The Power of the Tongue
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the 
fruit thereof.”
~Proverbs 18:21Â (King James Version)
In Sunday School class today we are learning of the importance of communication. Words as stated in the Bible verse above, are powerful.
Pastor added an example for us to ponder:
Two Australian radio DJs made a prank call to the hospital where Prince William’s pregnant wife, Catherine, is staying with acute morning sickness, claiming to be Queen Elizabeth II and her son, Prince Charles.
The DJs, from Sydney’s 2Day FM station, succeeded in getting through to Kate’s private nurse at King Edward VII Hospital and had a brief conversation that included some details of her condition, according to audio of the call posted online.
The hospital issued a statement Wednesday confirming that the hoax call had been transferred to a ward in the early hours of Tuesday morning and a short conversation was held with one of the nursing staff.
The hospital “deeply regrets” the incident, it said.
John Lofthouse, chief executive at the hospital, is quoted as saying: “This was a foolish prank call that we all deplore. We take patient confidentiality extremely seriously and we are now reviewing our telephone protocols.”
Prince William’s office at Clarence House has not commented on the incident.
The radio show posted an apology for the call on its official Twitter feed Wednesday, and issued a statement.
“2Day FM sincerely apologises for any inconvenience caused by the enquiry to Kate’s hospital, the radio segment was done with light-hearted intentions, we wish Kate and her family all the best and we’re glad to hear she’s doing well,” it said.
The two DJs, Mel Greig and Michael Christian, are quoted as saying: “We were very surprised that our call was put through, we thought we’d be hung up on as soon as they heard our terrible accents.”
An earlier tweet by 2Day FM had described it as a “hilarious prank.”
Words…hilarious prank?
It’s a tragic twist in a story that made headlines earlier this week after news broke of Prince William and Duchess Kate’s pregnancy. The nurse who took a prank call at the hospital treating Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, for acute morning sickness is understood to have committed suicide.
The woman reportedly picked up the phone to a pair of Australian DJs earlier in the week who called the hospital pretending to be the Queen of England and Prince Charles.
Words…
A very hard lesson for those very sorry DJ’s to learn about the power of our words. Life and death says Proverbs. How true.
The Bible says every word we say we will have to give an account for.
 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. Matthew 12:36
