Wednesday, May 18, 2016

EPHESIANS 4:29 PART UN (UPDATED)

I HEARD FROM SOME FAMILY MEMBER TODAY,
SOMEONE THAT IS NOT EVEN CLOSE 
TO KNOWING
MY PARTICULAR
SITUATION.
I MEAN,
REALLY?
CAN YOU PLEASE THINK,
OR,
THIS IS JUST A SUGGESTION:
PRAY
BEFORE YOU SAY WHAT YOU APPARENLTY
MUST SAY?
BECAUSE, UH, YEAH WORDS HURT
MUCH MORE
THAN STICKS OR STONES
EVER COULD.
BECAUSE YOUR SKIN HEALS MUCH QUICKER
THAN YOUR HEART.
AND THE STINGING
HURTFUL
WORDS
FLUNG MY WAY,
NO LIE,
NEARLY ALL OF MY LIFE
HURT,

CUT
SO DEEPLY
I HAVE YET TO RECOVER
AND I HAVE YET TO HEAL
FROM THINGS SAID
SIXTY ONE YEARS AGO.
IT'S BECAUSE I WEAR MY HEART ON MY SLEEVE.
CAN'T YOU SEE?
(THESE ARTISTIC TYPES.
WHAT ARE WE TO DO WITH THEM?)
AND I HAVE YET TO GET HOW TO GUARD MY HEART
BECAUSE I WANT TO BE A PART
OF EVERYTHING.

I HAVE BEEN STUDYING,
THOUGH,
AT THE STRONG BEHEST OF MY PASTOR,
EPHESIANS 4:29,
WHICH BASICALLY SAYS
WORDS MATTER.
NOT JUST BAD LANGUAGE,
BUT ANYTHING THAT DOES NOT
BUILD SOMEONE UP.
LOVE.
AND ALSO
YOU DON'T KNOW
WHO ELSE COULD BE
LISTENING IN
YOUR CONVERSATION,
MOST ESPECIALLY LIKE THIS,
ON ANY SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND GOD EVEN HEARS OUR THOUGHTS.

SO, YEAH, WORDS HURT.
AND I REBUKE WHAT YOU SAID,
IN JESUS NAME,
AMEN.

(SORRY,
HAD TO GET THAT
OFF MY HEART,
SO TO SPEAK.)

PS:  LORD, PLEASE LET ANYONE WHO LOOKS AT ME OR READS MY WORDS SEES OR HEARS YOU INSTEAD.




EPHESIANS 4:29

DO NOT LET UNWHOLESOME TALK COME OUT OF YOUR YOUR MOUTHS, BUT ONLY WHAT IS HELPFUL FOR BUILDING OTHERS UP ACCORDING TO THEIR NEEDS THAT IT MAY BENEFIT THOSE WHO LISTEN.




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