Looking back at my life before right now I see that I have grown and learned so much. I can't even express in writing all that has changed in my life, which is ironic because I can usually only express myself perfectly after writing out what is on my heart........I was just thinking. How does what I say or write really have an impact on people? A lesson I have learned is that my words have the power to give life or destroy it. I want my words only to give life. However, I think that it is basically impossible to use words to only give life...
In the midst of this point where I have felt like almost everyone and everything around me is trying to choke me out it is hard to use words in general. I am walking a fine line where I want to bring life, and many people are depending on me to use my words to bring them life. But here is the problem. My words can only bring life to those who agree with the truth in my words, which is life giving to some and destroying to others. No matter what words I use it will crush the life of another.
In the bible the word Truth is used 262 times. In one verse, John 8:32 to be exact, it says "And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." If you look at the context around this verse Jesus is specifically talking about how if you believe that Jesus is the Messiah and that his teachings are truth, you will be cleansed of your sins and encouraged with the promise of His Kingdom to come. We can take this verse, read and understand that Jesus is saying if you know the truth it will set you free of your sins and bring you life. I believe, when we understand the proper context, we can take this verse and make it a great example of how we can look at situations in our lives and know that if we know the truth, we will be set free from the guilt of using our words to tell the truth about others bad decisions, even if it brings destruction to them.
Now, I know this is hard, and I understand that in this generation it is common to want only to be nice and give everyone “the benefit of the doubt" and say things like “it is just a misunderstanding.” But would that be truth? There are always two sides to one story and one side is the real truth and the other side is only truth to the person or people who are lying. There is a common belief going around that there is truth in every story, but I am going to step out and say that this is a bogus way of trying to bring "World Peace". There is the truth and there are lies. There cannot be two truths. It is impossible.
Believe me when I tell you that I have a hard time with this. What if the truth brings destruction to the people that I love? But would I really want them living in lies instead of dealing with their problems and being liberated from their sin? Is it better if I only bring life to them, even if it is lying? Then what about the truth? And the other people involved? Will their lives be ruined because I used my words to lie?
Do I tell the truth and bring life to these people and destruction to the others. Or do I lie and bring destruction these people and life to the others. Another problem, what if the others don’t believe my truth. What if they are lying to themselves and believing that they are the ones telling the truth. Then, no matter if I tell the truth, it will still be destructive to them...Because it is not the truth they believe... See the dilemma.
I believe that a lie no matter who it may benefit is never life giving. Lies are from the devil, each lie is like a foot hold to the devil allowing him to climb further and further up the rock-wall of your life, inserting poison with each step, until he has made it to your brain, has complete control over you and molds your every thought to think like him: a mind full of lies. When you tell a lie, a piece of truth dies inside you and is replaced with that lie. The lie becomes your distorted reality of truth, thus resulting in you believing that this lie is truth. Does that make sense? When you lie you are believing in something that is not truth. You are causing destruction to yourself.
If lying causes destruction, then are my truth filled words what is actually causing destruction to the one who does not agree with me? Or is it the lie? Does speaking out the truth just look like destruction from the outside, while actually brining life? Yes. So I guess I was wrong at the beginning when I said that it is impossible to bring only life with my words… It is possible. If I am speaking the truth, then I am only brining life. Although it may seem like torture to expose the wrong doings of another person, if done in love and truth, it is the only thing that will save that person from their sin and give them the life that they need.
So I guess that I have come to the conclusion that it is not just the words you speak that give life or destroy it. It is the truth or lie behind words that bring life or destroy it...
In the midst of this point where I have felt like almost everyone and everything around me is trying to choke me out it is hard to use words in general. I am walking a fine line where I want to bring life, and many people are depending on me to use my words to bring them life. But here is the problem. My words can only bring life to those who agree with the truth in my words, which is life giving to some and destroying to others. No matter what words I use it will crush the life of another.
In the bible the word Truth is used 262 times. In one verse, John 8:32 to be exact, it says "And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." If you look at the context around this verse Jesus is specifically talking about how if you believe that Jesus is the Messiah and that his teachings are truth, you will be cleansed of your sins and encouraged with the promise of His Kingdom to come. We can take this verse, read and understand that Jesus is saying if you know the truth it will set you free of your sins and bring you life. I believe, when we understand the proper context, we can take this verse and make it a great example of how we can look at situations in our lives and know that if we know the truth, we will be set free from the guilt of using our words to tell the truth about others bad decisions, even if it brings destruction to them.
Now, I know this is hard, and I understand that in this generation it is common to want only to be nice and give everyone “the benefit of the doubt" and say things like “it is just a misunderstanding.” But would that be truth? There are always two sides to one story and one side is the real truth and the other side is only truth to the person or people who are lying. There is a common belief going around that there is truth in every story, but I am going to step out and say that this is a bogus way of trying to bring "World Peace". There is the truth and there are lies. There cannot be two truths. It is impossible.
Believe me when I tell you that I have a hard time with this. What if the truth brings destruction to the people that I love? But would I really want them living in lies instead of dealing with their problems and being liberated from their sin? Is it better if I only bring life to them, even if it is lying? Then what about the truth? And the other people involved? Will their lives be ruined because I used my words to lie?
Do I tell the truth and bring life to these people and destruction to the others. Or do I lie and bring destruction these people and life to the others. Another problem, what if the others don’t believe my truth. What if they are lying to themselves and believing that they are the ones telling the truth. Then, no matter if I tell the truth, it will still be destructive to them...Because it is not the truth they believe... See the dilemma.
I believe that a lie no matter who it may benefit is never life giving. Lies are from the devil, each lie is like a foot hold to the devil allowing him to climb further and further up the rock-wall of your life, inserting poison with each step, until he has made it to your brain, has complete control over you and molds your every thought to think like him: a mind full of lies. When you tell a lie, a piece of truth dies inside you and is replaced with that lie. The lie becomes your distorted reality of truth, thus resulting in you believing that this lie is truth. Does that make sense? When you lie you are believing in something that is not truth. You are causing destruction to yourself.
If lying causes destruction, then are my truth filled words what is actually causing destruction to the one who does not agree with me? Or is it the lie? Does speaking out the truth just look like destruction from the outside, while actually brining life? Yes. So I guess I was wrong at the beginning when I said that it is impossible to bring only life with my words… It is possible. If I am speaking the truth, then I am only brining life. Although it may seem like torture to expose the wrong doings of another person, if done in love and truth, it is the only thing that will save that person from their sin and give them the life that they need.
So I guess that I have come to the conclusion that it is not just the words you speak that give life or destroy it. It is the truth or lie behind words that bring life or destroy it...