WORDS — TWO
Words can be like medicine.
They can help you heal, or they can put you under.
In today’s society, there is often great care about what we say—or what we are allowed to say. Yet, taking the Lord’s name in vain, or using it as a casual swear word, is in many cases seen as acceptable. How strange that we guard many words, yet treat the most sacred Name so lightly.
As children, many of us were taught the old saying:
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me.
But life teaches us otherwise.
The damage that sticks and stones can do is often short-lived.
But words… words can last a lifetime.
They can wound deeply, shaping a person’s thoughts, confidence, and even their future.
Some dear souls never fully recover from careless or cruel words spoken over them. Yet, if not taken to heart, even hurtful words can—by God’s grace—become a turning point. Our disappointments can become God’s appointments.
Think of Moses. After he defended a Hebrew slave by striking down the Egyptian, he later tried to bring peace between two of his own people. But instead of gratitude, they turned on him with words of accusation:
*“Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
Those words forced him to flee for his life. They did not see his heart—only judged his actions.
I remember attending night classes. I struggled with writing and spelling, and to be honest, I did not get much from those lessons. But the teacher often shared a story from her own childhood. A teacher once told her she would never amount to anything. Those words stayed with her—not for a day, not for a year, but for a lifetime.
Yet instead of crushing her, they drove her forward. She proved that voice wrong. Still, even as she told the story years later, you could feel the pain. Words spoken in a moment can echo for decades.
I have learned this:
The people I pray for, I try not to speak against.
And when something must be said, it is better said to a person’s face than behind their back.
Yes, sometimes the truth is not well received. I was once told, *“People may hate you for telling them the truth. But truth must always be spoken in love—not as a weapon, but as a healing word.
It is better to be silent than to speak and be condemned.
As the Lord Jesus said:
*“By your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.
Let your words be few:
Yes—or No.
How many words we have spoken
we might never have said,
had we known who was listening
before they left our head
GOD IS A GOOD GOD
GOD KNOWS GOD LOVES GOD CARES
WRITTEN FOR GEORGES WEB MINISTRIES
25th
March 2026