Did You Hear That?! I Heard It!

It was the accuser of the brothers (& sisters)! trying to irritate a situation, thing or relationship. You heard that accusatory tone that was spoken by someone to you. You heard yourself respond in the same accusatory tone to the person that asked a question. When two people are trying to communicate and everything comes across as accusatory (from the speaker to the hearer and from the hearer to the speaker), that is not communicationg that is confusion. And you know who is the author of confusion! We should pause and take a moment to be honest with ourselves.

There are manythings that can frustrate us and we respond from that frustation. Some things maybe valid (at least to us) & others may not. As we continue to grow in the grace & knowledge of Jesus Christ, we should become less frustrated at situation. We should become perfect (mature) at maintaining the peace of God in our lives and then it will spread to those around us.
Often, we hear things through our ears that are laced with our own fears and perceptions rather than the tone or inflection that the speaker intended. Then there are times that we respond from our lips with a tone or words that are filled with accusation out of habit, fear or a number of other reasons. I think that sometime we respond with an accusatory tone because of fear. Fear of failure, fear that someone will get the upper hand on us, embarrasment, jealousy, envy, strife, intimidation, insecurity or whatever form fear manifests itself in.

It's not always that accusatory tone that we hear or speak sometimes it can be a tone or language that says that I am better than you or I know more than you (pride or arrogance). What we should do as Brothers and Sisters is ask our Father to put filters on our ears so that we hear beyond what is spoken and how it is spoken. We should also ask that our lips will have a strainer on it so that we won't yield to speaking quickly words that are accusatory or harsh to anyone. A soft answer turns away wrath. This suggests to me that in order for the scripture to say that a soft ANSWER turns away wrath then something must have previously been stated in order for there to be an ANSWER. Question then ANSWER. STATEMENT then RESPONSE. And apparently the STATEMENT or QUESTION could have been responded to differently but the Scripture encourages us to use a SOFT answer.

Perfect love casts out fear. He that feareth has not been made perfect (mature) in love. God has not given us a spirit of fear, but He has given us a spirit of love, power and a sound mind.

Today, Beloved Child of God, submit yourself to God, first (& always) and then (& always) resist your adversary & he will flee from you as in terror.

In Him,
Edna

Today, I will...

Good morning, Sisters (& Brothers)!

Today, please take a moment and fill in the blank:

Today, I willl __________________

...walk steadfastly with the Lord, knowing that all his promises to me will come to pass.


In Him,

Edna