Chapter 1

Here are the two thoughts that we had after reading Chapter 1…

Saying the right thing, at the right time, the right way matters to those we have the privilege of serving. Being reminded that our words have the power to solicit participation from those we love serving is both sobering and exciting. It is sobering because we are reminded of how difficult it can be to know just what to say. We do not enjoy seeing people isolated because of our poor word choices nor do we like having to pull our foot out of our mouth. On the other hand, it is exciting because we know that the Holy Spirit will tell us what to say as He is into maximum participation. Partnering with Him in this way is “out of this world”, literally. We are looking forward to the pay off of carefully selected words.

Silence is golden as it relates to words. In my humble opinion, effective communication is all about saying as little as possible and as much as possible at the same time. I have found that saying a few wise words usually has a much greater impact than blah, blah, blah. Why use 10 words when 5 will do? And yet again, I find myself having said too much.