An echo is a word or phrase coming back to the listener --after the first word or phrase is spoken.
As a child, we had fun echoing in an empty room, in a canyon or valley-like area.
Words from the past that have hurt badly enough to never be forgotten sometimes "echo" in our brains when we find ourselves in an empty room, isolated. Or, in the valleys or canyons of our lives.
We've accepted these words in shame. Or, we fight back and attempt to destroy the thrower with words of our own--more echoes. Both unproductive.
How do we stop it? Staying out of the canyons and valleys of our lives seem like an obvious solution. However, sometimes we land in these places without warning, unaware: those closest to us hurt us with words---perhaps due to their own pain and hurt.
It happens. No immunity, here. When we do end up in this place, it helps to know that God feels your pain, He sees your pain, He knows it, He cares.
He asks you to respond as He would: With LOVE...
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