
For When You Need to Know the Way to Use Your Words
I walk in the room and something sets me off. I hear his tone the wrong way, assume a meaning he never intended, and respond with words I eventually regret. Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. Ephesians 4:29 (NIV) This is the mistake I make countless times… Failing to use my words for good, Missing the opportunity to give grace to the one who’s listening, And in the end, producing nothing beneficial from the exchange at all. So many times we get caught up in