"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 love 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: "The Internet: where men are men, women are men, and children are FBI agents."
Funny for the week: "Chinese Knitting"
Many years ago my wife was to knitting what Peyton Manning is to football. She designed exotic patterns with ease.
There was an occasion when we had lunch in a real Chinese restaurant (only one person spoke partial English, all menus were in Chinese). When she saw the handwritten menu she was so impressed with the calligraphy she tucked it in her purse.
Some months later I saw the result - a stunning white sweater with the Chinese symbols hand-stitched down the front.
She received compliments galore until at one party when we met a distinguished Chinese physician who asked my wife where she got the symbols. He then wanted to know if she knew what they meant.
"I'm afraid to ask," she said, "but tell me anyway."
Even she had to laugh when he told her they read, "This is a cheap dish - but good."
(copied off the internet)
That’ll teach her………. Chaplain Barnes
Last week’s answer: What four people were brought outside the city of
This weeks question: To whom did God say about meats, “What God has cleansed, that call not thou common.”?
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