Upper Loft Meditation - Proverbs 16

“Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.” - Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are like a fantastic oatmeal raisin cookie; this would be my modern translation. The memory of such a cookie lasts through the day. You struggle a little with “only one!” But, it is so good that the joy it brings soon overcomes the hunger for more.

Everyone has the capacity and the opportunity to give good gifts by offering a pleasant word. Such gifts are free. They do not cost you anything, except that you must be thinking more of others than you do yourself.

Look at the two benefits that a pleasant word can offer.

A pleasant word can be a great encouragement. It can be like fresh air blowing into your polluted world. A pleasant word is an offering of kindness and caring. Such a word is not about you. It is about something special you recognize in the other person.

A word of grace and blessing can bring healing to a broken life. The impact of such words will go beyond what you can see or understand. It is a word that can bring comfort and assist in the mending process. It is a word that will lead to wholeness.

Here is a question for you: If you were to receive ten cents for every critical unkind word you said to others and one dollar for every pleasant word of encouragement, would you be a rich man or a poor man?