The Mouth Is A Mighty SwordOut of the same mouth comes both blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. James 3:10
The mouth can be a mighty sword, That cuts straight to the heart; Inflicting many deadly wounds, And tearing so many people apart.
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When we have done the hurting, We know what we have to do: Ask for the other one's forgiveness, And ask God to forgive us, too.
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And if we're the one that's been hurt, Then we have a choice to make: We can choose to forgive and forget, If only for Christ's dear sake;
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Or we can choose to keep repeating The words and deeds that hurt us so, By telling them to many others, So the wounds continue to grow......
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For every time we tell the story, It makes it fresh in our minds again, The wounds will never heal that way, We continue to feel the pain.
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Instead, tell our Heavenly Father, Who cares about how we're feeling, For you know He is the only one, Whose love can bring us healing.
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We can choose to bring our hurts Right to the gates of heaven. Bring it to our Loving Father And let it be healed and forgiven.
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For you'll never forgive another More than God has forgiven you; So bring all your hurts to the Father, Let Him make you like brand new.
© 2004 by Kathryn Brandon; all rights reserved.
This poem is my original work, and may not be used in any manner without consent. Thank you.
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