- Unruly Tongue -

" Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speaking."

- I Peter 2:1

I can remember my Grandfather relating a story from many years ago.

A young man was riding with his neighbor when they accidentally drove in front of a train. When the driver saw the train speeding toward them, he used curse words. Those were the last words he spoke. He was killed immediately,

The young man riding with him was seriously injured but lived to be an old man.

If we use swear words when nobody hears us, it is more likely that we will use them in an unguarded moment. Wouldn't it be sad to end our lives that way?

"Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing" (James 3:10).

What a poor light to the world to hear swear words come from a Christian. :-(

A minister once said that using swear words to emphasize something is just a weak mind trying to make a strong statement.

Lying, gossip, or belittling our neighbor or brother are sources of deadly poison. If we let poison take it's course, it will eventually kill.

It is the same in the spiritual sense. If we harbor evil thoughts or use 'deadly poison', it will eventually kill our souls.

The only way to overcome evil is to replace it with something good.

May the LORD tame our tongues.

- Melvin Brubacher - Holstein, ON Canada

- All our words, good or bad, will be recorded in the Book of Life!

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When I read that devotion last week I knew it was one of those I had to share on here as a gentle reminder to us all. :-)

I still have some things left in the mini yard sale post. If any of you are interested, please scroll down to see what's left. I thank those of you who have purchased things. What a blessing! I hope it will be a blessing to you as it was for me when I had that certain item.

We have a small roof leak in the master bedroom. A roofer was out last Thursday I believe and climbed up on top to see what the problem was. Many heavy tree branches have ripped off the shingles and punctured a hole (small) in the roof. He was a very nice gentleman (found him through the Better Business Bureau) and said he can fix it all up and cut down those tree limbs for a sum of $375. Robert and I breathed a sigh of relief because we thought it was going to be in the thousand price range. $375 is nothing. :-) He is supposed to be here tomorrow...I hope. If he doesn't come by a certain time we will give him a call.

We had planned on taking a day trip to Oklahoma today but we found out the store hubby needed to get his new uniforms from are closed on Sundays. So, we will wait for spring break when he is off from college and then take a day trip during the week and go. We love Oklahoma! We were only there for a short period of time but we grew to love it. Thankfully we aren't that far away from the OK border. :-)

Robert is really enjoying his part time job in Cedar Hill. He is learning more and making less mistakes as he says. :-) I am so grateful to YAHWEH for providing this job.

After doing some research about H&R Block, Jackson-Hewitt, and Liberty tax services, I decided to ask Patty (http://morningramble.blogspot.com) where her and her beloved go to file taxes since they aren't too far from me and they get them done privately. She said the man is honest and reasonable. That's all we need to know. :-) He won't be in town till March though so we have a few weeks to wait before we get them done.

Good news! I finally became a licensed Texas driver! I had been driving on my Oklahoma license (which wasn't expired by the way), but Texas law states a new person to the state has to have a license by 30 days. Oops! Either way, now I just wait for it in the mail, but it's done. Gosh, I hope the picture turned out alright...lol. You should see my Texas ID card picture. :- /

YAHWEH & Yeshua just have been so good to us, haven't they? Sometimes I sit in silent praise and worship them, and that's rare for me as I am a verbal prayer warrior for the most part, but I have learned of the most precious moments are in silence, listening, learning, growing, praising.

HALLELUYAH!!!!

Blessings,

Dawn