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I woke up this morning with this on my mind.  How powerful Words are.  They can build you up or break you down.  They can destroy a nation or build a nation with hope.  They can grow your child or break them.  Words. Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones. Job 6:24 “Teach me, and I will hold my tongue ; Cause me to understand wherein I have erred.   Psalm 5:9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is destruction; Their throat is an open tomb; They flatter with their tongue .   For years, I heard rotten things about who I was and what I wasn't.  Those things I have forgiven the person and tried to forget the words said.  But somehow they are ingrained in my brain.  Sometimes they pop back in because of what someone else said.  I heard some of these words again not long ago, from someone I trusted.  It really made me pause and think about the words I use with the little ones I wo