The Power of Our Words

“The tongue has the power of life and death”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭18:21‬ ‭NIV‬‬

At the retreat that I went to last week, I was reminded of the power that our words have on us physically, emotionally and spiritually.    Positive words/thoughts can be uplifting to our bodies and our minds, a blessing to us. Negativite words/thoughts can tear our bodies and our minds down, a curse to us.   I have been trying to train myself to bless my body instead of cursing it.  What this looks like for me is saying and believing things like “I am being healed of cancer.”  Instead of saying “I have cancer”.  This statement may be true BUT when most people hear the word cancer they attach words/emotions like tragic  to it.  So I want to stop proclaiming that I have a tragedy(cancer) but instead that I am being healed of a tragedy(cancer).   

There are a lot of times in life were I may feel overwhelmed or even scared of what is in front of me but instead of getting engulfed by the these negative emotions, I choose to stand on God’s Word which turns these feeling into Peace and Confidence of His Love for me.   I do know that when or if I choose to give into these negative emotions I can find myself slipping into a sadness that feels hard to climb out of.  Jesus says to me “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”  ‭‭John‬ ‭14:27‬ ‭NKJV‬‬   Some might ask “how can I know that God will give me peace ?”  The answer is easy, He has remained faithful to me over and over and over again during my life and specifically during this journey to wellness that  I am on right now.  His Peace and Love is life changing and a source of joy for me.  He was faithful to lead me to  the best husband ever.  He was faithful to bless me with two amazing children.   He was faithful to move us across country to these amazing doctors that are here.  He is faithful to meet me where I am at every day.   He has lead other amazing people into my life that show me what the Love of Christ looks like.  

I tell you all this so you can see into my heart and mind as I travel down the road placed before me.  I can do all of the things placed before because of the power of prayer,  the abundance of Love in my life and the faithfulness of a God who is always with me covering me with Peace simply because i just ask for it.  ““Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭7:7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

As I close I would like to challenge each of you to start blessing yourselves and even more importantly others by choosing words that bless each other and not curse each other.   There is so much power in our thoughts and words.  I remember reading about a study done on plants were plants that were blessed and talked to kindly flourished and plants that were cursed and talked unkindly to actually died.  If this principle is true for a plant, how much more true can it be for us.   Let’s change lives for the better with the power of our tongues.