“By
long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the
bone” (Proverbs 25:15).
Today’s Morsel: One of the things
that lawyers try to teach their clients when they are facing trial before a
jury is to use kind words and present themselves in a remorseful
way. It’s amazing to me how many people who think nothing of the ways of
Christ seem to want them when they are in trouble. Wouldn’t it be much
better if they used them before they needed them, so they wouldn’t have to be
coached how to use them when they are in trouble? Solomon said that a
soft tongue breaketh the bones. One of the reasons that most parents will
not spank their child when they have done wrong and the child starts crying and
says through tears that they are sorry, is that it touches the parent's
heart. In writing to the church at Corinth, Paul states: “For godly
sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of
the world worketh death” (2 Corinthians 7:10). Godly sorrow
works repentance! True remorsefulness can be seen and brings about
change, so don’t think you can fake it.
Sing: Hear my cry O’ God, attend unto my prayer. From the ends
of the earth will I cry unto Thee. And when my heart is overwhelmed, lead
me to the Rock that is higher than I, so much higher than I.
Thought For Today: A soft tongue
defers anger.
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