Comments on: A Silver Tongue http://www.laurabooz.com/2007/09/24/81/ just walking it out... Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:05:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Noelle http://www.laurabooz.com/2007/09/24/81/#comment-60 Noelle Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:58:41 +0000 http://www.laurabooz.com/2007/09/24/81/#comment-60 I agree Admin., it is an issue of the heart. May God purify the depths of our heart! I agree Admin., it is an issue of the heart. May God purify the depths of our heart!

]]> By: admin http://www.laurabooz.com/2007/09/24/81/#comment-59 admin Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:14:03 +0000 http://www.laurabooz.com/2007/09/24/81/#comment-59 I agree with both of you. Thank you for your thoughtful comments. I, too, want to enjoy my sense of humor (even if other people don't) because I do believe that it is a gift from God. Maybe that's part of why I feel the call to make sure that it is pure. I'm beginning to take heed to the times when it actually *feels* pure and when it *feels* ugly (aka: the Holy Spirit giving me feedback!). What I don't like is the feeling deep in my heart that fuels the meanness that comes out of my mouth. I've tried to figure out the best way to address this feeling (sometimes it feels as impossible as the one itchy spot I can't reach!); from what I gather, I can confess, renew my mind, and trust God to guide my heart like a waterway. I agree with both of you. Thank you for your thoughtful comments.

I, too, want to enjoy my sense of humor (even if other people don’t) because I do believe that it is a gift from God. Maybe that’s part of why I feel the call to make sure that it is pure. I’m beginning to take heed to the times when it actually *feels* pure and when it *feels* ugly (aka: the Holy Spirit giving me feedback!). What I don’t like is the feeling deep in my heart that fuels the meanness that comes out of my mouth. I’ve tried to figure out the best way to address this feeling (sometimes it feels as impossible as the one itchy spot I can’t reach!); from what I gather, I can confess, renew my mind, and trust God to guide my heart like a waterway.

]]> By: Grandmom http://www.laurabooz.com/2007/09/24/81/#comment-58 Grandmom Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:53:10 +0000 http://www.laurabooz.com/2007/09/24/81/#comment-58 Sometimes I think that sarcasm is our way to make a point when we don't have the courage or thoughtfulness or right words to communicate, carefully, the issue with the "intended target." Something like a poet...who can only communicate his deepest feelings through poetry. As Christians, though, it truly is important to adjust at the thinking level thereby reshaping the feeling level, and finally, controlling our verbal expression. ("As a man thinketh, so he is" ) It is the thinking level...that must be brought under Christ first...to see another as Christ sees him...oh, to have the mind of Christ! Forgive me if I have not modelled this ! Thanks for the wonderful insights! Sometimes I think that sarcasm is our way to make a point when we don’t have the courage or thoughtfulness or right words to communicate, carefully, the issue with the “intended target.” Something like a poet…who can only communicate his deepest feelings through poetry. As Christians, though, it truly is important to adjust at the thinking level thereby reshaping the feeling level, and finally, controlling our verbal expression. (”As a man thinketh, so he is” ) It is the thinking level…that must be brought under Christ first…to see another as Christ sees him…oh, to have the mind of Christ! Forgive me if I have not modelled this !
Thanks for the wonderful insights!

]]> By: Noelle http://www.laurabooz.com/2007/09/24/81/#comment-54 Noelle Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:07:00 +0000 http://www.laurabooz.com/2007/09/24/81/#comment-54 I struggle with the same thing. It is so easy to say negative, sarcastic, hurtful words to siblings. Why is that? I hate it! I guess satan has plotted against healthy sibling relationships since the very beginning, starting with Cain and Able. It is rampant in society today. God says that we cannot love Him unless we love our brother (1 John). One verse that I want to begin to pray more is Ps. 141:3-"Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips." Who can tame the tongue (James 3)? We all sin with our tongues and need God to help us as we battle to speak what is right. The whole sarcasm thing I can totally sympathize with. I kind of have a dry wit and that usually comes out in sarcastic comments. I want to discover how to use my dry wit in a way that is not tearing down, 'cause humor is good when used right. I mean, God created humor and dry wit. He must be more funny that any of us! Now there's a thought! I struggle with the same thing. It is so easy to say negative, sarcastic, hurtful words to siblings. Why is that? I hate it! I guess satan has plotted against healthy sibling relationships since the very beginning, starting with Cain and Able. It is rampant in society today. God says that we cannot love Him unless we love our brother (1 John). One verse that I want to begin to pray more is Ps. 141:3-”Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.” Who can tame the tongue (James 3)? We all sin with our tongues and need God to help us as we battle to speak what is right.
The whole sarcasm thing I can totally sympathize with. I kind of have a dry wit and that usually comes out in sarcastic comments. I want to discover how to use my dry wit in a way that is not tearing down, ’cause humor is good when used right. I mean, God created humor and dry wit. He must be more funny that any of us! Now there’s a thought!

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