Hannah presents her young son Samuel to the priest Eli. By Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
Today’s first reading on the Catholic liturgical calendar is from 1 Samuel, chapter 3. It gets me every time I read this part at the end:
Samuel grew up, and the LORD was with him,
not permitting any word of his to be without effect.
Thus all Israel from Dan to Beersheba
came to know that Samuel was an accredited prophet of the LORD.
Imagine that. If I were offered a super power, I might choose that one — that no word of mine would be without effect. Good effect, worthwhile effect. Effect that is pleasing to God.
But as it happens, I’ve wasted thousands upon thousands. And although one gets to utter many, many words in a lifetime on this Earth, the supply is not infinite.
I hang my head at the thought of all those wasted ones…
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If I were offered a super power, I might choose that one — that no word of mine would be without effect.
I assume by effect you mean positive effect. If you’re expressing regret here I suggest you shouldn’t. All any of us can do is our best.
Besides, according to Doug words have no relevance anyway. 🙂