It seems like every woman I know struggles with her tongue in one way or another. Believe me, I am no exception. Honestly, today I felt sick about not just keeping my cotton pickin mouth shut. And this is the second time it’s happened this week…..ugh!
My problem? I say things better left unsaid. You know what I mean?
Now I know a lot of women might try to stear me away from feeling badly about the error of my ways. “Don’t be too hard on yourself”, “You are only human.” “Jesus has already forgiven you. ” Yes, these are the things we tell each other. And they are true. But…..sometimes what I need to hear and need to feel is good ole’ fashion conviction. Because Holy Spirit prompted conviction makes me feel badly enough about my behavior to stop for a moment and think. To think about what I say, why I feel the need to say it, and most importantly, what Jesus wants me to do about it.
But feeling badly about what I do or say isn’t enough. And believe me, it would be a whole lot easier if it were.
I wish I could say that I have the super simple “fix all the error of my ways” solution. But I don’t. What I do have is what Jesus says.
OK. I need to stop right here and go off track for a minute.
I wrote the whole beginning of this blog not really knowing which scripture to reference as I thought about my dilemna with my tongue. So I did what I always do when I want to look up a scripture on a particular topic and don’t know it right off the top of my head – I go to www.biblegateway.com and look up the key word. What I found there just now blew my mind! Talk about convicting. You just have to read it yourself. So stop, go to Bible Gateway and look up Luke 6:41 – 46. Or better yet, read the whole chapter.
I’ll post my thoughts on this scripture tomorrow. And I would love to know your thoughts, too.
