The Hard Road

This week I found myself in a bad place, doing the wrong thing. It was actually more of a position, and the thing I was doing was adding fuel to an already burning anger/frustration. The Word of God reads in Proverbs 18:21 "Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof."

The kind of seed a person plants (the words they speak) have a lot to do with the fruit they are partaking of. Words of wisdom are really God's word spoken gently and rationally. That is, they are rationed out so that one doesn't have too much or too little. This is done by the unction of the Holy Spirit. However, words spoken in haste are not clearly thought, but come from the place in the heart which has not been sanctified by God. It is the part of us we call our "flesh" and out of it's abundance can be hurtful speech, both for the speaker and the hearer.

Over the course of the last several days, I have spoken with wisdom, but also in haste. I was afforded an opportunity to speak my mind and share my heart in both wise and unwise ways. In the process I failed being true to no one, and now am feeling I lost the opportunity to strengthen and nurture important relationships. I cannot take back what I have said, but perhaps learn how to guard my mouth from supporting two opposing perspectives.

It was so easy to speak with haste and anger, but my desire is to take the much harder road and speak only with God's wisdom when prompted by Him to do so. For those who know me, I ask your forgiveness.