Proverbs 15 – What You Say

“A gentle answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger.”
[Proverbs 15:1]

You ever know somebody that has a mean comeback for everything that is said to them. Maybe that’s you..? Do you experience much resolution in your life, or do you find that you are mostly angry at other people…all the time? If you watch what you say, it’s easy to turn those situations around. It’s so easy to fire back a quick jab at somebody that is nagging you to pieces. But no matter how annoying or rude someone may be, we are to “kill them with kindness”. When you spit fire on fire, you just get a bigger fire. Nothing is resolved.

One of the best pieces of advice I ever received is that I can only control what I do. I can only influence what others do. Knowing that, we should rest easy in knowing that if we choose our words carefully we can avoid all this unnecessary drama. What you say matters and its a matter of self-control.

Your response is everything.

dustin