Power of words

God has given us a special tool for only human. It could be nicely used to save people, or the other way. Even though most people do use them in daily life, none of people know how to use it properly in God's way.
Yes, it is "words". Animals can communicate with their signals and sounds but human has language to communicate each other. However, I think that this tool can be the most dangerous to use without any conscious. That is why it is so dangerous.
Lately, I have had chances to observe several people nearby how they speak, and chose words to express their thoughts and feelings. Interestingly enough, the words have been causes of hurting or loving chain reactions.
Even though we know so well that we need to be careful what we say, it is very hard to control our mouth without our effort and disciplines.
If we see how Jesus used His words to people, we could see how powerful it was. When Jesus cursed the fig tree, it dried up right away. It happened exactly to me once when I was little. One of my teachers told me to test with two pots of flowers. I gave same amount of water everyday but said totally opposite words to each pot; I said "I love you so much" to one pot, and " you are ugly" to the other. You could see what happened at the end. Believe or not, the one who heard "you are ugly" died without any reasons within a couple of weeks. I was shocked and found out how much power my words has!
Even though I saw what happened in front of me, I still sometimes use harsh words to people or myself.
James described so clearly how hard and important it is to use our words in James 3:5-6.
Why it is so hard for us to steer the tongue in God's way?

Job

The book of Job is not my favorites among the Holy Bible to read often. I was trying to find some reasons why I don't like the Book while I was reading it for my Disciple I class. I have found some interesting reasons why I don't like that much. First of all, in my deep mind, I do not like to see and get through any suffering and painful moments whether it is mine, or others. Secondly, I do not like to have arguments what so ever. I do not like to have any conflicts especially among friends. Also, I don't like to get judged like that. Third, I do not want to think about loss of children. Even though God blessed Job doubled portion and gave him prosperity, did Job forget about those sons and daughters who got killed before? At last, most interestingly, I want to justify everything clear in my knowledge in any situations or any people. However, as you know the book of Job, it is confusing and hard to understand in a number of things. In fact, the book of Job teaches us to see that we will not understand God whether we are like Job or his friends. Sometimes it is the biggiest issue for me that I try to understand everything I have faced in my certain ways. Even though I knew that I can't ever understand God's world well enough, I still try to justify them. I should just admit that I am a human who can't understand even near to what God has in mind.
There are uncountable things that we don't understand in this world. What I need to do is pray for God's mercy and grace upon us. That is only way that I nearly can be near to God. Humility is the key to go closer to God only.