This morning I began thinking about how our childhood's have a major impact on how we relate to each other in our adult lives. We tend to carry over the 'good', 'bad' and 'traumatic' experiences of our childhood.
Words are powerful. Think about how 'GREAT' you feel when you receive praise from a co-worker, friend, or family member. Conversely, think about the mean comments that a family member or stranger lashes out at you with. You feel hurt and angry. We must 'watch' the WORDS we use on each other because once spoken you can not take them back. Consider this a 'mouth problem' - harsh, snippy, fiesty words (Joyce Meyers). When we have a 'mouth problem', and we all do, it is important to seek the Word of God, specifically the Book of Proverbs.
We all have a responsibility to ourselves and others, especially our children, to work on our 'mouth problem'. We say things to them when we are mad, but we don't mean them. Our children internalize these words and may carry this into their adult lives. Alternatively, the praise that we give them makes them feel loved, happy, cherished, and inspires them to do more good to receive praise and admiration from us.
Do you ever wonder why there are so many 'messed up' adults in the world today? They probably had a 'rough' childhood in the sense that they received a lot of 'negative words' from people that they loved. Words do hurt, so whoever said 'sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me' was foolish. Negative words can 'DAMAGE' or 'RUIN' the 'toughest' of us and those of us that have potential to do 'good' things. Whereas positive words can 'INSPIRE GREATNESS' from us. So today we have an opportunity to work on ourselves, with the Word of God on our sides, to make moves toward becoming better people for ourselves and others.
As always, have a wonderful, blessed and love-filled day!
