Extemporaneous musings, occasionally poetic, about life in its richly varied dimensions, especially as relates to history, theology, law, literature, science, by one who is an attorney, ordained minister, historian, writer, and African American.
Saturday, December 16, 2017
TALK IS NOT CHEAP
TALK IS NOT CHEAP, BROTHER!
"Talk is cheap!"
Words hurled like a curse! Their stupid, intoxicated utterer rose up unsteadily to fight, knocking over chairs, tables, drinks, in doing so.
"Pour whiskey! Give that drunk ass nigger another drink! Might sober his drunk ass up, 'fore he stumbles over here and gets his ass kicked!"
This hypothetical barroom tableu has been played out, is yet being played out, by those brothers who deprecate the power of language, the divine power of the word; but who epitomize its innate lexical potency, by untoward misconduct !
"In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God." John 1:1. There is nothing "cheap" about words, talk, or speech. "Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God."
Romans 10:17
Get you some words, my brothers!And some power to expend, rather than to depend on some ignorant, drunken stupor to perambulate in!
"A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger."
Proverbs 15:1
Life and death live in the power of the tongue . "The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit."
Proverbs 18:21
There is nothing cheap about life, nor speech my beloved people; so, grab hold to the power of the word, which was in you by reason of life!