“Use your words,” I’ve said to our boys over and again. My instruction can’t stop there because children need to learn how to use words well. It’s a life lesson. We should spend the entirety of our days practicing when and how to “use our words.” What are we speaking about? Is it kind? Is it necessary and, if so, is it the appropriate time and place? Is it edifying or only personally gratifying? Are our words meant to wound or heal? Will it encourage and build up? Are they loving? The art of constructive communication begins by getting to know the One who is love. That will never happen
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