Power of “Get To!”
Originally Featured in The Javien Chronicles #7
Today I want to share with you the power of “Get to!” One morning in my wife’s hast to leave for work she blurted out in a somber tone, “I have to go to work.” I felt so sorry for her because she sounded so deflated. I stopped her as she rushed out the door and asked if she would change just one phrase in her vocabulary.
I asked her to use the phrase “Get to!” instead of “Have to.” Instead of saying, “I have to go to work” say, “I Get to go to work!”
She wasn’t buying it. So I hugged her tight and said, “What sounds better?” “I have to love my wife” or “I Get to love my wife!” “I have to kiss my wife” or “I Get to kiss my wife!” All of a sudden her eyes brightened and tension seemed to melt away.
You see we all have the opportunity to look at every situation positively or negatively. It all begins with the words we speak. “Death and life are in the power of the tongue…” (Proverbs 18:21)
