One of the things that stands behind me camouflaged in the dark, is a collaboration of words; that over the years have been collected and collectively determine the way I feel about who I am when I get ready every morning. I have been called stupid more times than I can count in French and as such my daily struggle is more against myself and those words than the people I am attempting to prove wrong.
Loser. Fat. Ugly...Words.
These are the things in life that matter. The things you cannot see, smell, taste or touch, but feel. You feel these every day and though it was not intended to last a lifetime - a word can.
The way it lives, the way a word thrives is off of our sticky skin. God created us with sticky skin. (One thing to keep in mind is that Satan creates nothing, only perverts what God has created.) It allows us to say positive things to one another, have those words stick and help build us up every day. However, the opposite also sticks and often times lays over the positive words, so that all we can see is the negative.
James 3:5 talks about how the tongue, such a small part of the body, makes such a big impact. We need to control that and control our words so that we do not continue sticking negatives on people constantly. Instead, this week your kids will practice saying nice things (not just I like you or your cool but real thought out nice things.). We have got to learn to start sticking positives on each other and stop leaving people with more negative words than when they started talking to you.
Peaceful words and Love,
Brantley
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