PROBLEM
How am I to speak words that edify and bless
If I ahve no skill for separating
Dull from audacious
Rude from tact
Surely there are rules on how to supply
Words sthat encourage
Rather than words that deny
Words that inspire, cheer, and hearten
A person in quest of his worth.
SOLUTION
Jesus is the Word
Planted in our hearts
Words of love and acceptance
Declaring we have value
Words spoken forth that bring harvest of gold
Yielding an abundance of God's goodness
But beware the tares that grow up with the wheat
Words of bitterness and anger, envy, pride and greed
Those words produce a harvest as well
They're words that destroy
They're from the pit of hell!
So speak words of life, words of peace
Let words that discourage and criticize cease
Bless those who hurt you
Bless those who hate
Bless those who persecute you
And forgive all for Jesus' sake.
