In The School Cafeteria

Friday, January 8, 2021

Proverbs 11:12 says, "He who despises his neighbor lacks sense but he who has wisdom keeps silent." I remember an incident in junior high where a gym teacher made a comment to a lunch lady. The lunch lady responded and they ended up red faced and screaming at the top of their lungs. Finally, the janitor broke it up and took the gym teacher away. We were all stunned, gazing in shocked silence. Whatever they were fighting over, it couldn't have been something important. Nothing could have warranted what we saw that day in the school cafeteria. People often allow the littlest things to destroy relationships, marriages, and families by giving voice to anger or rage. A very important principle in the Lord is, to learn when not to speak. When there is anything bad, or when there is anger or hostility, hold off from speaking. Wait until you can act on the good. As soon as you have good in your heart, act upon the good. Act on it, speak it, and do it in love. Be like Messiah and not like the gym teacher and the lunch lady.rn

From Message #552 - Good to Your Own Soul