Salty Words

Reading for Today: Proverb Chapter 10

Gold Nugget

Verse 19: “In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is wise.”

Commentary

Often the fewest words are the best. Sometimes it’s that final statement that does so much damage. A mouthful of moderate words can be overshadowed by just a few salty ones. Like salt, a little goes a long way. Just a little bit of salt can add flavor to your food, but just a tad bit more than is right will ruin it. When adding salt to our food, we are very careful not to cross that line. Words are like salt. A little goes a long way. I wish we were as careful when adding words to a conversation. We are less concerned with where the line is from which words can add flavor to a conversation or when they will ruin it. If you have ever attempted to add salt to your meal and the lid fell off, you knew that your meal was ruined.

Many of us are like those salt shakers that have their lids just sitting on top instead of having them screwed on securely. We are ready at any moment to ruin the meal. If we are good salt shakers we will have a slow and easy application with limited output. We must know that a little goes a long way. We are to be aware that today’s “gold nugget” says, “In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is wise.” A few careful words will add life while a random tongue will destroy life. That being said, I will make this short. We can take it from here and see what we can learn from it.

Prayer

Lord, help us to do more with less. Help us to be slow to speak and quick to listen. Give us words of wisdom to replace the gab of foolishness. Amen

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