Words

Words can make or break a person or situation.  We each have the power to change a situation but we MUST be careful because of the harmful side-effects our tongues can produce.  Words contributed to the death of my brother, although they were not true someone took a persons words as a fact and acted before they knew the truth.  But because these people had itching ears they only heard what they wanted and didn't pause to think.  It's sad right, how often we listen to rumors instead of remembering that God has commanded us not to judge others.  Only He deserves the right to judge us because he knows that we as flesh filled humans do not think clearly all the time.

It is kind of like a conversation that you have with your children.  You tell your daughter I want to meet your friend before you go out with her/him in their car.  To which she responds "you're ruining my life" we all have those conversations and if you haven't you will.  What they don't realize is that we hold their safety first, just like God holds ours. We as parents just roll our eyes and say "you'll survive".  What the kids are looking for is an explanation but to often we brush them off with vague words.

This is why He tells us not to judge.  My daughter is really big on saying "you don't know me" with that in mind how do you know what you are hearing is the full story.  You don't see every angle of the situation, you don't know where someone else is coming from or what happened that day.  We've all heard the following verse “Judge not that you be not judged.”  Words change things.

This verse is quoted whenever you step on someone toes. If you ever say that anything is false or sinful, I immediately think: “who are you to tell me?” Aren't you judging my judgement?  See its a vicious circle.  As followers of God we MUST be careful how we speak to one another.  Words for better or worse matter even if we may not think they do.