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| 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
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.
Wonderful words, Sandy!
ReplyDeleteThanks Dawn!
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