So what’s a blah you might
ask? A blah is a verbal vomit about the
last thing that has ticked us off, and it comes up quickly in our next
conversation.
Eg. Finished paying off the tv
today and realised the rent to buy situation wasn’t such a great idea and the
tv has cost me 3times what it should.
I really felt like God said not to
keep talking about because it was just making me uptight, stressed and not
doing the atmosphere in our home any good.
E.g. I was watching someone drive
stupidly on the road up ahead and accidentally drove through a red light, and
really hoped there wasn’t a camera on that set of lights.
At the time I was going to pick up
something from a lady I had just met and God said to me again that I didn’t
need to bring it up. It wasn’t going to
help her or me.
Don’t get me wrong, there are
certainly times we need to discuss and deal with issues and problems, but let’s
not blah them at people because it just makes us stressed. Remember the tongue is very powerful. It’s not wrong to tell people about these
situations but at the time it would have been adding fuel to the fire of
annoyance, and when you are annoyed at one thing it quickly escalates into
annoyance at your family and the atmosphere
in your homes get tense, when it doesn’t need to be.
If somebody asks me about that set
of lights now, I at least know it doesn’t have a camera on it and if somebody
asks me whether or not a rent to buy deal is a good idea I can calmly tell them
that it cost us a lot of money. I’ve
forgiven the sales men who didn’t give me the correct information and now I’m
calm.
Can you identify areas where you
blah?
I’m not advocating that we stuff
down our emotions, that is harmful too, I’m talking about little stressers that
aren’t worth repeating to people, yet we do to make conversation.
Here are a few conversation
starters that will set things on a positive spin . . . What has been a blessing
in your week? What has God shown you
through His Word? What is the best thing
that has happened to you today?
Ready? Let’s go change some atmospheres with our words!
"The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, and his glory is to overlook a transgression" Proverbs 19:11
"The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, and his glory is to overlook a transgression" Proverbs 19:11
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