What are you SAYING?

Good morning HEALED Life Speaker!

What are you saying?

If you ALWAYS talking how are you LISTENING?

“Understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters. Let everyone be quick to hear [be a careful, thoughtful listener], slow to speak [a speaker of carefully chosen words and], slow to anger [patient, reflective, forgiving]; 20 for the [resentful, deep-seated] anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God [that standard of behavior which He requires from us].” James 1:19-20 AMP

There are times where we forget to think before we speak, speak out of hurt, and speak out of defense and anger. James tells us that we must be SLOW to speak and chose our words carefully. We know we some slick individuals at times and we throw in what we really been thinking about real quick. That anger that builds up inside of us we cannot allow it to produce bad fruit. Be angry but sin not (Ephesians 4:26)

As you go into this day and this weekend take the time to think about what you are getting ready to say out of your mouth. Think “Is what I am about say true” and am I saying it in love? “Is it what I am getting ready to say necessary?” “Is it kind?” “Will it build my brother up or tear them down?” Words do matter.

I had someone say something a couple of weeks ago to me in a sarcastic manner but what was said spoke volumes of what they were thinking in their heart. I know we are all guilty of speaking before we think, so challenge yourself to think before you open up that mouth, cause once it’s out, it’s out.