Good morning God
“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
Psalm 19:14. ESV
Earlier this week I made a comment to one of my co -workers. What I thought was a joke (ok maybe slight jab 😊 ) turned out to be a bit offensive to the person . My coworker confronted me on it later and said it bothered him a bit. I once again realized that “words of my mouth” can impact people directly. Often times words flow out of our mouth based on how we are feeling, or we say things without thinking what impact the words could have. I think we all have been here. In my case this week it was again a real learning experience to be aware of what impact my words may have. The tough thing is that once the words come out we can’t take them back. Perhaps the “meditation of my heart” should come ahead of the “words of my mouth” . In essence if we think before we speak or have the “filter” on we may not say words that may be harmful to others. God in all our interactions may we truly be aware of what we say and what impact our words may have for those that hear them. In spite our humanness help us to control what we say. Help us to use words and communication that may be edifying to those that hear. May the “words of my/our mouths and the mediations of my/our heart truly be acceptable to you” and to those we are communicating with
Thanks for this reminder, God
Thank you, God, for guiding us thru another week. Some have traveled and some have been stuck because of the weather. Some of us have had good and uplifting experiences and some have had more challenging weeks. Some have been blessed by connections we have made and some of us look for more interaction. Some have had a good week of work and some have just had a tough week at the office. No matter what our status or experiences we thank you for being there with us. Sometimes we are not aware of your presence until later but nevertheless we are thankful for your presence in our lives
We seem to be living in challenging times in our Country, Province and Region. We face impending elections, and we often are confused about where our allegiances should be. There is so much coming at us in the political world, and we are left reeling trying to figure it all out. We ask that you guide our thoughts in this area. As we try to figure things out in the political world help us to be prayerful and uplifting rather then sinical and anxious. We pray for all our political leaders whether federally, provincially, or regionally. Give them all peace of mind and clarity of mind and may the govern with integrity and good conscience.
Thank you for answering prayers in the past and for current prayers that we have. Again we thank you for being a God that is all knowing and aware at all times. We bring shared requests, but we know you know the unspoken concerns and requests that are there. Thank you for being with those who have experienced lost of a loved on in the past year or so. Continue to hold them close as they miss their loved ones. We thank you for families that help us get thru.
We also lift up our Households of faith this week:
God we do not know what the week or months ahead hold for us but we pray that you would continue to guide us and in our thoughts and actions.
And we ask that the Meditations of our Hearts and the Words of our mouth be acceptable to you and maybe mor importantly to all those around us
In all this we ask it
Amen