Vintage devotional

 Day 11

Don’t crush 

How long will you torture me? How long will you try to crush me with your words? 

Job 19:2

In all our pursuits, we must learn to be sensitive to the needs of others. Everyone is faced with diverse problems. We should also make up our minds to use the right words. The words we speak to ourselves and others have great healing or destructive powers. So we must endeavor to speak the right words.

Jobs friends spoke the wrong words to him and these brought more pain to him. Our words should bring healing to people and not bring them pain. Healing is released through the words we speak, hence we should try as much as we can to tell people nice things about themselves.

People need to hear how beautiful and talented they are. Refuse to be critical or judgmental. Be strategic about releasing healing through your words.

Action point: 

Pick some of your friends and be intentional about speaking the right words to them.