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Source: Porch Sitting Union of America Facebook Page
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Colossians 4:6
Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
Why does the tongue have such devastating power? Because it speaks the thoughts and feeling of the heart, and our hearts are naturally proud and willing to strike out at others.
Bill Gothard
The Power of Spoken Blessings
Matthew 12:36
But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
Mother Teresa
Psalm 119:105
Your word is a lamp to my feet
And a light to my path.
Your word is a lamp to my feet
And a light to my path.
Talk happiness; talk faith; talk health.
Say you are well, and all is well with you,
and God shall hear your words and make them true.
Ela Wheeler Wilcox
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat its fruit.
And those who love it will eat its fruit.
Until Next Time
I have heard the tongue is the only muscle in the body that never gets tired!
ReplyDeleteTwo of my favorite memories of childhood are on porch memories. My grandparents lived about a 200 yards from me out in the country we lived. All the grandchildren would gather in the yard under the huge pecan tree while the adults landed on the porch most evenings in the summer. I have such fun memories of those days. My other memory is my great granddaddy who lived just behind my grandparents would always come out midday to sit in his chair and read his Bible. Such a picture of faith that always stayed with me.
ReplyDeleteI don't have a porch now and sure miss it. Lots of good conversations on a porch. Mom and I used to have the best ones while we sat together in Florida. Have a blessed day.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to porch time again...waiting for it to cool down a bit here before I can enjoy the porch...and yes, stop raining too, although today is sunny...just too humid. Love the verses and thoughts you shared. Our tongue is a powerful tool...may we use it wisely.
ReplyDeleteMy sister and I used to love sitting on Grandma's front porch and wave to the people who drove by. She had a glider and we rocked back and forth as we just enjoyed the outdoors and the traffic passing by.
ReplyDeleteAhhh... I have so many good porch memories! Brilliant post, Mary!
ReplyDeleteHere it is just too hot to sit out on the porch today. Maybe tomorrow will be cooler.
ReplyDeleteAs I began reading the verses on the tongue I immediately thought of Proverbs 18:21. Isn't it scary to think that our tongues have that much power? All the more reason to seek to please our Lord with our speech.
ReplyDeleteMary, you have written an especially wonderful post here and I enjoyed it so much. All the quotes are good, starting with the explanation of why people needed porches in the first place!
ReplyDeleteI, too, am a fan of Bill Gothard. Your quote from him is excellent.
I may share some of your quotes on my blog in the near future (giving you credit, of course). Good words are worth repeating! I'll let you know when I do.
I always say, America's problems could all be solved if people still sat on porches!
ReplyDeleteGrace & Peace,
Pam
Great article..I am looking so forward to your blogcomment and
ReplyDeleteI love your page on your post.. That is so pretty..
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