Psalm for Today: Psalms 19:14

Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer. Psalms 19:14

The words we speak are powerful. Jesus said by our words we are justified; by our words we are condemned. Proverbs says the power of life and death are in the tongue. James speaks of the power of the tongue and how powerful it is. We are to be slow to speak. Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his tongue. With the mouth confession is made unto salvation. There are countless verses written about what we speak. I am sure we have opened our mouth and inserted our foot. We've all said things that we wish we would not have said. Words can have eternal significance so it is very important that we guard our lips. What kind of words are acceptable and pleasing to the Lord? Words of praise to the Father are always acceptable and He is worthy. Col. 4:6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.  His grace enables us to respond in the right manner. Words of grace are words that like salt purify, preserve, and flavor. I have found that a little salt takes bitterness away as with putting salt on a grapefruit. Ephesians 4:29 is a similar verse. Our words should edify and impart grace to the hearer. Now what about those meditations? Proverbs say as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. Do you ever think about what you have been thinking about? Is my mind filled with worries and anxiety. The apostle Paul addresses what we should be thinking about pretty well in Philippians 4: 8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy----meditate on these things.  It would be hard to improve on that. May we say and think on those things which are in His heart.