How words affect us

I told you I am going to stop swearing, end of the day total 5 bad words. I think people think I am exaggerating when I say that I dropped enough f-bombs by 8:30 to blow up a small country. I am not. Ask Tonya when I am mad, maybe two small countries. If swear words were cigarettes, I am a 4-5 packer (I think there’s 20 cigs in a pack… you do the math).

I told satan in the beginning of the day he needed to steer clear of me and my path. I’m on a mission. I’ll be honest, he sent in a little of his army… 5 isn’t bad. Not perfect, but much better, today going for the big goose-egg.
But how are words effect us. I was a little stressed, I wanted to swear, but I told everyone at work – poke me if I swear. No sore arms, I caught myself. No cuss cup either, I am doing this for God’s glory. He doesn’t need the money.
But the positive of words. Becky called me today to tell me she loved me. That’s it. I thought about it all day.
Pat’s words, the one’s straight from her heart on the prayer blog, blew me away. I sent her a little email about how jealous I was of her because she was such a good pray-er. She was encouraged by my encouragement.
So it’s really been on my mind that if I took those 100 or so words that are not for God’s Glory and change them to positive for His glory, I could change the world, one word at a time.

I’ll start with three…

Jesus Loves you.

Col 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.