We closed our summer programming last night with our crazy fire fighter night challenge. We were blessed to have the Waldo and Oostburg Fire Departments donate time, equipment, and personnel so that students could compete against each other with fire hoses. The students had a blast, and it really served as a great way to close the summer.
Last night I spoke on Proverbs 12:18, which tells us that words used recklessly can have the same affect as a sword. Using a couple of volunteers we showed that while we are willing to hit a friend over the head with a pool noodle and nail a nail into a chunk of wood we're not nearly as quick to hit that friend as hard as possible over the head with a hammer or nail that friend to a chunk of wood. Why? Because we know that would be reckless. We know it would harm them, cause a mess, and ultimately get us in trouble. Basically we think about the consequences first. But do we do that with words? God challenges us to think about the words we use and to use them not as a sword that pierces, but as "a tongue of the wise that brings healing" (Proverbs 12:8). As we go back to school I really challenge everyone to think before gossiping and tearing others down, instead using words of wisdom to encourage and build up others.
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