Communication

It seems like every Bible verse or devotional email I have gotten this week has been about words.  Not to mention friends' facebook statuses.  And of course, this is the week of all weeks when my words have probably been the worst.  Ask anyone close to me and they could probably tell you.  Proverbs is full of wisdom (duh) about speech.  Like some of the following (all references KJV):

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.  Prov. 25:11

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.  Prov. 15:1

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know

how ye ought to answer every man.  Colossians 4:6 

Let me assure you that my speech has been the opposite of this all week.  Maybe not so much today.  The saying from when we were kids that words don't hurt aren't true at all.  Words have the power to hurt, and the power to heal, but unfortunately the soul takes longer to heal from hurtful words that should never have been said in the first place. 

So not only do words hurt, words can reveal the hurt that is hiding inside of someone.  The words coming out of my mouth this week have been a strong indicator of the status of my heart. 

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good;

and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil.

For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.  Luke 6:45 NKJV

I've had trash in my heart and trash has been coming out of my mouth.  I never knew that there was such a thing as trash seeds, but there is.  They were planted in my mind by the enemy.  God gives us ways to get them out of our mind, but unfortunately, I have coddled, watered, transplanted, harvested, and planted some more all the seeds in my mind.  I don't like the result.  When I do these things, I become the complete opposite of the woman that God wants me to be.  The result of this trash in my heart, is that trash comes out that hurts others, and I may be keeping other women from being what God wants them to be. 

It's a cycle that needs to stop in me.  I don't like who it makes me, and I don't like the person that it would make me years down the road.  I've met people like this and I don't want this to be me.  I want to be completely different.  So, I'll say good night, because I have a lot of trash to take out tonight.