It's not just what they are, but how they are said,
That can send me spinning off inside my head.
Were they meant to wound, was it real?
Was that how they wanted to make me feel?
Their tone or inflection, can change it all,
Whether they move me on or make me fall.
They can be used to build or destruction bring,
They can lead to sadness, or cause the heart to sing.
They should not come out, one and the same,
To curse one You love, and to then praise Your name.
What can we do when the hurts they leave,
Cause one's heart to suffer and grieve.
I know Yours are sure, all of them true,
And that's why I long to commit mine to You.
To bring honor, glory and praise to my King,
With them joy, hope and life may they bring.
I love them each, I know their power is strong,
Please help me be wise and not use them wrong.
Whether written or spoken, help me beware,
That always use each one with love and with care.
By Diana DePriest
© October 10, 2008
"Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers." Ephesians 4:29
"With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so." James 3:9-10
"Your word is very pure; therefore Your servant loves it. I am small and despised, Yet I do not forget Your precepts. Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Your law is truth. Trouble and anguish have overtaken me, yet Your commandments are my delights." Psalm 119: 140-143
