~The Ten Commandments~

~Slow To Speak~

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

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It may be easy for some, but some days it is like climbing Mount Everest for me. My prayer today is that the Lord help me to guard my tongue and my heart. My mouth seems to fly open too quickly when something hits close to my heart. Jesus help me to guard my heart. Help me to be patient, to show mercy and be slow to speak.

Proverbs is full of verses telling us guard what comes out of our mouth. James chapter 3 tells us what an unruly member our tongue can be. We all have different strengths and weaknesses, but as followers of Christ we are striving to be more like him and to have his attributes. One day at a time!

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James 3:17-18

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, with out partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

~A Simple Thank You~

So, things just don't seem to be going according to plan. You know, my plan. I know God's plan is still in tack, I just don't know how that plan plays out. I know that he is working all things for my good, but it would be nice to just have a little peep hole to see just how things are going to work out. No, I am not having some life threatening or serious issues. It is just those pride breaking issues that get to me so badly at times. So, while I am in the midst of my pity party the other day. God speaks to me through my oldest son. I had fixed his breakfast and he was eating while watching his morning cartoons. I was washing dishes and thinking about how it would be nice to make land or a house appear that is just what we are looking for and in our budget and how my husband's truck had broken down and had to be fixed among other things. You know that whirlwind that gets going in that thing some of us call a brain. Out of the blue Thomas says 'Dank you Mommy.' Yes, that is it, just a simple thank you. No one told him to say thank you, it just came out on its own. It melted my heart. Then it was like my mind immediately went right to- You know God probably loves hearing those two words from his children. I bet it melts his heart too.
So instead of grumbling and complaining about how these little things don't seem to be going right, I having been trying to keep a thankful spirit. God has always provided. I have always had a roof over my head, a bed to sleep in, more than enough food to eat, clothes to wear and the list goes on and on. I have so much to be thankful for and if I am thanking God for all of those things, then my mind doesn't have time to zone in on those things that don't really matter because God always provides.