Wonderful words to not only live by but to practice. The following is an exert from the study that I thought really made this point.
"Several weeks ago, I read a very nice article about some well-known individuals in popular society. I thought this was a delightful story. When I finished, I scrolled down on my computer and I must tell you, I could not continue reading. The comments people had written were so vile, so caustic, so cruel – I found the verbiage horrid – something I can assure you I didn’t desire to fill my mind or heart with. People will say, “Well, we live in a new day of the internet where people can write ‘Anonymously’, so they just say anything they want.” Well, according to the Bible, “anonymous” trash is still trash. “Anonymous” words of cruelty are still cruel. “Anonymous” words of toxin still poison the heart. From the issues of our hearts, if not censored by heaven, boundaries are broken and what was once only a thought becomes words and turns into actions.
If you don’t believe me, ask David, for in the Bible, he makes it clear, as does his son Solomon, that what was once only a thought, can become expressed in words and then carried out in actions. The lustful “thoughts” of David toward Bathsheba, became “words” of order to Joab the king’s battle general, and the order turned into “action” when the opposing army murdered Uriah, on behalf of David, I might add! Thoughts. Words. Actions.
This is why David asked God to censor his words. And I asked myself, “What if I did the same?” What if every word you and I spoke, what if every word we wrote, had only one purpose – to praise our Father and to be grateful for all He does for us? Wouldn’t we live in a different world!" Dorothy Valcàrcel
AMEN! Thank you for reminding me that EVERYTHING I think and say should be for the glory of GOD.
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