Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body. Proverbs 16:24 – One day when I worked at the zoo, we had a zookeeper bring in fresh honeycomb harvested from the beehive at the zoo for us to eat. It was the freshest honey I’ve ever tasted and the sweetness of it was addicting. Any level of exhaustion we were dealing with after working that day was set aside for that moment completely because of the honeycomb’s sweetness in our mouth. Scripture says such are gracious words to those who speak them. When we speak words with gentleness and kindness, when we seek to encourage and build one another up, and when we demonstrate love with our words, we are taught in scripture this refreshes the soul and brings health to the body. While it is a blessing to have that said in scripture, we’ve experienced the truth of this in our own life when someone has spoken gracious and loving words to us. We felt seen, loved, and wanted…it was sweetness to our soul and health to our body. Let us have our words be like sweet honeycomb to those who hear our words. We won’t be about tearing people down or being bitter to their soul, but we’ll be grace-givers. Examining then how we spoke this past week at all our Thanksgivings gatherings, would you say your words added to the sweetness of the gathering or added to the bitterness? If bitterness, begin today by reaching out to those you hurt and begin speaking gracious words to them. Scripture says it will bring healing, let us trust God’s word won’t fail. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2924
Question To Ponder: How has someone’s words to you been sweetness to your soul and health to your body?
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