Words matter.
How and why we use our words matters.
A prayer of yesteryear resounds in our contemporary ears:
Continue to store us away from the strife of tongues and may our tongues not cause strife.
In a day of many wagging tongues and much strife and verbal violence, may we speak grace and filter out the graceless dissonance from our spirits, while hearing the genuine pain and heart cries of our broken and wounded neighbors.
May God's abundant goodness be upon us. May all these blessings come to you, my friends.
"Oh, how abundant is your goodness,
which you have stored up for those who fear you
and worked for those who take refuge in you,
in the sight of the children of mankind!
In the cover of your presence you hide them
from the plots of men;
you store them in your shelter
from the strife of tongues."
(Psalm 31:19-20 ESV)
And now for something completely unrelated:
