"A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger." Proverbs 15:1.
Yesterday, I took the kids out to run errands for a couple hours. Normally I limit our time out, even taking multiple trips instead of one long day of errands; but we needed to hit several places, so I decided to go for it! At our second stop, Lucas freaked out and I did not stay calm. Instead, I snapped at him! And just like scripture says, my harsh words stirred up his anger , and the rest of the trip was frustrating for the both of us.
I'm struggling with being consistently gentle with my words, especially in stressful situations. Yesterday I was so worked up about our experience that I couldn't hear God's voice speaking to me about the condition of my heart. Thankfully our God is faithful and continued to speak to me this morning when He lead me to this verse in Proverbs.
Funny thing is, not five minutes after I read that verse, and while I was still marinating on it, I got the opportunity to try it out, when the curtains where pulled off the wall in Ava's room!! The verse really does work - and I have a feeling I will get to try it out many more times today!!
Yesterday, I took the kids out to run errands for a couple hours. Normally I limit our time out, even taking multiple trips instead of one long day of errands; but we needed to hit several places, so I decided to go for it! At our second stop, Lucas freaked out and I did not stay calm. Instead, I snapped at him! And just like scripture says, my harsh words stirred up his anger , and the rest of the trip was frustrating for the both of us.
I'm struggling with being consistently gentle with my words, especially in stressful situations. Yesterday I was so worked up about our experience that I couldn't hear God's voice speaking to me about the condition of my heart. Thankfully our God is faithful and continued to speak to me this morning when He lead me to this verse in Proverbs.
Funny thing is, not five minutes after I read that verse, and while I was still marinating on it, I got the opportunity to try it out, when the curtains where pulled off the wall in Ava's room!! The verse really does work - and I have a feeling I will get to try it out many more times today!!
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