Words on a Page

I stumbled upon a funny Web site tonight, TorsoPants.  I’m not sure how I wound up there, but once I did, its humor caught my attention.  TorsoPants are “pants that have been specifically designed to be worn on your torso, instead of from the waist down. Unlike pants, they have a hole for your head. Like T-shirts, TorsoPants are soft, lightweight and are usually made from 100% cotton.”  They also have humorous words or sayings printed on them.

In fact, there were lots of funny shirts on their page, but one in particular caught my attention.

Funny, huh?

It got me thinking about how powerful words are.  They can make you laugh like the saying on the “TorsoPant.”  They can make you cry; they can even inspire change.  Remember Martin Luther King’s words, ““I have a dream where all of God’s children are judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”  Indeed, words are powerful.

Some of the most powerful “words on a page” are assembled together in one book.  It happens to be the best-selling single volume book with an estimate of 6-7 billion copies sold.  No matter how many times I read it, the words come alive.  They speak to my heart, calm my mind and provide guidance.  These words are like none other because they are the living word of God — the Bible.  Its words enable me to find salvation, comfort and hope.  Simple words on a page, yet they have have the power to transform lives. 

Words are amazing.  They can be used for good or bad.  They can build up and tear down.  Use your words wisely.  They are a reflection of who you are.  According to Matthew 12: 34, “For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.”  In fact, words are so important that in the day of judgment we will give account for every idle word we speak, “For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.” 

Powerful?  Indeed.