The Power of the Word

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." John 1:1

So I'm going to take this verse out of context and I'm going to interpret it in an unorthodox, heretical, possibly blasphemous way:

"In the beginning, when language first came to be, it was powerful, it was good, it was the spiritual connect."

I've been thinking about language and communication lately. The following is my recent flow of thought or rather meandering, leaping, spinning of it:

The power of the word- is the written word more powerful than the oral?
Why is it so important for me to write it down? Is it about leaving something of myself behind?

How we use language-
1. Language used as a weapon, as a means of control, manipulation, exploitation. I'm thinking of the large number of spin doctors in positions of power in government, religion, families.
2. Spiritual experiences; free expression; freedom of speech; making sense of our existence; we live to connect with our universe and to tell someone about it. (How the Bible will not ever be completed because it is the record of the humans' God connection experience. Why do we try to make a two thousand year old account of the God experience more relevant, give it more credence than we do our own God connection?)

We are a Story People. We have been from the beginning, we are with the Word, we are the Word.

So that's where my head has been at lately. Care to comment, discuss, connect, tell me your story?