Fish Mouth

​This morning while I was in my office and I had the TV on. I usually have it on but the volume is turned down because of the negativity on the news and shows that are on in the morning. However, this morning the volume was up and I was listening to all the negative things that are being said and what’s going on in this world today and it was driving me crazy. However, right before I muted the TV a story caught my attention. It was about a 12-year-old little girl who committed suicide. Let that sink in for a second! YES, a 12-year-old. I started to listen to the story about this little 12-year-old girl who had the whole world in front of her took her own life. I was thinking what caused this as everyone on TV was asking. Then it came out from her parents who shared she was being bullied for some time by kids at her school. Yes, we can all say at some time we were bullied in some way, but today these kids today are being bullied 24 hours a day through social media. As I continued to listen to this story it had me thinking about a verse out of Ephesians 4:9 “Don’t let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouth, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit them.”  There are two parts to this verse. Let’s look at the first part “Don’t let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouth.” As adults are we teaching this to our kids? Are we teaching them to think about what they are saying to others? This little girl had kids posting and texting her “When are you going to Kill yourself.” Is this wholesome? If you’re not a Christ follower this is something we should still be teaching and if you’re a Christ follower we are held accountable for this. Remember our kids are for sure not seeing this in the world today. Our kids and people need to see this coming from us. 
Let’s look at the second part of this verse “but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit them.” Are we using our words to build people up or break them down people? If you would had heard the show that was on my TV this morning all they were doing was breaking people down and not building them up. We may not agree with people during our walk on this earth and that’s ok but we can’t use our words to break then down because we don’t agree. We should use our words to build people up. As a parent I ask myself are my words building up my kids or breaking them down. As a leader in my company I ask this question everyday while I’m meeting with my team. Sometimes I will have hard conversations with my team but I still try to use words to help build them to be better reps. Let’s teach others to use word to build up people and not tear them down because we don’t agree with them or because they are different then we are. As a Christ follower we are command to “Love others as Christ loved us” so let people see that kind of love and not us tearing people down because they don’t agree with us. It’s not our Job to judge them it’s our Job to love them and share what Christ has done for us. And come on folks don’t use scripture for your own agenda to have an excuse to tear someone down, but use it to build people up. Remember it’s not about us as Christ Followers but about our Father.
It’s time to step up and help teach people to use building words and to stop bulling. Our kids are watching us. They see enough of this from TV shows to our own political leadership from the left to right!
MAKE A STAND!  USE BUILDING WORDS AND STOP USING UNWHOLESOME WORDS!