A Word Can Save You

"Actions Speaks Louder Than Words" is this true?

Yesterday, I started the interesting series on words and I established that words are just not letters but something bigger than that.. You can read it if you haven't. Today we'll be focusing on other aspects of words.

I've heard this phrase action speaks louder than words, but I've not seen action put people on edge like words have done. Action can last for a moment and be forgotten, but words. It can travel around and can have a life long.impact.

When i was growing up, I prefer being spanked to being insulted, oh how it breaks me and make me cry my eyes out even more than i do when I'm spanked.

Words are very powerful, and I've come to realize that action is an aftermath of words that were spoken or read. How? Take a look at the chain below

Words – Thinking – Emotions – Decisions – Actions – Habits – Character – Destiny

When a word is released either by mouth or via an article, the chain above begins to manifest in its order. Every action is as a result of a decision which is also as a result of emotions which is also as a result of one's thought and which is prompted by WORDS. A life can be changed forever with as little as a single phrase, no wonder the book of Proverbs 16:24 brings this truth to light, sharing that “kind words are like honey–sweet to the soul and healthy for the body.”

This quote is talking about kind words, what then happens is the words ain't kind

Let me share a story my Historian Daddy told us. It's actually a true life story. Once upon a time lived two soldiers who were great friends. They've been to peace keeping missions together, watching each other's backs and surviving. These two are of different religion and tribe, but were as close as brothers. When they came back to their country Nigeria, which then was under the military rule, one out of these two friends found favor in the eyes of the Military Head of State,a, the one whose power was equivalent to that of a president and was given the opportunity to serve as a security team and so there was a huge divide between these two friends. The military rule is not stable; aggrieved officers can unite and overthrow the government if they feel wronged in someway. A time came that the people from the particular region felt betrayed after a failed coup claimed the lives of many of their people and decided to organize a reprisals coup. One of these two friends belonged to this group of person's and was actively involved in the coup to overthrow the government where the other friend is serving. A coup is a like a bloodbath where anyone regardless of relationship existing before then can be killed.

On the day of the attack, the coup d'état soldiers including one of the best friends gain their way into the premises of the Military Head of State. There was a gun battle between those defending the General and the coup d'état soldiers and Major F decided to run a way but as he was doing that, his friend pointed a gun at him and was about to shoot when he said with a smile "I'll gladly prefer to die by the hands of my best friend" and then he closed his eyes expecting to hear the sound of a gun and breathe his last but heard nothing but "Run far away my friend"

He would've been killed by default his soft words saved him, and he was alive to be a Military head of state too.

In words lies death or life. Are you using yours right?

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