Speak Life

September celebrates the National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month and the Health and Wellness bloggers chime about how the Twelve Steps to Recovery can relate to our particular blog. Earlier today I posted about Step #6 to be entirely ready to have God remove all these defects in character. Now I’ll tackle Step #11:

Step 11 – Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.

I believe in the power of words. I believe our words can either bring life or death, curse or blessing. I believe that when we speak, or pray, specific words then something tangible takes place: Hope.

What is God’s will for our children? For them to be healthy, strong and productive members of this society. For them to live their lives with regard to other human beings (”to love their neighbors”, “bless their enemies”, “love their parents”), and the rest of creation. It is not God’s will that our children be cursed, sick, or abused.

When our children grow up in homes where there is love and acceptance, forgiveness and patience, they become the same way to others around them. But when our children grow up where words are spoken carelessly and abuse happens, they go out into society with broken spirits, and they act the same way to others.

So our spoken words, be it in prayer to God or said to our family, can bring blessing, healing and life, or curse, sickness and death.

I say we choose to speak life. I would think that, too, is God’s will. 

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