Skylar's Blog & Podcast

It's interesting how some simple things can impact us so deeply. One of these are words. What are words? Aren't they just letters from an alphabet we made up arranged in a way to make sense to us? But, they are more than that aren't they? A certain arrangement of words have the ability to make your day: "Gosh you look good today!" "I am so proud of you" "You should definitely keep the green hair, it brings out your eyes." However, words have an ability to tear you down for a lifetime: "Your stupid." "There is no WAY you can do this." "You're fat." "You're ugly." This last Sunday I talked about the word of God. Not the written word (The Bible) but His spoken word, and what that has to do with us. This spoken word is God bringing His written word to life through circumstances and decisions he throws into our life. However I left one thing out in our discussion...His word does one more thing. It gives life. It breathes into us and restores us.


God takes these words we created and He breathes life into them with His spirit. He encourages us with them: "I love you...I died for you (John 3:16)." He assures us with them: "Nothing can separate you from my love (Romans 8:38-39). He saves us with them: "It is finished (John 19:30). " Now, what does this have to do with us? We need to understand the power of words. We need to take a lesson out of God's book and learn to only encourage others with our words. We are the body of Christ, and now is the time to start acting like it.