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Corrosive – Ephesians 4:29
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Ephesians 4:29 "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."
The Greek word for “unwholesome” can also be translated as “corrupt.” When I think of that word, for some reason I think of the word “corrosive.” Something corrosive eats away at whatever it’s on. Sometimes it’s visible and sometimes it’s not.
Unwholesome talk can do just that. It can tear people down little by little. Sometimes you see the effect and other times you don’t. One might say, “Well, those who I’m talking about don’t even know I’m talking about them.” That may be the case. However, what could those words be doing to those who are hearing you talk about another person? Are we to believe our words of hate, bitterness, envy, jealousy, anger, scorn or disrespect are not going to be corrosive to those who hear them coming from our mouths? Even if they are not directed at them, they can still be corrosive to those who are listening.
As the old saying goes… “If you can’t say something nice about someone, don’t say anything at all.”
Let this be a focus in your time of meditation throughout the day. Until next time, Shalom.
SOURCE: Steve Moutria at TorahFamily.org
http://torahfamily.org/corrosive-ephesians/
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This is definitely a lot easier to do when writing something out. I have the time to carefully pick and choose what to say and evaluate how what I say may be perceived. Out loud, though, is a different story. It’s not always easy to pause and think before I speak. Maybe this is why I prefer to communicate by typing or writing lol.
Very true! I find that what I want to say comes across better because I had a chance to read it and then re-read it. Plus typing it out helps me to make sure I get the point across that I need to get across! Thanks for chiming in on this verse!
Great message. So much power in our words. We need to use them the right way!!!
Yes the right way....I heard an example once where your words are like putting a nail in board. If you apologize for saying something, well that is good start, but then that nail gets removed. Although the nail has been removed and an apology took place there still is a nail hole where the nail was and that is not so easy to fill back in again. We must speak the truth but we must do it always with kindness and love!
Oh, this is such an important topic to my husband and myself. We know the world's culture is so much different than ours, but we still mentally cringe when we hear curse words. And we are always so perplexed when an otherwise intelligent person uses certain phrases that only a few years ago would have been grossly inappropriate in public.
We refuse to watch a program after hearing the third offensive word because that just indicates to us that more of the same will continue to be used throughout the rest of the program. It NEVER adds value to the meaning of the conversation. It could easily have been omitted.
When in our own home, my husband will gently remind guests that ladies or children are present and they will need to suppress colorful speech. If they are offended, they do not have to visit here again. Yeah, we are THAT serious about it. By the same token if someone is given to rough speech, we will make our visits into their home only on rare or necessary occasions.
It is a very real observation that "birds of a feather flock together" for a reason.
I agree with you! I have said the same thing when it comes to offensive words in a program...I think they use it just because they can, not that it added to the movie in any way, it should have just been left out! If other people want to talk that way that is their right to do so it just doesn't mean that I have to listen to it or be around it! Thanks for leaving a comment, I appreciate that!
A thought to follow up on my first comment about birds of a feather. Then I took a peek at who upvoted this article and several of the voters were already on my follow list. So, I took the opportunity to follow each of you. So, here is my "Howdy" to each of you who found this article so dear to our hearts.
Yes birds of a feather! I have met many other people to flock together with here on Steemit! Welcome aboard!