“Careful words make for a careful life; careless talk may ruin everything.”
Proverbs 13:3 MSG – A verse of the day from the Bible presented in Eugene Peterson’s contemporary version called The Message. Accompanied by a personal reflection below.
I wish that more people would take this piece of advice to heart more often. Or perhaps I ought to rephrase that: I wish that I would take this piece of advice to heart more often. Because the fact is that I very often don’t take care to use “careful words” and engage in “careless talk” which sure enough results in “ruining everything.” Would that we might pause more often before sharing aloud every single thought that enters our head! Would that we might pause long enough to replace some thoughts with more sensible and reasonable ones! Here’s to a fresh attempt at doing just that!
