Just Words

It seems like words have lost their influence in our image based culture, or have they. Just because we manipulate them and treat them with disrespect does not mean they have lost their power. Remember the little saying we would say as children - sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurts me. If I remember correctly we would say that because someone did say something cruel or hurtful and it was out attempt to feign their impact. I think about all this emotional bantering over politically correct words so that we do not offend. Well if words are not important then why do they offend? Then there are those God words . . . we call the Bible. His Word makes us tribal, hostile, humble and open all at the same time. His Words have a mysterious transforming affect on our behavior. I sense that words have far more power than we let on. It is my beleif that word hurt far more than sticks and stones and take longer to heal.