Summary: In this amazing audio clip, Prophet President Kimball speaks about the importance of "WORDS." He says that we need to use a "reasonable vocabulary of well chosen words and speak finely, not coarsely." He gives several examples and even uses them in complete sentences, in order to help us understand how to use words correctly and in a way that people will understand us when we talk to them. He gives a great example of how to speak in a Kodak store, so that the clerk will be able to understand us correctly and easily. He then cleverly mentions some "four letter words", leading up to the word LUST, which was the one he was looking for all along. Like President Kimball says, "many of us are destitute of words and consequently clumsy in our speech, which becomes mere babble." He says that "some use words accurately and others sloppily." Are we sloppy with our words or accurate? I think we can all make a stronger effort to speak better and more clearly and use words properly and in the correct sentences more often, like President Kimball clearly explained to us in this speech. If we do this, other people can actually understand what it is we are trying to say. Let's not "just speak into the air", as Paul said. How we share the Gospel and the words we use, can be the difference of people either joining the LDS church or walking away from the truth and Eternal happiness. It can mean the difference of Eternal Life in the Celestial Kingdom with our families, loved ones and friends or Eternal suffering in a lower kingdom, without our friends, loved ones and families. Which one do we want to choose, both for us and others? This is a very powerful talk from a very inspired Prophet, as our "WORDS" and how we use them are so important. I'll be including more clips from this incredible talk, that we can all learn a lot from. This talk was originally given at BYU in January, 1965.
