WORDS
Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.
Proverbs 16:24 (ESV)
What Is Yet To Be
Words form worlds,
Have power
To shape the contours
Of a hidden landscape,
Our deepest selves,
Moulding the malleable clay
Of young hearts.
Cruel tongues poison
To savage effect,
Crush and contort
Rightful flourishing,
Wound, warp and limit imagination.
Diminish.
Generous voices nourish
Embolden, humanise,
Liberate, pause to listen,
Lift head and heart,
Encourage seeing,
Being.
Expand.
May we be mindful crafters of words,
Judicious creators,
Joyful truth tellers,
Delighted by love,
The ground of being.
Let it be so.
Chris Matthews
