Super nice comments and notes from many who read my blog yesterday and responded to me by giving me encouragement. Thank you so very much. Reminded me of a number of verses in the Bible concerning the power of words to give strength and also to make weak, to build up but also to tear down, to give hope and to cause despair, to heal and also to wound. As I read the various notes I thought, Wow, how a few words written can make a person feel so good. Words are indeed powerful. I can think not that far back to words that were directed at me that made me feel like a loser and good for nothing. I remember when I was a little kid hearing the little ditty that we would say to someone that had just said a mean thing to us, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me”. That is a totally untrue statement. Even the toughest, most confident person can be deeply hurt by words. Every morning in my personal prayer of commitment to the Lord one of the things I commit to is Ephesians 4:29, “Let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only such a word that is good for building someone up”.