An email from Mark to the family dated March 13, 2022 shares some of his insights on… WORDS! I have written about words twice this year. I believe my thoughts had been on finding positive words for myself and sharing positive words with those you love to build strong relationships. This morning I was perusing old emails and found one from Mark titled, “The Power of Words.”

Three years ago Mark was working very hard to build his new business. Because sales and marketing were on the forefront of his work efforts, he was looking at the power of words and the human mind. The remainder of this post will be Mark’s words about words:

I’VE BEEN STUDYING ABOUT WORDS THIS WEEK IN MULTIPLE CONTEXTS….. I FOUND SOME SCIENTIFIC PAPERS ON HOW THE BRAIN PROCESSES WORDS AND READ SOME COLLEGE RESEARCH ON THE POWER OF WORDS.

HERE’S WHAT I LEARNED… WORDS ARE POWERFUL. OUR BRAIN PROCESSES WORDS BY CONVERTING SOUND INTO ELECTRICAL CHARGES AND PASSING THOSE CHARGES TO MULTIPLE PARTS OF THE BRAIN SIMULTANEOUSLY. OUR ABILITY TO TRULY LISTEN AND COMPREHEND WORDS REQUIRES THAT WE ELIMINATE ELECTRICAL INTERFERENCE FROM SOURCES SUCH AS THE RADIO, TV, SCREEN LIGHT, ETC.

AS ONE PERSON SAID, “THE RADIO IS CHEWING GUM FOR THE BRAIN.” JUST LIKE CHEWING GUM KEEPS OUR MOUTH MOVING BUT DOESN’T GIVE US MUCH OF VALUE… THE RADIO KEEPS OUR BRAIN RUNNING BUT DOESN’T HELP THE BRAIN LISTEN AND CONCENTRATE.

THERE IS POWER IN PONDERING. THE BRAIN NEEDS QUIET TO DO ITS BEST WORK OF PROCESSING, COMPREHENDING, AND STORING WORDS. SINCE THIS IS ALL DONE THROUGH ELECTRICAL CURRENT, IT IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND HOW EASILY INTERFERENCE CAN NEGATIVELY ALTER THE PROCESS.

WHEN WE TAKE TIME TO QUIET OUR MINDS AND PONDER, MULTIPLE THINGS HAPPEN. FIRST THE BRAIN IS ABLE TO CLEARLY PROCESS, BUT ALSO THE HOLY GHOST IS ABLE TO SPEAK TO OUR MINDS. THINK OF THE MIDI-CHLORIANS (STAR WARS) THAT FILL THE UNIVERSE AND INTERACT WITH ALL LIVING THINGS. THE HOLY GHOST LITERALLY INTERACTS WITH OUR MINDS AS WE PONDER.

AS WE PONDER CHRIST’S WORDS THE HOLY GHOST DOES HIS BEST WORK. OUR EFFORTS TO MEMORIZE SCRIPTURES, COVENANTS, WORDS OF THE PROPHETS, ETC. PAY HUGE DIVIDENDS. THE BRAIN WRITES THESE WORDS OVER AND OVER AND THESE WORDS BECOME PART OF US.

OKAY… I’LL STOP.

TAKE TIME TO FILL YOUR MINDS WITH THE WORDS OF CHRIST AND THEN TAKE THE TIME TO PONDER THOSE WORDS. YOUR SOUL WILL BE FILLED WITH LIGHT AS YOU DO SO.

I LOVE YOU, DAD