Thots of a Blonde: January 2014

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Fruit of our Lips

Be careful what you say.

I have a tendency to blurt out whatever comes into my head...I've messed up a lot of stuff because of that.

In Proverbs 18:21 it says "Death and life are in the power of the tongue." It's true. See also Prov. 16:13, 29:11, Eccl. 10:11-14.

So before you say anything, wait.

Take some to to think.

Let that email or text sit for an hour, count to ten, or just ask yourself "even if I have a point...if I say this, what value does it have? Will this edify the other person?"

Will it build up...or tear down?

XOXOXO,

Random fact #8- Alexander the Great washed his hair in saffron, to keep it shiny and orange!

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Sunday, January 12, 2014

Our Hearts Cry

How can I keep doing this to Him? How can He continually forgive me?

I have let so much distract me; family, friends, music, movies, the internet, reading, etc...

Dear Reader,

Learn from my mistakes! There is NOTHING but God! Take this verse to heart:

"Who have I in Heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You. My flesh and my heart fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." -Psalm 73:25-26

Let this be your cry forever. I don't care what trials or blessings come...this should ALWAYS be your heart.

Pray:

"Dear God,

Refresh my soul! Turn my heart back to You."

Reader,

Take this to heart also! Memorize it, engrave it into your very heart!

"There is a Name I love to hear,

I love to sing its worth;

It sounds like music in my ear,

The sweetest name on earth.

Oh how I love Jesus,

Because He first loved me.

It tells of One Whose loving heart,

Can feel my deepest woe;

Who in each sorrow bears a part

That none can bear below.

It bids my trembling heart rejoice;

It dries each rising tear;

It tells me, in a 'still small voice,'

To trust and never fear."

Holy Holy is He, worthy is the Lord.