The Power of Words ...

Word.

Lately I had been pondering about the power of WORDS in our lives.

Lately I have been drawn to the many tender words expressed with love and wisdom, like these:

Ronald Reagan's Love Letter to Nancy

Joey+Rory's blog - Rory's tender words sharing their lives with us.

Lou's Prophetic words as he expresses his dreams and vision and passion.

Kristin's Blog. Words of a mother, that oh, I can so much relate to.

And this letter of a Dad to his daughter

And the Open Letter to Strangers  who helped her get through one of the most difficult time of her life

Words.

This phrase Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never harm me - this is a lie. It is wrong. It was a tool to avoid retaliation when verbally bullied or abused. It served its purpose then, but in reality ... words used the wrong way, harm.

Hateful words.  Condescending Words.  Accusation and Lies.  These words harm and can eventually indirectly kill a person. But words use to encourage? Ah, those words can bring a dead person back to life.

So much to write about WORDS, what we say and how we say it.

In closing, this is the verse I got for my Quite Time today:

"Your Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path" - Psalm 119:105

Morning

I am an early riser and morning is my most productive time of the day.  However, lately I am noticing that I am spending way too much time on Facebook in the morning instead of doing an even more important "to do's" such as my quite time and exercise.

I really need to reign my thoughts and improve my habits.  I am not against Facebook.  In fact, I think if used in moderation, and the right way, it is a good thing.  But when I stop dong it on top of my other priorities, then I know something is wrong.

This week I decided to "take a leave of absence" from my personal Facebook. Since social media is part of my job, I can't totally give it up and go dark. I can't totally unplug.  But I can minimize.

I have this book called ONE THING ... I bought it about 3 years ago. I attempted to apply it to my life but I fell short. But it's not too late to try again.

I love this random thought of blogging a.k.a. journaling online. I am not sure how many subscribers still gets notified when I post but it does not really matter. I hope you get blessed by this randomness.

Logging off now to read the Bible, pray, write on my prayer journal and then walk for exercise.

By the way, while I am writing this ... there are hundreds of birds tweeting on the tree in front of our house. The trees around our cul-de-sac is home to hundreds (literally hundreds) of birds.  I will count listening to these tweets a blessing. Nature's concert I will say.  Aloha.