The Power of Words

The Word Was God In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Gospel of John John 1:1 Apparently, I am pursuing a theme, at least for the present. Power! The use and misuse of something which in and of itself is rather mercurial and hard to pin down.It is defined as a quality or faculty, a potential or a force. So what is it really? If indeed it is possession of control, authority, or influence over others, then its quality certainly is dependent on whatever force or capacity it is backed up by. And, whether it is positive or negative would seemingly be dependent on the Intent behind that influence. I actually started this post before the one previous, Power―The Mirror , about Power, Love and Sexuality. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the the Power of the Words we strew so casually about. Power…

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