Speak The Right Word

"A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pitchers of silver."  Proverbs 25:11.  An apple of gold in a pitcher of silver would be worth much.  The wisdom of Proverbs compares this valuable commodity to a word that is spoken at the right time in the right way.  We all speak countless words each day to a number of different people.  What kind of impression is left upon those people who hear those words?  We can speak a word of anger or a word of profanity.  We can hurl a word of insult or a word of slander.  We can speak words that hurt and injure.  But, those words are never fitly spoken.  They would not be the apple found in the pitcher of silver.  A word fitly spoken needs to be carefully chosen before it leaves the mouth.  A word fitly spoken speaks encouragement and consolation.  A word fitly spoken is a word of life and strength.  A word fitly spoken actually reveals the heart and soul of the individual who speaks.  Words reveal our true character.  Words can leave one scarred or blessed.  Words can lift or tear down.  Words can inspire or destroy.  Even a word of rebuke needs to be spoken with kindness and love.  With a fitly spoken word, a marriage can be blessed, a parent and child relationship can be strengthened, and a lost soul can find its way home.