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GOD’S PRESCRIPTION

"Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones."

Proverbs 16: 24 King James Version

My friends spent five hours last week telling me about their marriage falling apart, and that they were separating. I have been praying for them. I called the wife last night to see how she was feeling. She told me that they were back together and I rejoiced with her. After I hung up, this verse came to my mind. They had told me all the bad and negative things, but neither one of them could take five minutes to let me know they were back together.

We need to speak words to each other that will encourage and lift us up. I received an email from my sister today that brightened my day. Her email encouraged me because I was in a lot of pain from my arthritis.

If we never speak pleasant words to one another, then we are not being an encourager. I know from past experience that no one wants to be around someone who is constantly negative. For years, I was so negative that no one wanted to be around me. I didn’t even want to be around me.

We wonder why we are so sad all the time. It is because we are constantly dwelling on the past and on negative thoughts and feelings. Do you have your eyes on Jesus, or are you focused on your circumstances? Are you saying pleasant words, or constantly complaining?

Joanne Lowe
October 12, 2005
joannelowe8@cox.net

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