You will notice I have expanded my horizons. 😊 I have learned how to add some of my personal photos to my page. I figured it out after I posted last week, so I decided it was worth a repost. It went well with my Perspective Post of last week.

**This will be a busy week, affecting Body, Mind and Spirit. Next Saturday Sept 23 is my daughter Autumn’s Cancer Benefit.

But I wanted to take a few minutes to share a combination of things, that drew me to a conclusion, and a question for us to ponder. There have been times, words have been spoken to us that seemingly, cut like a sharp knife.

This morning in our Pastor’s sermon he referred to a friend that for years had drank a flavor of coffee that he didn’t like, just because that was what he (my pastor) had offered him. After discovering this nearly ten years later, he asked his friend why he hadn’t said anything. Now while we may not agree with his reasoning, I think his response is worth a ponder.  He said “I never said anything, because our friendship was more important to me than the flavor of the coffee I drank.

Then later this morning I was reading from a devotion book, and it was talking about our words. We have all heard, or seen things that really should be addressed, and we say I wonder if I should say something? We usually know it should be addressed, but we don’t know how to address it.  We have all heard the saying “Hey! Don’t shoot the messenger.”  But we also know sometimes the messenger should at least be shot at😊.

But that can be another blog. Today I want to talk about my ears and my heart, not my mouth.

Many years ago, my husband made a statement about an past event in my life, that caused me to feel like at the very least I had been hit by something big enough to both throw me backwards and forward in a split second. I guess you could say it was like having a very bad emotional whiplash.

I am not sure how much later it was, or even who asked me this question. Do you think in your wildest imagination that your husband Jim, would ever intentionally say anything to you, that he knew would hurt you as bad as this has. To which I immediately knew he would not have. The advice was; Now remembering that fact, try for a moment to block out his words, and imagine, what his heart was trying to say.  

I remember hearing Jeff Foxworthy (a comedian) say, remember when your mom would walk into the room, and say “What do you think you are doing.”?  If not at that time, later you probably  realized, this had very little to do with what  (you thought you were doing)  rather what she thought you were doing that was going to get you into trouble. 😊

 HOW VERY TRUE!

My son has this thing he does, when he is wanting to correct my actions, words or deeds. He will say “Hey Mom why are you doing this, or why are you trying to do that, then he will look at me with a smirk and say “Just asking for a friend”. 😊 To which always reminds me to hear his heart, not his words.

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A Thought to Ponder.

What was their heart trying to say, while their tongues were stumbling over the words.