1st Peter 3:10. “For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:” WATCH YOUR TONGUE. With waking moments, each day a pattern is set Open your eyes first – Wait long moments before you open your mouth A morning hymn of praise and joy A prayer from the lips of the soul Reaches beyond the limits of sight And is heard – blessings to the soul come Thoughts previously unknown await discovery As the eyes of the understanding open The tongue remains behind closed doors The broad expansive pastures of the mind are green The fragrance of sweet thoughts Leave no room for the spoken word The mind first, then the senses blaze with light Above the pages, above the room, above unfolding scenes The “love of life” and “good days” comes from up there Silent words – loud thoughts form The Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit Crowd in to fill the waiting vessel And from God’s fullness, the mind and heart The emotions and senses absorb God Limited it is true, but breathtaking in its fullness God fills all the corners of being With unseen light, life, grace and faith like pillars Truth rises like a living, moving, breathing sword Righteousness forms walls to protect Peace takes its place to prepare me for the storm outside Love rises and finds its occupation everywhere –
Then opportunity comes, and tongue and lips are ready to join all the others in a sanctified chorus – Now let the day begin!
“Holy Father, some moments are very special. I don’t want to trivialize them or make them like sickly sweet sanctimonious babble. But I am grateful that You look on the heart not just on the outside. Search me and know me, O God. Keep me from religious flesh as much as from any other. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”