power of the tongue

Okay so for a while now in my devotions i have been reading quite a bit about the power of the tongue. Good and bad. I feel like i have been slapped in the face. I am trying to to think about times when i might have used my tongue in a way that was not pleasing to the Lord.
You know those times when you have convinced yourself that you have a right to say what you want. whether it is with your spouse, your kids. other family members or even co-workers.
God has given us a powerful tool and this week i am faced with the reality that i may have used that power in the wrong way. BUT i know i have also used it in a good way. with the grace and forgiveness from God i know that i can look ahead and not look back. Isn't that what He does with us? Praise God for that!

Proverbs 21:23 says Whosoever keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

"Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!" - Psalm 141:3 (ESV)

i say this all to say... i know there are times in my life when i just want the truth to be clear. I want my perspective on life and situations to be known. sometimes i think the lord is saying...April what's the point. "If i want justice to be served or a situation to be known let me handle it" guard your mouth and your heart.

so today i will enpower my tongue with the word of my God.

i love all ya'll and remember...1 cup of white sugar plus 1 T of molasses = brown sugar

april