"If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth."
Proverbs 30:32
I like this verse because it recognizes that we're out there making mistakes, and it gives us some good counsel. When we realize that we've screwed up, then let's immediately stop ourselves and rethink. We all do foolishly sometimes. We lift ourselves up rather than lifting others. We think and consider evil rather than sticking to good... and every single time that happens, instead of giving up and deciding that we've just evil and we can't change, we should be laying our hands on our mouths and correcting our paths.
Today, no matter how foolish we have been, let's not get down on ourselves, but instead let's lay our hands on our mouths, and go to God and apologize and repent, and get back on track. That's what God wants... he doesn't want to punish us, but to lift us and help us to be our best selves.
Proverbs 30:32
I like this verse because it recognizes that we're out there making mistakes, and it gives us some good counsel. When we realize that we've screwed up, then let's immediately stop ourselves and rethink. We all do foolishly sometimes. We lift ourselves up rather than lifting others. We think and consider evil rather than sticking to good... and every single time that happens, instead of giving up and deciding that we've just evil and we can't change, we should be laying our hands on our mouths and correcting our paths.
Today, no matter how foolish we have been, let's not get down on ourselves, but instead let's lay our hands on our mouths, and go to God and apologize and repent, and get back on track. That's what God wants... he doesn't want to punish us, but to lift us and help us to be our best selves.
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