens one on one when God sends a message to another person through you. When you give someone a ray of hope, you experience inner joy also and have the knowledge that God used you. And, all you did was share a few kind words. WOW!

Thought for the week: If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it. -- Arthur Schopenhauer

Funny for the week: Shirt Note"The trendy dresser fancied himself quite a ladies' man, and was delighted to find a note pinned inside a new shirt. It contained a girl's name and address, and asked the recipient to send a photograph. How romantic, he thought to himself, very taken with the idea of this mystery woman so eager to meet him, and promptly mailed off a note and a photo. Heart aflutter, he opened her response.It read, "Thanks for writing. I was just curious to see what kind of guy would buy such a goofy shirt."

-- Bonus Content --
"Criticism" At a dinner party, one of the guests was an obnoxiously loud young man. He made disparaging remarks about everyone and everything. When served a piece of meat, he picked it up with his fork, held it up and smirked: "I suppose this is pig?"Another guest, sitting opposite, asked quietly: "Which end of the fork are you referring to?"Well done…………….. Chaplain Barnes

Last week’s answer: Who walked naked and barefoot for three years as a prophetic sign that the same would happen to Egyptians taken prisoner by Assyria? Isaiah (Isaiah 20:2-3)

This week’s question: Which book in the Bible has the longest word in it?