I have been around people, good people, before that have said things that made them blush, and caught me by surprise. It is unfortunate that we often hurt our testimony with little things, such as words that we know we shouldn't utter. I don't deny that I really try to watch what I say and how I say it, though, I still mess it up from time to time.
What I want to talk about are those who will sing GOD'S praises one moment and then curse me out the next. I am not judging them; their relationship with GOD is between them and GOD. However, if anyone else was around to hear the conversation, I would venture to say that they would remember the cursing more than the praising. I bet that is what I would remember most, too.
Once again, we all struggle with things but we have to be really careful what we say. People are looking for Christians to fail, and we do it all the time.
Today's word comes from Luke 6:45, NIV, which reads, "A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of."
I think what this verse tells us is that what we say isn't a mental problem, it isn't a mouth problem, it isn't a tongue problem, it is a heart problem. The mouth certainly does speak what is in the heart. It is sad, the sort of things I keep in my heart. I don't often know they are there until after I have spoken it.
I am going to work more diligently to fill my heart with good things. I want to bless folks with what I say. They may not want to hear it but it will be from the heart.
Be Blessed,
Mickey T
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