I
must tell you I have never thought about this until one of my sister’s in
Christ brought it to my attention; once she said something I began changing my
everyday language immediately. So, I guess you are curious to know what I said,
here it is: “I had a crazy say at work
today, I think they are killing me”. Have you guesses which word she nearly
chewed my head off for? Yep! Killing me.
Now you and I know that I didn’t mean they were actually killing me, but just
the fact that I used such harmful language towards myself is the problem. Some
people may say “That’s just too deep, why do church people have to be so
sanctified”.
My
answer to that is, No! I’m not being deep because I believe if I profess to be
a child of God then I must live by His word “A man’s belly shall be satisfied
with the fruit of his mouth, and with the increase of his lips shall he be
filled. Death and life are in the power of the tongue…” Proverbs 18:20-21 KJV.
Simply put, our state of mind is fed by our words are our words can either be as
fruit to the belly or poison. I know we use certain phrases as a figure of
speech, but when words are released they manifest themselves.
Example:
“This job is
killing me”, as we know killing means to take one’s life so in this instance
this one phrase is killing your spirit. Now when you go to work your thoughts
are “these people are killing me” every little thing bothers you, your blood
pressure raises, your attitude changes you, and you’re constantly stressed.
I’m
sure you know how much power words have over us, which means we should be
careful as to what we speak not only to others but also ourselves. I find
myself at times saying to myself “Amelia, that was so stupid or you idiot” WHAT!!??!! I know I’m not the only one
who has done that. I know I am not stupid because stupid doesn’t get you a
Masters Degree, but this is what I find myself saying from time to time, what
do you think those few words have done to me and yourself once in the
atmosphere? Think about it? Do you ever find yourself in situations where you
have to speak or working on a project and you just start thinking that
stupid/idiot thought? Ladies this is not something to take lightly, this is not
my own saying it is biblical.
Words
like “I can’t” are poisonous words because the minute you say you can’t you won’t
try because that word created the thought that there are things you are not
capable of doing. I have a four year old nephew when I tell him to put on his
shoes he tell me “I can’t” I tell him don’t ever say that you can do whatever
you put your mind to do, I told him to say “I don’t know how to do it” so I sat
down with him and taught him how to put on his shoes on the correct feet. One
day I was exercising and I fell on the floor and said I can’t do this he tells
me “Don’t say that, you can do it get up”.
Ladies,
if my four year old nephew got the concept then surely we can too. We have to
change the way and what we speak into our lives. Let’s make a commitment to stop
killing ourselves with negative words.
~ LadyB
