24. March 26, 2014 -24th Day of Lent

Let our Talks Be Guided in Gods Wisdom

But Mary treasured all these things, pondering them in her heart. -Luke 2:19

This is something that we find hard to do sometimes. If we are bursting in ideas, or plans ,or if we have something to say about our achievement we find if often difficult to control our tongue. Even if its in a group of friends or relatives or well wishers we try to bring onto focus our points and ideas. We go on talking. If it is a situation of tension or a situation which made us feel bad of something, we find it difficult to control our tongues. But God says to us to talk less.

Mother Mary ,who had a life full of blessings, trials and hardships was always seen to treasure it in her heart and giving thanks to God and being humble for Gods wish to be fulfilled through Her. But if we imagine this in our life, we make a story behind our each incident.

If something is happening the way that we don't like, we adjust our talks so as to avoid what is going to happen, to come into the way that we like. But we never think of the consequences that will follow for that momentary adjustment talk. We may knowingly sometimes reject someone that we really know, or may betray someone that is mean to us, or may tell a lie to add a pomp to the matter, we may hurt someone or give a false to praise someone. Simple talks get us on to a false situation that displays an untrue self.

“It is the same with our tongue. It is a small part of the body, but it can boast about doing great things.
A big forest fire can be started with only a little flame. The tongue is like a fire. It is a world of evil among the parts of our body. It spreads its evil through our whole body and starts a fire that influences all of life. It gets this fire from hell.” James 3:5-6

We use our tongues to praise our Lord and Father, but then we curse people who were created in God’s likeness. These praises and curses come from the same mouth. My brothers and sisters, this should not happen. James 3:9-10

Our tongue that make us talks a lot can make us the most impure. It is said that,

“It is not what people put in their mouth that makes them wrong. It is what comes out of their mouth that makes them wrong.” Mathew 15:11

Sometimes we might even know how our talks carry us away to a false world. We boast a lot and pretend about what we aren't in reality.

We must take care how our tongue controls our talking. For that we must have the wisdom of God. We must be guided by Gods wisdom all the time. We must be able to give the control of our tongue to our Father Almighty. We must pray to God always so that we can walk in His guidance always.

Set a guard over my mouth, LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips. Psalms 141:3

We should be the same in front of all. We should never add up or slip off in our talks to something that we are not. Let our talks and tongues be in Gods hands.

Do not be a hypocrite before others,

and keep watch over your lips. Sirach 1:29

A slip on the pavement is preferable

to a slip of the tongue; Sirach 20-18

Avoid idle talk, and you will avoid a lot of trouble. Sirach 19:1

“keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies.” Psalms 34:13

Let us submit the weakness of our tongue and the uncontrollable talks in the hands of God. Let Him take our control. Next time when we feel out of control in our talks, or slips in our chats, or boasting among our groups, let us think of our God, let us think of Jesus who suffered due to a false tongue of Judas and who inturn was led to a suicide by this tongue. Let us think of all the incidents that come to our mind that our tongue made us to sin or made a false talk, or made someone hurt or wasted someone’s time. Let us feel sorry for this and submit ourselves to the hands of Almighty to give us His wisdom in all that we talk.Let us learn to treasure our thing sin our heart and submit it to God, let Him guide us the way we can use it.

Lord God help us to control our talks and let us talk only in Your wisdom and guidance. Always make us aware not to hurt someone or waste someone's time with our boastful talks. Teach us to be humble in all that we say and make us a good listener. Put Your words of life in our tongue that we may be a living word giving hope and life to others. Amen


Reading
Sirach 19:6-17
James 3:1-12