Proverbs 18:21-22
"Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of the Lord."
Everyone in the church knows these two verses individually. But, God asked me to consider that there may be a good reason they are together. I didn't have to consider long before I knew what He was trying to show me.
I always hear "the wife/mother sets the tone of the house". I believe that and God has given me several examples of life with a cranky woman (Proverbs 21:19; Proverbs 25:24; Proverbs 27:15-16). But this passage in Proverbs 18 flew off the page at me as I read it... again.
I think its something that Solomon would speak of the tongue and a wife in the same spot. These verse are great on their own, but when read together, they preach a whole different sermon! I am my husband's greatest influence, I can make him or break him quicker than anyone else. I have great power and I need to use it wisely. A wife, who uses her tongue wisely, is a treasure and, these days, a very rare find!
If I love my tongue and the power it holds I will take great care for it. After all, I don't want the fruit I eat to be rotten!
This bit of my heart as been quite convicting to me, as I tend to be a bit mouthy and am known for wanting the last word. I pray this was an encouragement for you as well. If you are not yet a wife, I hope this is something you can store away in your heart for the future.
God Bless!
~Becky
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Monday, April 23, 2012
Be blameless!
Philippians 2:14-15 "Do all things without murmurings and disputings: That
ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in
the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as
lights in the world;"
God led me to this passage a few days ago while I was thinking (more like dwelling) on something I WAS NOT looking forward to. I didn't want to do it because the atmosphere wasn't ideal. Cussing, attitudes, unbelievers. But, I really didn't have a choice in the matter. I had been praying that God use me more. Give me opportunities to witness and be a testimony. I just kept thinking, "I wish you would have run this one by me first, God". But God doesn't work that way. I knew when I prayed "God unsettle me" that that's exactly what He'd do! I was certainly unsettled.
This passage hit me right in the heart. God called me to a place and this is what He has asked of me. To not whine about it and keep a Christ like attitude regardless of who/what is around me. It reminds me of a what Paul said to Titus "In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you." (Titus 2:7-8). Also "Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ." (I Peter 3:16). What an encouragement! Live a life that no one can say anything wrong against you, and even if they tried no one would believe it!
That's what I strive to do, and challenge you to do the same. I want to live my life so no one can speak evil of me and if they did people's first response is "No, not Becky. That's not how she is".
God led me to this passage a few days ago while I was thinking (more like dwelling) on something I WAS NOT looking forward to. I didn't want to do it because the atmosphere wasn't ideal. Cussing, attitudes, unbelievers. But, I really didn't have a choice in the matter. I had been praying that God use me more. Give me opportunities to witness and be a testimony. I just kept thinking, "I wish you would have run this one by me first, God". But God doesn't work that way. I knew when I prayed "God unsettle me" that that's exactly what He'd do! I was certainly unsettled.
This passage hit me right in the heart. God called me to a place and this is what He has asked of me. To not whine about it and keep a Christ like attitude regardless of who/what is around me. It reminds me of a what Paul said to Titus "In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you." (Titus 2:7-8). Also "Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ." (I Peter 3:16). What an encouragement! Live a life that no one can say anything wrong against you, and even if they tried no one would believe it!
That's what I strive to do, and challenge you to do the same. I want to live my life so no one can speak evil of me and if they did people's first response is "No, not Becky. That's not how she is".
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