Today we are continuing the topic of the power of words and speaking specifically about how our words affect other people. You can probably look at your own life and see where words have hurt someone you love. I can remember one particular instance recently when my son spilled massage oil all over the freshly cleaned living room carpet…..my words were less than kind, and I had to ask for forgiveness from my sweet little boy, who just wanted to give someone a nice massage. It was a lesson that hit too close to home, because I had used massage oil as an illustration at our ladies conference earlier in the year of how powerfully our words can bring healing. There are times that we do need to bring correction, and the best way I have found to do that is through the “oreo method”. The cream inside is the important part, and if you cushion your correction with a compliment on each side (the cookie part), it seems to go down better. In the “oreo method”, the process makes us say 2 positive things to the one thing that needs adjustment, or in the area that we need growth or change. Wash it all down with a little milk (the Word) and it makes everything taste great! (Or at least a whole lot better!) Let’s use our words constructively, and build, encourage and edify those around us.
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