Thursday, January 1, 2009

Guard my heart

2009
Friday, January 2

Matthew 15:18-20
But the words you speak come from the heart - thats what defiles you. For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, all secual immorality, theft, lying and slander. There are what defile you. Eating with unwashed hands will never defile you.

Many times I had said things I regret, and other times I had said things I should regret. But the point is not to try to stop saying those things. Things about my friends, my church, even my family. Things about my bosses, about my colleagues. The point Jesus is teaching is to stop thinking those things, stop feeling it. To chase them away when I start thinking about them. To bless and not curse. Most important of all is to pray.

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