Words that Sing Poem Series - Words that Bless

Art and photo by Dawn M. Hamsher, 2013

1st Writes did a study on "words that sing". It takes time and practice to find just the right word to get your point across.

 

For fun, we asked our writers to write a poem about words. I will share the poems this week. Here is the first one. 

 

WORDS THAT BLESS
by Sandy James

PROBLEM

How am I to speak words that edify and bless

If I have no skill for separating

Dull from audacious

Rude from tact

Surely there are rules on how to supply

Words that encourage

Rather than words that deny

Words that inspire, cheer, and hearten

A person in quest of his worth.

SOLUTION

Jesus is the Word

Planted in our hearts

Words of love and acceptance

Declaring we have value

Words spoken forth that bring harvests of gold

Yielding an abundance of God’s goodness

But beware the tares that grow up with the wheat

Words of bitterness and anger, envy, pride and greed

Those words produce a harvest as well

They’re words that destroy

They’re from the pit of hell !

So speak words of life, words of peace

Let words that discourage and criticize cease

Bless those who hurt you

Bless those who hate

Bless those who persecute you

And forgive all for Jesus’ sake.