Tuesday, August 23, 2005

the tounge...

The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. - Proverbs 18:21

It's been a long couple of days. Yesterday I received an email from someone that I love dearly, this email was sent to me solely out of love and conviction. It included some very hurtful and false things about myself.
Why is the tounge so powerful? Why is it used one mintue in communication with the Father and the next in bitterness and hate towards a brother or sister? It is a huge reason why there is so much destruction within the body.
The Word tells us in Ephesians 4:29 to not let any unwholesome talk come out of our mouths, that is so hard. Do we ever truly get to that level. Do we ever arrive at the point where we hate sin so much that all of our words 'benefit those who listen' ?
I pray that we live in a way that our lives reflect a life that is journeying towards that goal. That we can honor the Lord with every word that comes out of our mouth.
JourneyOn...towards rightousness...

~In reading Chapter 4 of Ephesians, it brought me back to a blog my husband just posted this past Sunday titled Model , check it out.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thankfully, the Lord can bring us into that ultimate state with Him and through Him only. Where everthing that comes out of us is Him... as long as we stop controlling it. Teresa, you amaze me! I love you dearly and can't wait to see you face to face again. Thank you for being His no matter how it looks.