Eighty years ago, Hungarian author Frigyes Karinthy wrote a short story he called Chain-Links, in which he proposed the idea that any two individuals in the world are connected through, at most, five acquaintances. The thesis has been revived today and is usually described as Six Degrees of Separation. Its an unproven theory, of course. But there is a dynamic at work that links us to others around the world: It is the wisdom and providence of God working through His Word to accomplish His will.
Some years ago, I received a letter from a man whom I had never met telling me that a note I had sent to a nearby friend had found its way to him, and it had encouraged him in a time of weariness and dark despair. The friend to whom I had sent the note sent it to a friend, who, in turn, sent it to a friend, and so on, until it was sent to the man who wrote to me.
It may be that a simple word offered in love, guided by the wisdom of God, and borne aloft on the wings of the Spirit will have eternal consequences in someones life.
Should we not then fill ourselves with Gods Word and pass it on to others with the prayer that God will use it for His intended purposes? (Isa. 55:11).
Read: Isaiah 55:8-11
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Proverbs 25:11
New American Standard Bible (©1995)
“Like apples of gold in settings of silver Is a word spoken in right circumstances.”
King James Bible
“A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver”
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Words can indeed bless or curse. We do well to look for the good and bless it.
In politics that is difficult to impossible. God help us, in Jesus name.