Words
Matter
One day a young boy went to a rodeo. The next day at
school, he told the teacher he saw a bowlegged cowboy. The teacher said, “You should
not use the word bowlegged to refer to someone.” Next day, the boy told teacher
that the principle was bowlegged also. Teacher told him to think of another
word and she made him miss recess.
Next day the boy said to the teacher, “what kind of men
are the cowboy and principle that walk around with their legs in parenthesis?”
How we speak matters.
James 1:19, “My
dear brothers, take note of this: everyone should be quick to listen, slow to
speak . . . “
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