Our wisdom for today is Proverbs 16:verse 24.
“Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.”
What do you know about honeycombs?
All I know is that they are sweet and folks love them. People will go through a wall of bees to gather one.
Our wisdom verse today compares pleasant words to a honeycomb. Instead of being sweet-tasting, they have the power to heal our hearts and our spirits.
Let me give you one thought that will be relevant to your pleasant words: Everyone you meet is fighting a battle. Everyone needs uplifting, encouraging, and pleasantness. Everyone!
Here is a man who just got a big promotion. Is he fighting a battle? Perhaps his parents are old, and he fears losing them, or his child is hospitalized.
Here is a woman who has a great family, and her bills are paid. She has money in the bank. Does she need encouragement? Perhaps she misses her friends and family back home. Maybe she is waiting to go into the hospital for a test?
Obviously, these examples could be multiplied. Maybe these examples seem contrived, but you don’t know what you don’t know.
What we do know is that your honeycomb words have the power to be “sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.”
Everyone you meet needs their heart lifted. Everyone!
“Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.”
I’m Lonnie Davis
And these are thoughts worth thinking.