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Don’t ever ask the Lord to show you what needs to change about your character if you don’t want to know! We had “7 days of prayer” for the second time this year at our church and I approached the Lord very cautiously with this request. Many of you might face the Lord more boldly with this prayer than I did, but I know me and I know there is a lot of work that needs to be done.

I am the type of person who gets down to the nitty gritty. I don’t have time for a lot of fluff, so conversations with me are usually direct. Some may call this blunt – I like to call it candid. There is a good reason for this character flaw! I am the youngest of four girls and was always the runt growing up – IF I got a word in edgewise, it better be good! I remember one incident that might put this into perspective. I was out playing with my sisters and some kids from the neighborhood on my first day of high school in nineteen seventy… uh, none of your business. While running across the yard, I stepped into a ditch and hurt my foot. I mean it hurt! A friend carried me home to tell Momma. She was on the phone with my aunt and told me to just go sit down. My foot was throbbing and had begun to change colors so I called Momma once again to come look. She continued to talk on the phone. I was getting scared so I again called out, “Momma, I think I broke my foot!” (I was being candid or blunt or whatever you want to call it!) Getting aggravated, she hung up the phone, came and looked, and told me to just put an ice pack on it. By the next morning, the inside of my foot was hanging in a very unusual position and was the color of old bread! Daddy took me to the doctor to find I had broken my foot in three places. You guessed it – I had to have it set and a cast put on it! That messed up playing basketball for a while!

Being honest and straightforward when we deal with people is a good quality, but it doesn’t have to be rude. Our character is tempered by our walk with the Lord. So should our speech. Finishing up a Beth Moore Bible study entitled “Living Beyond Yourself” – today’s lesson was on this very subject – self control concerning the tongue. (Imagine that!) A study on the fruit of the spirit contained the following scripture on self-control. James 3:1-12 tells of how difficult it is to bridle the tongue. A small bit is put in a horse’s mouth to control him; a small rudder is used to turn a large ship. Verse 8 says the tongue cannot be tamed. It is compared to a fire out of control. Our lesson had us compare a fire and the tongue. I first wrote the obvious: out of control (like a forest fire), dangerous (can do harm) but then I thought… is there a way for this to be good? Fire, in the right setting, can be a good thing. I recall sitting by the fireplace at Tim’s mom and dad’s house during our trips home for Christmas that sent a warm glow throughout the living room. I thought of my old gas stove in our trailer in Biloxi, Mississippi when we were stationed at Keesler Air Force Base that cooked those first meals I fixed for Tim. (That stove also warmed the house went the heat went out.) Fire, under control, can be good. The tongue – under control – can be good. I thought of the wonderful concerts I have been to – the songs that have been sung… the voice of the late Glenn Payne singing “I Won’t Have to Cross Jordan Alone” over the phone at NQC our first year there; Elaine Wilburn on her signature song, “Hand of the Lord”; Bro. Johnny Minick of the Happy Goodman’s featured on “The Reason,” and so many more come to mind. You may have a memory you would like to share of a song being a blessing as well.

My goal is to be a blessing – especially in what I say… and sometimes in what I don’t say.

till next time…
Sally

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