Speak Life (Every Day)
SONG BY Siling-La

"You're someone no one
Would ever choose to love."
"You can try but you'll never
Leave the rough."
"Your mistakes will follow you
Through every day."
That's what they say.

"You'll never be any better
Than your dad."
"Just looking at your life
Makes me sad."
"Your ugly face will
Never go away."
That's what they say.

Oh, there's power in our words
More than we know
Some can tear us down
And some make us grow
God, let me speak the light
In the middle of the fight
Help me speak truth
Help me speak life
Through every day

What if we all chose
To hold back those words
And pick our brothers
Back up from the dirt
What if we all chose
To heal each other's pain
Through what we say

We'd find love can mend
What hatred deemed shattered
We'd see enemies would
Suddenly be friends
We'd see families
Grow closer everyday
Through what they say

Oh, there's power in our words
More than we know
Some can tear us down
And some make us grow
God, let me speak the light
In the middle of the fight
Help me speak truth
Help me speak life
Through every day

"I love you
Even through this all."
"Get back up again
I'll catch you if you fall."
"Your mistakes don't
Matter anymore today."
Is what we should say

"It's not too late
To change who you are."
"You're fallen hard
But you could never fall too far."
"You're perfect, even though
You don't feel that way."
What we should say

Oh, there's power in my words
More than I know
So I'll chose to let them
Help others grow
God, let me be the light
In the middle of the fight

Help me speak truth
Help me speak life
Through every day

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Anyone who's been hurt by something someone's said knows that words can hurt you powerfully. You can replay over and over in your mind that one small thing someone said that broke your heart. You can't forget it. But the opposite is also true, that words can build someone up and heal them powerfully. You can probably go back to a time in your mind when someone said something that inspired you for life or brought you out of a pit of despair. There is power in every word we speak. And you'll find it an impossible task to take back something that pierced another's heart. So chose today to speak truth. To speak life. To let your words build others up and not tear them down. One uplifting comment could stop someone from taking their own life, and one simple statement spoken with love could change a person's view on themselves forever. Let's choose to share a little light everywhere we go and with everyone we meet.
Let's do our best to speak life every day.