Two Frogs
A group of frogs were traveling through the woods,
and two of them fell into a deep pit. All the other frogs gathered
around the pit.
When they saw how deep the pit was,
they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead.
The two frogs ignored the comments
and tried to jump up out of the pit with all of their might. The
other frogs kept telling them to stop, that they were as good as
dead. Finally, one of the frogs took heed to what the other frogs
were saying and gave up. He fell down and died.
The other frog continued to jump as
hard as he could. Once again, the crowd of frogs yelled at him to
stop the pain and just die.
He jumped even harder and finally made
it out. When he got out, the other frogs said, "Did you not
hear us?" The frog explained to them that he was deaf. He thought
they were encouraging him the entire time.
This story teaches two lessons:
1. There is power of life and death
in the tongue.
An encouraging word to someone who
is down can lift them up and help them make it through the day.
2. A destructive word to someone who
is down can be what it takes to kill them. Speak life to those who
cross your path. The power of words....it is sometimes hard to understand
that an encouraging word can go such a long way. Anyone can speak
words that tend to rob another of the spirit to continue in difficult
times.
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