Words kill, words give life; they\u2019re either poison or fruit \u2013 you choose. Proverbs 18:21 MSG<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The words we speak have the power to impact lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I was a toddler, I got so many compliments about how cute I was with my blonde hair, bright eyes, and big dimples. My eyes were complimented on so often that around age four I would walk up to strangers, blink several times, and ask, \u201cDon\u2019t I have beautiful eyes?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At around 7 or 8 years old, one of the older kids that I really looked up to told me something that I\u2019ve never forgotten. Because it was someone I looked up to and trusted, I believed those words. I was told, \u201cCute kids grow up to be ugly adults.\u201d Even though my parents always told me I was beautiful, as crazy as it sounds, I grew up through my preteen, teen years, and early adulthood believing I was ugly. I struggled with insecurity. It wasn\u2019t until I was in my early twenties and married that my husband helped me overcome this. It wasn\u2019t easy, nor was it enjoyable. Of course, he always told me I was beautiful, but I didn\u2019t fully believe him. He made me look in the bathroom mirror and say to myself, \u201cI am beautiful.\u201d The first time was the hardest. I\u2019m not sure how long we stood in the bathroom before I managed to get the words out with tears streaming down my cheeks. Through time and consistency, I was able to overcome that lie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Be aware of the words you speak. Your words are powerful. Be intentional with your words. Use your words to build people up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Words kill, words give life; they\u2019re either poison or fruit \u2013 you choose. Proverbs 18:21 MSG The words we speak have the power to impact lives. When I was a toddler, I got so many compliments about how cute I was with my blonde hair, bright eyes, and big dimples. My eyes were complimented on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":97,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/therainbowcentre.ca\/overtherainbow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Robin.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/therainbowcentre.ca\/overtherainbow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/therainbowcentre.ca\/overtherainbow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/therainbowcentre.ca\/overtherainbow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therainbowcentre.ca\/overtherainbow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therainbowcentre.ca\/overtherainbow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/therainbowcentre.ca\/overtherainbow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150,"href":"https:\/\/therainbowcentre.ca\/overtherainbow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions\/150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therainbowcentre.ca\/overtherainbow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/therainbowcentre.ca\/overtherainbow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therainbowcentre.ca\/overtherainbow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therainbowcentre.ca\/overtherainbow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}