February 6, 2006
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Communication is a fascinating thing. And...HARD work.
Twice in the last twenty-four hours I've had to bring up something that I suspected wouldn't be recieved well.
One went okay--one the verdict is still out on.
The thing is. Neither time did I mean to hurt ANYBODY. I just felt the need to communicate.
But you know...words are tricky. And you can take things and spin them so quickly. And words that seem innocuous to you, can be hurtful to others.
I think my meditation verse for today needs to be.
"Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one. " Colossians 4:6
And I think that I shall keep trying to communicate because I have no choice. But I so wish so many times people could see my heart, and see the love inside it, rather then the words on the outside, which never come out the way I intended.
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Mine is from a Psalm--I think it's 19. "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer." I use that as a prayer to help me say the right things, and to think of things in the righteous manner. It's so easy to get defensive or judgemental. So hard to think like a child of God.
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