I don't know about you but I love "Words With Friends" on my iPad. Basically, it is the electronic version of the board game Scrabble from long ago. I wasn't much of a Scrabble fan when I was younger but the "gaming industry" can make almost anything fun! Anyway, I am far from a pro at it (ask my man) but I do like to try and fit words together to see what I can come up with. And seven out of ten times, I have no idea what the word I have "made" means! Anyway, it is entertaining and I can waste A LOT of time playing.
But "Words With Friends" isn't my main topic for this post. Rather, it is words with friends and family. I have been thinking an awful lot about how we, as humans, speak to each other and how our words can ever so delicately hurt others. Not long ago I was talking with someone who had gotten their feelings hurt by a comment that someone had made towards them. Now the person was not intentionally meaning to hurt my friends feelings but they were just "poking fun". What the person didn't realize, was the "poke" or "words" happened to be a sensitive issue with my friend because of uncontrolled circumstances in her life.
You see, many times we have no idea what is going on in the lives of those around us. And it might just be that our "poke" hits a wounded part of their heart and a snipit of their soul is shaved away. Sometimes, it is so difficult to sensitive to others, especially when WE are in a "good mood" and are trying to be a comedian!
In no way am I saying we should always be solemn and never "poke fun" at people, I am just saying it would probably be wise if we would THINK a bit about what we say (or write for that matter) before letting it roll off of our tongues!
Now, I am the poster child for ADD and do not mind whatsoever about others poking fun at me, heavens, I poke fun at myself (which actually I say it ISN'T ADD, it is the mind of God - I am just NOT omnipresent like Him so that makes me somewhat scattered) but some people are very sensitive to the issue! But, I have had my feelings hurt a time or two from "pokes" about other things that were a little sensitive to me but I always remember that whoever it is that has made the comment has no clue what is going on in my life at the time and I am the one who has to get over it! By all means, DO NOT HARBOR THE HURT AND UNFORGIVENESS or it will consume you (yes, I am speaking from experience)! Plus, we can't rely on our feelings to tell us how we are suppose to feel, we have to rely on The Word of God (and if it isn't a GOOD and POSITIVE feeling, then it isn't from God)!
So, with that said, let go of the hurt from "words with friends", and go get your i(Pad, Pod, Phone, etc.) and play "Words With Friends"! That game can make you forget your worries because you're too consumed with trying to figure out a "word" that is worth at least 50 points with the seven scrammbled letters given to you by the game!
Catch you next time!
Peace to you my friends!
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