26 She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
So I have a question for you. What words do you speak into people? Are you a proverbs 31 girl who speaks with wisdom and faithful instruction or are you a girl who speaks negatively and with criticism?
You know the saying sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me? Well the truth is that words have the power to build us up or tear us down.
We live in a world where we do care what people think and say about us. When we go walking down the street and we come across one person they might think we look like a really nice person then we walk across someone else and they think something completely different and this is because everyone is different. Everyone needs different words said to them. And let me tell you now that God has those words and we need to listen to them and pray about them.
So I go to Amaroo School. And I act completely different at school then I do at youth and church and this is because I’m not confident which is because of what people have said to me and how they act around me. Some people at school don’t like me. I haven’t done anything to them, haven’t called them names haven’t hurt them in anyway they just don’t like me which I don’t really mind because they are not the type of people I want to hang out with and be friends with. but I still care about what they say about me. I care about what everyone around me says about me. I have low self esteem at school because I have had people call me ‘ugly’ numerous amounts of times. Every time I leave my house for school I think do I look okay? Will someone give me a look saying ‘why do I even try?’ But you know what?At one stage a couple of years ago I hated going to school, I din't like stuff at home and I just wasn't a very happy person but the only thing that kept me going was youth and the people in youth. I love youth it was the only place I felt accepted and the only place where I seemed to have self confidence. After a while I got over that. I got over it because people were telling me the truth, and I have to admit the truth did hurt sometimes but because I had friends that encouraged me and were there for me I was able to get through that. I am learning to stop thinking like that and to stop caring what people think and say about me. Now don’t get me wrong its wonderful to have someone call you beautiful especially a boy but we don’t need to be told by boys, friends or family that we are beautiful because the only persons thoughts we should care about is God’s. And God thinks think we are ALL beautiful!
Psalm 139:14 (New International Version)
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
We are all fearfully and wonderfully made! So those kids at school they are using the kind of words that tear us down. But God’s words are the words that build us up. We need to listen to his words. We need to be women of wisdom and faithful instruction.
Jeremiah 1:6-9 (New International Version)
6 "Ah, Sovereign LORD," I said, "I do not know how to speak; I am only a youth."
7 But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, 'I am only a youth.' You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. 8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you," declares the LORD.
9 Then the LORD reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, "Now, I have put my words in your mouth.
Just because we are young it doesn’t mean our words don’t have influence. We are young and we are just one person in the world which can be a bit scary and nerve-racking at times - I know when I get nervous I don’t like to talk. But God has declared that he will rescue us and will be there with us when we are afraid. God never gives us something we can’t handle. God has put his words into us! Because we have his words we need to go share whose words with the world! We might not want to but we don’t have to be afraid. We have God.
Now bask to my first question What words do you speak into people? Are you a proverbs 31 girl who speaks with wisdom and faithful instruction or are you a girl who speaks negatively and with criticism?. I think everyone has a bit of both. We all have proverbs 31 in us where we can share God's word and give faithful instruction to guide others and we all every once and a while speak negatively and with critisism, for me this happens a lot with my brother because he is very annoying. I think everyone here has that one brotherly image in there life - someone who is annoying and they are the people we have to work with the most. We have to tame our tongues when we are with these people - its going to take time and you won't get it straight away but if you do it in steps you will one day get there.
We are humans, we make mistakes. But that’s why Jesus came and died on the cross for us. John 3:16 16"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son. We might make heaps of mistakes but God doesn’t care about those mistakes he has forgiven us. He cares about that one simple sentence that makes someone’s day.
For us to speak wisely and faithfully we need to read the bible and allow it to deposit into our hearts and let it flow out into our lives and into the lives around us.
There will be tough times. Because we need to speak truthfully and sometimes the truth hurts and might be hard for them to take. But because we have God –and God is love- we can deliver the truth in a loving and non-judgemental way.
If we are going to be a generation of girls that speak with wisdom and faithful instruction - It is going to take time and self-control but it is possible for us to tame our tongues and speak life into our worlds, our friends and our family.
Proverbs 31:26 (New International Version)
No comments:
Post a Comment