ViaCrucis
Confessional Lutheran
- Oct 2, 2011
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Since magic doesn't exist, then when a person blesses or curses, it doesn't do anything, because that isn't how God "works". I can't speak words and create a beneficial or negative effect on you or your life.
The significance of blessing and cursing is what it says about ourselves. See St. James' epistle when he talks about the tongue as a wild untamed beast. The tongue blesses and curses, with it we praise God and with it we speak ill of our fellow human beings made in God's image--this is a horrible thing.
God desires that we use our words to build others up, to use our words to be loving, kind, compassionate--in imitation of Christ and His character. Not to tear down and harm--not because words are magic, but because words can hurt. It doesn't take a psychology degree to know this. With words parents build their children up, or tear them down; with words we create pain in those we should call friends and neighbors and with words we encourage, and build stronger friendships and relationships.
There's nothing supernatural about when we curse or when we bless; but there is practical, real-world evidence that our words can either be an instrument of love or an instrument of hate.
-CryptoLutheran
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