I don't know about the rest of you ladies, but I also keep up with a number of other Christian blogs for women, including our very own inspiration for this blog, Good Morning Girls, and the above quote is actually from that website! I utterly enjoy cross-referencing other godly women's thoughts and inspirations, and other Christian devotions/articles online. It's become something of a daily ritual for me that strengthens my faith and reminds me that I'm not alone! :)
With that said, there is a blog post that I found fitting to share relating to the subject of today's verse. It does refer to marriage, but I think that it would aptly apply to any loving relationship, whether agape OR eros love.
So be encouraged by this and reminded that we do need to control our tongues with a strength and ferocity that only God's Spirit gives!
Taking Every Thought Captive
“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” -Epictetus
Have a loving and peaceful Valentine's evening, sweet girls,
Love in Christ!!
~Cait
I was thinking about that quote, too. :) Two ears for a reason. I'm going to employ this with my hubby...I will ask him to tug on his ears ever so gently when I am being a bad listener. I was thinking today (read a couples devotion) about how we sometimes treat those close to us worse than we would our guests. How terrible! I want conversation with my man to be pleasing to the neighbor that might be knocking on the door, and to God who hears...
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