Words Can Hurt

Written By Betty Predmore

How often do you find yourself speaking words that you instantly wish you could zip right back into your mouth?

What about the times your words or actions make you wish you could crawl in a hole and cover yourself?

Our words can sneak up on us and slip out sometimes, especially in the "heat of the moment."

We have the ability to tear down, discourage, hurt, and manipulate with the words that come from our mouths.

We have a choice on how we use this tongue that God gave us. We can be hateful, hurtful, arrogant, and cruel. Or we can speak like Jesus did...with compassion, love, forgiveness, and comfort.

When His word is in our hearts, it is more likely to come out of our mouths. He will use those opportunities for us to speak a difference into the lives of others.

Learn the Word of God, treasure it, and use it to build up others, not tear them down.

Betty Predmore

Betty Predmore is a writer, blogger, speaker and ministry leaders. She is the founder of Mom-Sense, Inc., a ministry designed for mentorship, connection and service to women of all life circumstances. Through this ministry, women are encouraged and supported with scripture and life application. Mom-Sense helps women overcome life struggles through small group classes with biblical curriculum, individual counseling, bible studies, and other areas of support.

Betty also directs the Imperial Valley Life Center, which is a non-profit faith-based pro life women’s resource center. She has a passion for saving the unborn and supporting mothers through pregnancy and motherhood.

Betty loves to speak at events, sharing the love of Jesus with other women. She does this through practical life application mingled with God’s word, and sprinkled with humor. Having experienced a broken home, divorce, abuse, grief, single motherhood, blended families, and adoption, she uses the broken places and movement of God in her own life to share His word in an inspiring way. She enjoys sharing her blogs on social media as a way of reaching out on a broader spectrum. Betty has many speaking topics which can be found on her website: www.bettypredmore.com

As an author, she has had the opportunity to impact women and reach deep into their hearts with her words of inspiration and encouragement. Through Pondering Virtue and Whispered Grace, she has created wonderful tools for the woman who is seeking direction in her spiritual walk.

Betty serves on the writing team of A Wife Like Me, and is also a contributor to Moms Encouraging Moms and Gift of Thorns. Her blogs have appeared in several magazine publications throughout the years including Southern Faith Magazine, Purposeful Life, and Aspiring Woman Magazine.

While Betty thrives on her ministry opportunities, her greatest blessings come from being a wife to Jim and a mama to their wonderful collection of children, who bring joy, laughter, and an occasional tear to her days.


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