{"id":8449,"date":"2023-09-08T02:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T02:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=8449"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:32:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:32:47","slug":"two-words-that-cost-a-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=8449","title":{"rendered":"TWO WORDS THAT COST A LIFE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A thoughtless \u201cI\u2019m busy\u201d once cost the life of a friend, inspiring Mohammed Qahtani to give serious thought to the incredible impact of words.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2015, Mohammed Qahtani put those thoughts together with his friend\u2019s story in a speech which bested 30,000 other contestants to win a Toastmasters\u2019 competition.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although he doesn\u2019t reference the Lord in his winning entry, Mohammed Qahtani&#8217;s thesis does reflect the urgency of Paul\u2019s command in Ephesians 4:29:<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDo not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His speech is well worth a listen, offering a compelling reminder of the influence of our words &#8211; for good or for evil. It can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hmX8FBNo2no\" target=\"_blank\"><b>HERE <\/b><\/a>. (7 minutes 40 seconds)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A thoughtless \u201cI\u2019m busy\u201d once cost the life of a friend, inspiring Mohammed Qahtani to give serious thought to the incredible impact of words. In 2015, Mohammed Qahtani put those thoughts together with his friend\u2019s story in a speech which bested 30,000 other contestants to win a Toastmasters\u2019 competition.\u00a0 Although he doesn\u2019t reference the Lord [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8450,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8449\/revisions\/8450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}