I have been thinking about words the last
couple days. As someone who enjoys reading and likes writing, words are to me
what paints and clay are to an artist. Words can be such a comfort and offer
joy to those between whom they are shared; words can be humorous or clever,
fiery or calming.
But words for all their good, beauty, and
versatility can also be used in devastating ways. Words said to us or
about us that were cruel, vicious, unfair, maligning, disappointing -
those words remain long after they've been spoken. On the other side, kind
uplifting things said to us can be recalled to but often requires
more effort to remember at least for me. Are you ever haunted by
words said to you long ago? I can't imagine anyone saying no. Words are in
very real sense forever. Proverbs 18:21 says, "Death and life are in
the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits."
Whether written, spoken, and thought about - words have enormous importance.
John starts his gospel about Jesus this
way... "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were
made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and
that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and
the darkness has not overcome it."
It's amazing, incomprehensible even, to think
of Jesus Christ not just as someone who communicated with words but who is the
first and last, beginning and end Word.
"Let the word of Christ dwell in you
richly in all wisdom..." Colossians 3:17
The Word of Christ can live and
reside inside you.
"And you became followers of us and of
the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy
Spirit..." 1 Thessalonians 1:6
The Word of Christ can be received or rejected, welcomed with joy or discarded with disdain.
The Word of Christ can be received or rejected, welcomed with joy or discarded with disdain.
"For this we say to you by the word of
the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming the Lord will by no
means precede those who are asleep." 1 Thessalonians 4:15
The Word of Christ gives authority to the
things we say to each other.
"The grass withers and the flowers fall,
but the word of the Lord stands forever." 1 Peter 1:25
The Word of Christ stands forever, it will
never expire, tire, or fall.
What words are you using today? xo
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