Hurtful Words

"Sometimes someone can say something to you that hurts so much, you wish they would have just hit you instead!"

One of my older aunties, who was also my Sunday School teacher,used to say that. It didn't make sense to me at the time but it does now. There are two particular incidents where words that someone uttered deeply wounded me. I mean to the point that you feel like your very soul has been cut. At least with a slap/blow/kick/pinch, et., the pain subsides after a few minutes(provided you aren't being attacked). But when someone says something those words echo and echo in your mind, and it can be hard to get it out.