“Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.”
The Tongue
This proverb names a specific contrast here, heaviness maketh it stoop, but a good word maketh it glad, worth holding as genuine, practical power, a single good word named as capable of actually shifting someone’s genuine, internal state, worth examining what this described power might mean for your own speech.
This is worth applying to whoever you know currently carries genuine heaviness, worth considering that a good word from you, specifically, might actually, practically produce this described gladness, not fixing the underlying circumstance necessarily, but genuinely lightening the heart carrying it.
Notice this proverb does not require an elaborate speech or perfect solution, merely a good word, worth holding as accessible, practical instruction, available to you today regardless of your own limited ability to actually solve whatever produces someone else’s genuine heaviness.
Consider today someone genuinely carrying heaviness, and offer them this proverb’s own simple, practical gift, a good word, not a solution to their actual circumstance necessarily, but this genuine, accessible act, trusting this proverb’s own claim that even this simple offering can actually, practically produce gladness.
Guard Your Words
- Identify someone currently carrying genuine heaviness in their heart.
- Offer them one good word today, simple and accessible, not requiring a full solution.
- Notice today the actual effect of even a small, genuine word offered to someone weighed down.
Prayer
Lord, let me offer a good word today to someone carrying heaviness, trusting your own proverb that even this simple, accessible gift can actually produce genuine gladness. Amen.
Carry this today
A single good word can actually, practically lighten heaviness, even without solving the circumstance.