"Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words can't"


This metaphor is what many people use to brush aside harsh words that are thrown at them. But one thing many people tend to overlook is that the entire world was created by words (Genesis 1) and we are created in the likeness of God.


Words have the ability to create and destroy. Christ cursed a fig tree and it withered in that instant. We may not see it but, our words have the ability to build characters or destroy them. We do not know the impact our words have on others, because we cannot see what is inside them. But God does. He looks at the heart.


As Christian's, our body is the Temple of God. God knows whether the words you speak to another is a brick that is building His Temple or a brick that is breaking down walls.


Just imagine if we looked at the soul of every person we have ever spoken to and saw the impact of our words on them. Will our words be building bricks or stones that break walls? We shall all be judged one day, and be assured that the words we speak to others shall also be judged.


~hAlly~