Messages with tag - godliness

Stick and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me! I'm rubber, you're glue, whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you. Many of us can remember saying or hearing these statements as children. It sounded good, but it was a lie. Sticks and stones do hurt and we aren't really made out of rubber. Words have the power to destroy. Some of the more hurtful forms of destructive speech take the form of deception, manipulation, and lies. How do we respond when we are on the receiving end of this?