The Gospel of John, Chapter one, verse one says:
“In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God.”
My interpretation is that God appeared with words which are messages we learn today through the Bible. And therefore, words have power. In addition, the words we speak were originally created holy, just as God created Adam and Eve sinless in the beginning.
The serpent, however, used words to cause Adam and Eve to disobey God. Since then, we human beings must face temptation every day according to the Bible. Consequently, the evil spirit, or Satan, causes us to utter unholy words with our mouths where we should only speak God’s holy words.
One minister said that we can help one another in three ways:
- We can help others financially when they are poor or need of money, like the U.S. Government has been giving aid to poor countries and like we donate for earthquakes and Tsunami victims.
- We can help others physically like Mother Theresa.
- We can help other people by not saying any words to hurt them.
I thought that the third one is the most difficult. Several years ago, when we were getting inundated with calls from advertising people, I used to say to them “ Can’t you get a better job rather than bothering people” and bang, I would hang up the phone- irritated. That was me.
Today, when I get similar calls, I usually say “Thank you for calling. God Bless you!
One day, I read a little story about President Lincoln. He wrote a letter to General Robert Lee after the civil had ended saying you should have done this and that…. then he threw the letter in his waste basket. He did not see the purpose of sending that letter even if that was his advice to General Lee. President Lincoln thought that it would only make him feel worse.
Likewise, I don’t say anything to my husband or to my children if I think it will hurt their feelings and keep peace. The choice of words can build up a relationship rather than breaking it. Good words can create hope in a desperate situation. Good words create love where there is hatred and so forth. Our maturity comes from the way we use our words.
So, how do I feed more sheep?
My way of feeding more sheep will be not to hurt other people’s feelings by what I say.
March 27, 2026
