Saturday, February 23, 2008
When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise...
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver...
The lips of the righteous nourish many...
The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom...
The lips of the righteous know what is fitting...
- Proverbs 10:19-20,21,31,32
Wisdom is not only to speak but also to keep quiet. Heard of one story lately, will post the story up later. Basically it is about a man who replaced Jesus to listen to prayer for 20 minutes and he broke his promise to keep quiet and made the situation worse. Most of the people will say the moral of this story is to learn how to obey to God, and remind ourselves once again that the things God put in our lives which might seems to be something not so good but then God can turn other's mistake into a blessing in your life. But I see this story from a different way.
What things first come into my mind after the story is a soft voice reminding me to CONTROL MY TONGUE WISELY. When we pray to God to give us wisdom and give us to strength to do what we think this for Him, but have you ever realise that actually to remain silent, to keep quiet is actually very very very very hard? It is not only requires bravery, wisdom but also lots of other factors.
Every year I will have a silent retreat for myself for the past few years. I really enjoyed the environment but then it was easy for me as I usually picked a place where nobody can disturb me. But since this sermon, I have been trying till now also can't really control my tongue.
Be still and know that He is my God seems is really a big target for me.
God Bless U n ME...
written by, Xiang2Jian4...
12:04 AM
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