Speak & Breathe Words of Life

 As I look out onto the white, fluffy snow and the frigid temperatures, the sunshine brings me warmth.  It is definitely the little things that do make a difference in life.

Also, what we speak and breathe brings life to others.  A smile and words of hope and encouragement can mean so much to someone.  Speaking words of life will also speak to your own soul.

Think back on the negativity that you have spoken.  To this day, I remember telling someone that I didn't love them anymore.  Those words have probably haunted me more than it has haunted them.  Satan would love to keep me in that dark time, but praise God, Jesus lives in my life and He has encouraged me to be an encourager to others.

Proverbs 15:4 - "Gentle words bring life and health; a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit."

Proverbs 16:24 - "Kind words are like honey-sweet to the soul and healthy for the body."

Proverbs 18:4 - "A person's words can be life-giving water; words of true wisdom are as refreshing as a bubbling brook."

Proverbs 18:21 - "The tongue has the power of life and death."

Once again the wisdom of knowing what to say is powerful.

It is easier to lash out negative words, phrases... to someone.  This is where we need to stop and breathe and ask the Spirit to speak for us.

I know that we should speak words of life to someone that we are upset with, but we should also speak words of life to someone who is dying.  Don't give up on them.  Only God knows the time and the place where that person's last breath will be taken.

Even God breathed life into man.  Genesis 2:7 - "Then the Lord God took some soil from the ground and formed a man out of it; he breathed life-giving breath into his nostrils and the man began to live."  God holds the key to our life.  Revelation 3:7 - "God has the key that belonged to David, and when he opens a door, no one can close it, and when he closes it, no one can open it."

What I am trying to say is that we can't give up.  By speaking and breathing the words of life, we are giving that person hope.  When someone is in a coma, the doctors and nurses encourages you to speak to that person.  They may be in a deep sleep, but their conscience & their soul is still here.

Some encouraging verses to speak are:

"But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation.  God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light."  1 Peter 2:9

"So be strong and courageous!  Do not be afraid and do not panic before them.  For the Lord your God will personally go ahead of you.  He will neither fail you nor abandon you."  Deuteronomy 31:6

"You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb.  Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!  Your workmanship is marvelous--how well I know it."  Psalm 139:13-14

There are so many other verses throughout the Bible that shares God's promises.

By speaking these verses or positive words will this person live?  They may not live on this earth, but you gave them peace.  Also those words gave you life.

May these words also give you the eternal life that you need!  You don't want to waste the time that you have on this earth with others by bickering and destroying others.  Use this time to build up and to encourage.

The snow can represent so much, such as the hardships of life and the frozen ground covering up the seeds and roots that will grow in spring.  As the whiteness of the snow represents the purity, cleanliness and new beginnings that only Christ can give us.

Always remember the words that we speak are powerful!  Use those words to glorify Christ!