Your Words Have Power

What you praise, prospers. What you condemn, withers. 

Raymond Charles Barker

We must continually remind ourselves of the power of the Word, and of our ability to use it. 

The Science of Mind, page 189

There is power and magic in our resolve, as Goethe has suggested, and nowhere is this more vigorously demonstrated than in the spoken word. In fact, what we say goes before us more than almost any other act we may perform. Our words put the face on what people think of us and sometimes create an indelible impression on others that will not leave for a very long time, if ever.

We all know that words have power. We have seen and heard charismatic speakers send listeners into ecstasies of devotion or into mobs that murder. And it is not only clever speakers that can influence others. You and I can and often do, whether we speak out of love or hatred, invitation or dismissal, honesty or deviousness. We must know how our thoughts are revealed through speech. If we speak from the highest sense of the Divine, others cannot fail to notice the inspiration. On the other hand, if there is anger and distrust behind our words, people will not be fooled about what the inner distress is transmitting, no matter how sweet and persuasive the comments. We were never meant to misuse the spiritual gifts we have been given, especially not if we know ourselves to be man- ifestations of the One. Let us, then, affirm life with loving speech worthy of a spirit-filled humanity.

affirmation

I am a revealer of Truth every day, every hour, every minute. Naturally, I am an opening through which God is made manifest. Through my words, I show myself to be a messenger of infinite love. I speak from my heart, and my heart is secure in God.


Science of Mind Magazine 
March 2011, March 15th Passage
Written by Margaret Stortz