¹A soft answer turns away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger.

²The tongue of the wise utters knowledge rightly, but the mouth of the [self-confident] fool pours out folly.

³The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch upon the evil and the good.

⁴A gentle tongue [with its healing power] is a tree of life, but willful contrariness in it breaks down the spirit.

Proverbs 15:1-4

These words rang so true for me at the end of last week. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday were trying times for me.  It seemed that I was getting tested from every side — my family, my friends, and even in my blogging.  It was a classic example of when I needed to have had my list made of scriptures to read when dealing with “mouth” issues.  If I had these verses written down, along with other verses on the mouth, then I could have went to them and read them and it would have calmed me down.   I would have given soft answers instead of somewhat harsh and angry answers.  My attitude would not have been impacted to the point that it was.  I would have had a gentle, healing tongue instead of a mouth and a half that seemed to fall right into the trap of igniting the already lit fire that was consuming the people that I was dealing with.  Finally late Saturday afternoon when I gave it over to God to deal with and guess what — it all calmed down.

I will start making my lists of scriptures on things that I am dealing with right now in my life and I will start praying for God to give the strength to deal with the issues.  Are there issues in your life that you are dealing with and they just aren’t getting better?  Have you prayed about it and given it to God?  He loves to hear from you and His shoulders are big enough to carry whatever it is that you need to give to Him.  Have you looked up Scriptures that deal with the issues you are dealing with?  Speaking God’s Word over the issues also lightens the load.  Try it!

Till next time,

JT Locke
His Grace and Blessings