Helping Hurting Hearts

My Daddy's Bible

Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad. Proverbs 12:25 KJV 

Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up. Proverbs 12:25 NIV 

Throughout the Proverbs, Solomon has much to say about the power of words to bring comfort. He likens them to silver, refreshing water, food, medicine, and a tree of life. Good words bring good to others and lift the hearts of those weighed down with depression or worry. 

I am reminded of the inscription written in the front of my daddy’s little black bible. It reads as follows:

    People need from us nothing so much as good cheer and encouragement. Life is hard for most of us and needs inspiration. The best friendship is that which inspires us to do better, to do our best. 

The tiny New Testament was a gift from his Sunday school teacher, signed sincerely in 1937. Her heart-felt words left a wise and enduring message. 

Someone near you could be blessed by your words of good cheer and encouragement. You never know the impact your words might make on a person’s day, on a person’s life. They may bring sweetness to that soul and heal a hurting heart. Maybe your words will even soften a sin-hardened heart and make it ready to receive God’s redeeming grace. Be ready to speak healing words to hurting hearts. 

   Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul and health to the bones. Proverbs 16: 24 KJV

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