Pattern of Words…
What you have heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy 1: 13
Have you ever listened to the conversations around you without contributing--- not listening so much to the words, but to the pattern of the discussion? Recently, while sitting alone in a coffee shop, with so many people around me deep in conversation with one another I thought of the patterns of words and the likely final outcome of their discussion… A person can tell just from listening whether an exchange will end in argument, laughter, gossip or many other possibilities.
The way words are shared leads the listener to know what is forthcoming.
If you are involved in the conversation, you can change the course by inserting something encouraging or discouraging. A person’s words have great power to shift the direction of any dialogue.
In the Bible God speaks to us in “patterns of sound words.” Words we can trust. God uses these words to guide, chastise and to encourage His people. The underlying message throughout the Bible shows God’s complete love for His children.
From the beginning in the Garden to the end in a new, heavenly home, God’s dialogue with us always consists of His love reaching out to draw us to Him. Be encouraged in His love and share that assurance with others when their pattern of words become discouraged.
Father, thank you for the words You’ve given to show us Your love.
As we travel through the Pattern of our lives,
Help our conversations to always reflect the reality of Jesus’ love. Amen
Elaine Hales
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