Words from an ant...go to the ant, thou sluggard. Words are what we use to communicate with each other; now that's a revelation. Some one has said actions speak louder than words, another bit of wisdom. Yet it is still true and just as the ant has spoken to the sluggard(sort of a demeaning term, sluggard is), so our actions tell a lot about us. Words can heal or they can hurt, especially accusing words and worse still when one is unjustly accused. We all know people like that, don't we? Jesus knows how it feels to be hurt by accusations, false ones. And yet when He was reviled, He reviled not again. He was rejected of men; strangers, countrtymen and yes even His own brothers. I think that to be rejected and accused falsely by a family member is no doubt the worst, the most painful. Now the ant did not speak directly to the sluggard; rather he was the inspiration for the writer of this particular proverb. However in one sense this ant spoke directly and correctly to the lazy individual that King James calls a sluggard by his work ethic.
However, my point in all of this confusion that I have created here this a.m. is the seriousness of saying a thing that will hurt another person. Once we let a word go forth from our lips, it is an impossibility to take it back. We cannot retrieve it. I have seen the results of a false accusation and it caused me to realize once again how important was and still is the wards found in James ch. 3 and verses 5-12. I am quoting from the NKJV.
"Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a matter a little fire kindles! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity." Skipping down to verse 10 "Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing . My brethren, these things ought not to be so.Words can hurt; words can heal...let us endeavour to heal with our words rather than hurt. So what about the ant you ask? Nothing; everyone knows ants can't talk...can they?
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I completely understand what you are talking about. Sometimes We say things, And we don't realized that
they actually hurt them until have it has been said. Some people take things harder then others. So we Need to
realize it hurts sometimes. And Sometimes we Need to think before we speak, and Actually prayer that the lord
will give us the right words to say. And I say we, cause I know I have done it, with no realize it at all. And I
Pray that the lord with give us the strength to think before we SPEAK. So we don't hurt or offend anyone.
2 Timothy 1:13
13What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching,
with faith and love in Christ Jesus.
In all the words we say should be with faith and love of Jesus. And
another verus that came to mind was..
2 Peter 2:18
18For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful
desires of sinful human nature, they entice people who are just escaping
from those who live in error.
Not sure if it Make Sense But Yeah....
hi Randall
The tongue...something that everyone of us has to watch out for.
It has away of working before our brain does. To offen the words are out and we know that they should not have been spoken at all.
We all have to hold our tongue and think first if what I'm about
to say is going to pick someone up
or tear them down.
We all have been hurt by words,
and we all hurt other with words,and even through we forgive
the words it is hard to forget them.
Words that are spoken to hurt either true or false are not what
the Lord gave us our tongue for.
He wants us to praise Him and lift
up others with it.
Use your tongue wisely..
C.M.
Good morning [ BM ] I have looked at the last 3 blogs....I just didn,t have time to comment on them,now you know how much this would BUG me...so I will take advantage of our first snow storm and try to come up with a comment....so here goes.......The bible,shows how things we don,t like [bugs ] when watched can teach us christians how to act or not act if we follow their lead and do as they do .....ants,grasshoppers,spiders and more....we hate bugs...why...we don,t even know but we do....they are creepy-crawly things that bug us [ just because they are there ]makes no difference ,they are just tring to live...we don,t care...so we hurt them....know what we hurt people the same way,we just reach out and squish them [their feelings ] like a bug,giving no thought what so ever...we have all seen this.....we have all done this..we are all guilty and we just keep right on doing it even though we know we are hurting our friends....just don,t seem to matter as long as its not me thats getting hurt...then its a different matter ah.....so if you have hurt someone [and you have ] fix it...its a SIN you know
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