Voice of Truth

I still see her tears in my mind. Those tears have made an impact on me. A little girl that I recently met came up to me with tears streaming down her cheeks. Another child had just said some mean and hurtful things to her about her appearance. With each tear I could see that she was starting to believe those lies. Each tear held the pain of rejection and the fear of never being good enough. I told her she was very beautiful and so special and it only matters what God says about her. I told her there was no one in the entire world just like her and she was perfect the way she was. She smiled and nodded her head, but sometimes it takes more than one dose of truth to finally wipe out just a few lies.

Proverbs 12:18 says....
"The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing."

Proverbs 18:21 says...
"Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof."

Hurtful words stick, they pierce like a sword. I'm an adult and can still remember painful words that were spoken to me as a child by other children. I want so badly for this precious little girl to see that she is fearfully and wonderfully made. That God sings and rejoices over her. That she is the apple of her Heavenly Father's eye. I want her to understand that our God keeps a record of every one of her tears. She. Is. Beautiful. And chosen and created for a wonderful and mighty purpose.I want her to be able to brush off all those ugly comments and smile knowing how Jesus sees her....knowing the truth of who she is in His sight.

There is a book by Max Lucado that I like to read to our boys and it's a perfect example of this. I recommend it to all parents. The title is "You are Special." Punchinello is the main character and he lives in a world of wooden people. Each wooden person receives either gray dots or gold stars. Punchinello always received gray dots (hurtful things others said about him) until he meets his Creator who tells him those gray dots don't have to stick. Punchinello soon realizes as long as he only cares what his Maker thinks neither the dots nor the stars stick to him because his worth is not found in the voice or opinions of others.

We have to choose to tune out all the other voices and listen to the only voice of truth. While others may be putting us down or saying not so nice things about us, we can keep our eyes on Jesus knowing that His voice and His thoughts towards us  is all that matters.

"Out of all the voices calling out to me, I will choose to listen and believe the voice of Truth."