As someone who grew up under that phrase, I would like to defend it a bit. I don’t think that it means anything in opposition to what you say here.
When I was growing up, at least the phrase was used to encourage oneself to persevere through difficult times when people around you were saying difficult things. It was actually a form of armour that we put on similar to the stiff upper lip of an Englishman. And I believe that as armour it has its reflection in scripture.
Jesus is the Word of God, which could be why he is so particular about our use of words:
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
(Mat 12:35-37)
When we speak as Christians we imitate the Word of God, for we are in his Name.
While sticks and stones may be dangerous to others, our words are what is dangerous to us!
The words that hurt the most were the ones my husband spoke when he had dementia. They said, it’s the disease talking, which is true but those words hurt nevertheless.
As someone who grew up under that phrase, I would like to defend it a bit. I don’t think that it means anything in opposition to what you say here.
When I was growing up, at least the phrase was used to encourage oneself to persevere through difficult times when people around you were saying difficult things. It was actually a form of armour that we put on similar to the stiff upper lip of an Englishman. And I believe that as armour it has its reflection in scripture.
Hi Cork
Great series of articles.
I am also writing a series and wonder if you would mind telling me how to set it up like you have, with "previous/next' and links to past articles?
Tried looking it up, but could not find anything on substack.
Martin - Here is the tutorial I did for creating a Table of Contents. https://corkhutson.substack.com/p/tutorial-how-to-create-a-table-of
Scroll down to the section about Linking Previous and Next Chapters on each post and follow the prompts.
There is no Substack "how-to" on this. I just figured out a way to do it.
Hope that helps.
Terrific, thanks Cork
I will have a look and see how it goes
cheers for now
Martin
I wrote a sort of primer for doing TOC and Series. will look for it shortly and give you the link.
Jesus is the Word of God, which could be why he is so particular about our use of words:
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
(Mat 12:35-37)
When we speak as Christians we imitate the Word of God, for we are in his Name.
While sticks and stones may be dangerous to others, our words are what is dangerous to us!
Yes, words can and do hurt. And, for the record, so do sticks and, especially stones. It's just that the wounds from those tend to heal faster.
Agreed
The words that hurt the most were the ones my husband spoke when he had dementia. They said, it’s the disease talking, which is true but those words hurt nevertheless.
So sorry, Janice. That must have been tough.
difficult to put it mildly.