Today's Devotional: Don't internalize the toxic words that others speak about you. Instead, guard your heart against toxic words, and every chance you get, speak life-giving words.
Response by: Morgan Coil
It's easier to speak toxic words rather than life giving words because we are surrounded by a toxic world. In school, at work, basically everywhere we go we are hearing toxic words. Toxic words are contagious as is a toxic attitude. If given the choice between only speaking life giving words or toxic words--many of of would chose life giving words.
But it's not that simple. If we want to use life-giving words and live a life-giving life then we as Christians have to make the choice of being the minority. We have to be mindful of what we say and do even if it is not the normal thing to do.
This reminds me of our small group discussion last week "just because the majority of the culture is doing it doesn't make it right." I love this because especially as a teenager (not limited to just teens though) it is so easy to watch my peers sway back in forth and shape themselves into what the culture says is right but not what God says is right.
This week I want to think of what we as a girls small group came up with..."What would God think of what you are saying/doing?" Like if he were physically in the room. Would you still say what you were thinking about saying? It kind of puts you in perspective....
Something to talk about: Why do you think we tend to speak more toxic words than life-giving words even when we don't intend to? How would your perspective change if you constantly asked yourself "What would God think of what you are saying/doing?"
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