Words

 Happy Friday, Friends:

I hope and trust this post finds you having a great day as a glorious new day – full of hope, opportunity, and promise – begins to dawn in my Sweet Home Alabama! 😊

I promise you; today I am not going to tell you a single thing you don’t already know. The heart of this Happy Friday is found in this quote:

“Knowledge without application is simply knowledge. Applying the knowledge to one’s life is wisdom — and that is the ultimate virtue.” ― Kasi Kaye Iliopoulos

Earlier this week I was listening to a Craig Groeschel podcast titled, Ghosts of Christmas Past Part 3: Labels. It was recorded on December 18, 2016. You can listen to the entire podcast here: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/e2d29a64-9469-4157-a018-c7dd715323e8/episodes/bbe142c0-74e4-40f2-8dba-d71c5a027b77/life-church-with-craig-groeschel-ghosts-of-christmas-past-part-3-labels

In the podcast, Pastor Groeschel says the following:

“How many of you know words can be very, very powerful? Words have the power to create. Words have the power to heal. Words have the power to shape. Words have the power to motivate. On the negative side though, words have the power to hurt, right? Words have the power to wound. Words have the power to discourage. Words have the power to destroy.”

A little later he quotes Proverbs 18:21 (NIV) which says in part:

21 The tongue has the power of life and death

Not a thing you didn’t already know, right? So here is this Happy Friday’s challenge: are we going to simply know or are we going to have the courage to step into wisdom? Will we apply what we know and intentionally use our words for life – to create, heal, shape, and motivate? Or will we choose to be like, sadly, most of our fellow humans and spew words that hurt, wound, discourage, and destroy?

I know it is short…sometimes fewer words are better!!! 😊

Please don’t hesitate to contact me if there is ever anything I can do for you or your family. I will always help you any way I can. You can reach me at kevin@whatwillyourinfluencebe.com.

Have a great day, a wonderful weekend, please cherish your precious families, and please stay well!

Kev