Her brother had ratted on her, so when she got home her dad started yelling at her. Among other things her dad said that day was one sentence she has never forgotten. Her dad said, I don t see what the boys see in you anyway, as fat as you are. Every time she looks in the mirror, she hears that sentence and sees a fat nobody. Brethren, in the heat of our conflicts, we must avoid saying things that can do absolutely unbelievable damage to both the self-concept of the person we are talking to as well as the relationship itself.
Angry words can cause serious damage.
Parents be very carefully with the words you use when you are disciplining your children. Angry words can affect them for the rest of their lives. Angry words can destroy relationships and cause others to abandon their faith. If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless. If we have anger lingering in our lives, then we have sin reigning in our hearts.