DAY 207

My word!

Words, they can bring life or sow death. The wise guard their mouths and what comes out. For even our words live forever, and all of them, we will have to account for before the Lord. Scary thought.

Best to consider that everything we say will go out into the universe. I read a poem in third grade that has stuck with me, (and that is a lot of sticking : )

It said something like -- Words are so proud, for once they go out, they can never be called back.

If we concentrate on the WORD, before we say our words, we might just catch some of those proud words before they escape.

Matthew 12:37
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

^{James 3:10 10}Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

Fill your mind and heart with the pure Word of the Lord, memorize His Word, and guard your tongue. Speak words of blessing and truth.

DAY 190

The Sweet Spot

Genesis 22:17
That in blessing I will bless thee...

In sports, the place where you hit the ball and never feel it but it goes true and far. No jolt, just sweet.

In the Christian life - when you bless someone and the blessings overtake your efforts. Sweet.

I hit the sweet spot this last week on our vacation. My husband and I took his almost 90 year old father to visit his brother in Iowa. An 800+ mile drive and we were blessed.

I didn't look at the trip as a burden or chore. I love road trips. A few remarked at what a good thing we were doing. That surprised me. And I realized we had stumbled into a sweet spot. Where by our blessing others, we were blessed far more.

My husband and I got to have a relaxing time together, we saw beautiful country, I got info for a book I am writing, we visited old friends and were greatly blessed by them, and we were able to see where my husband's father was raised.

In blessing, we were tremendously outblessed.

You just can't outbless God.

Psalm 34:8
O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.