The Power of Words

Last Saturday, as I shared this story, I saw the kids faces lit up and the adults nodded in agreement with a BIG smile…

Enjoy the story… :)

A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and
two of them fell into a deep pit. All the other frogs
gathered around the pit. When they saw how deep the
pit was, they told the two frogs that they were as
good as dead. The two frogs ignored the comments and
tried to jump up out of the pit with all of their
might. The other frogs kept telling them to stop, that
they were as good as dead.

Finally, one of the frogs took heed to what the other frogs were saying and gave up. He fell down and died. The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the crowd of
frogs yelled at him to stop the pain and just die. He
jumped even harder and finally made it out.

When he got out, the other frogs said, "Did you not hear us?"
The frog explained to them that he was deaf. He
thought they were encouraging him the entire time.

This story teaches two lessons:
1. There is power of life and death in the tongue. An encouraging word to someone who is down can lift them up and help them make it through the day.
2. A destructive word to someone who is down can be what it takes to kill them.
Be careful of what you say. Speak life to those who
cross your path. The power of words....it is sometimes
hard to understand that an encouraging word can go such a long way.