Wordly Wise

Oh that in my honesty I will spare you pain and frustration! That you will not see words or read mindlessly, but the same Spirit that has convicted me will touch your heart and bring a response to your mind that will change us more and more into the perfect image of Christ.

Venting perpetuates negativity.
Negativity perpetuates pitiful thinking
Pitiful thinking perpetuates lies
Lies perpetuate sinful living
Sinful living perpetuates sickness
Sickness perpetuates isolation
Isolation perpetuates rejection
Rejection perpetuates unbelief
Unbelief perpetuates eternity apart from God.

And every which way. Life and death are in the tongue. We women like to run around all day like chickens. scratching in the dirt, bawking our complaints, and occasionally pecking one another. So sad. Not to say that  there is not wrong around us. Of course the people around us are making a mess of things, ruining things, and hurting us.

Jesus was probably laughing when he spoke of taking the plank our of your own eye before bringing attention to the splinter in your neighbors. It probably seemed foolish to the King of Kings, and to us we hardly get it.

So today let our mouths be for the building us.

No sarcasm.
No backtalk.
No manipulation.
No venting.

Do you know my sister?...When we are talking along?...We approach that one statment and the flutter in back of your mind reveals to you that you should dispose of these words before you speak them?

Put them in the disposal.
Enjoy the watermelon. Dispose of the rind.

Let us not only guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Let us make a cry of repentance to the most gracious Father in Heaven who will remove our sins as the east is from the west, and guard our words in Him too.

There is always forgiveness of sins. Repentance comes before healing.