They can be helpful, kind, true, encouraging,
uplifting, cheerful, supportive, hopeful, generous, lavish,
beneficial, valuable, proper, holy, wholesome,
constructive, useful, profitable, practical, positive, good,
praiseworthy, soothing, honorable, honest, excellent,
healing, peaceful, instructive, stimulating, thought-
provoking, bold, visionary, fervent, stirring, well-timed,
fitting, appropriate, friendly, gentle, and inviting.
They also can be harmful, hateful, vicious,
indecorous, vulgar, coarse, wasted, useless, negative,
destructive, false, angry, impolite, rude, caustic, snarky,
grating, disparaging, negative, hostile, improper,
unpleasant, inappropriate, dirty, unhealthy, ill-timed,
rash, discouraging, cruel, careless, merciless, vile, toxic,
disgraceful, mordacious, empty, worthless, abusive,
insulting, apathetic, callous, and heartless.
We say them, read them, write them, think them,
define them, create them, and leverage them. They have
almost unlimited potential for benefit or detriment.
Words are powerful.
It is interesting to note that the overwhelming
majority of our lives revolve around words. Virtually
everything we do involves words. From the moment we
wake up in the morning to the moment we sleep again at
night, words are everywhere (and they are even in our
dreams, so we literally never are away from them). Even
in silence and solitude, words are present and active in
our thoughts. Every human transaction contains words in
some form.
We know God because of words. We know Jesus and
the Spirit because of words. Abram followed God’s words.
God called Moses from the burning bush—words. Every
single prophet received words from God. Jesus Christ
preached the kingdom of God—words. Paul taught and
preached and wrote—words. Our bibles are filled with a
message from God—words.
Words are beyond important; they are fundamental.
How we receive them, think them, use them, and live
them tells the world who we are and what we think of
the God whose Word we claim.
–Ricky
