Don't Take IT

I wonder sometimes if we realize that damage that our own words can do in the lives of others, that got me to thinking...

The words drip from the mouth like poison,

"you will never amount to nothin".  They hang in the air like acrid smoke, felt more than heard, like a slap with an open palm.

A word curse in its infancy

"I cant do" is your constant companion.  Such a familiar friend that you almost don't realize that your "friend" is robbing you of your life's opportunities.  Almost, but not quite.  Its still not enough to move you from your complacency.

A word curse in its adolescence

On a certain day, you sit in the aisle, one among many.  The woman walks past briskly looking neither left nor right.  As she passes by you, she tosses something toward you and your hand instinctively reaches up to catch it...

Its a white hanky.  

As your eyes adjust to the bright whiteness in the dim light, you can see that the white has been smeared with blood red lipstick, the words embedded into every fiber of the pure white cotton

"You so...

"DUMB"

"FAT"

"LAZY"

"UGLY"

"TRIFLIN"

"WORTHLESS"...

YOU so, EVERYTHING, 

You so, nothing.

They tell you, that your life will be like this, or your life will be like that..., prophecy hardship to you, and you receive it as though it were some sort of pretty dessert.  

Don't you deserve it anyway?

A word curse all grown up.

The words that have been spoken into existence in your life, have propelled you to this critical moment of decision...

""How long will you allow what the enemy is giving you to bear weight in your life? " 

Like David wearing Solomon's armor, you carry those words with you, heavy like chain mail.  Be reminded that David realized that he could not fight his enemy wearing someone else's clothes.

What do you do when the enemy tosses you anything?

You Don't TAKE IT.

_______________________

You are...

"Smart"

"Beautiful"

"Talented"

"Gifted"

"Worth Loving"
you are, "Loved"

you are, "God's Child".

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Thanks for Listening