I've become sick with words unspoken. My stomach has soured and my heart polluted. Going along to get along is a maddening thing, for it steals, kills and destroys the soul over time. Do I believe that one should go against the grain just because, or share every thought and feeling that comes to mind, of course not! Its those ever playing scripts that are rehearse as they run through the mind that need to be given voice. Exposing suspicions, by allowing the reality of our hearts to be laid bare is the only way to release those sour and polluted waters that embitter our souls. Whether thoughts and feelings are correct or incorrect, justified or unjustified, they must be exposed for the sake of growth and correction, affirmation and maturity. As I write these words I am reminded of something that the Apostle Paul told his disciple Timothy; " for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but one of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." A sound mind is the phrase that grips me. Being sick with words undermines the soundness of our minds.
Sound, in the original greek language is hygiēs, an adjective which means to make one whole, i.e. restore him to health. Its root word is auxanō, a verb, which means to cause to grow, augment, to increase, become greater, or to grow. We were not given a spirit that causes us to fear but a spirit that causes us to grown, to become sound in our minds, and whole in our being. It is for growth and maturity that we were given the spirit, so release those things that are hindering, expose your wisdom and brokenness, and allow the spirit through whichever means God chooses, to teach us and make us sound.
****Application:
While writing this I made a short list of people that I needed to have conversations with and reasoned not to post until I began to have those conversations. Two out of four conversations have been had; one didn't go so well, the other was healing and emotional. Of the last two conversations that I have not had one is an encouraging word to an old employer, the other a tough conversation with a friend. I share this to say, no matter how well sharing the script you have been rehearsing to yourself goes, its not the point. Sharing them is the point. Its an offering, its a workable substance that can be made into something that I believe will ultimately benefit us. If things are mended, encouragements shared, or paths diverge and relationships severed, the point is this; you have made room within to grow, and a deeper level of soundness added to the mind.
May soundness of mind be added to you, through faithful action and by the gracious spirit.
Peace and Blessings
Sound, in the original greek language is hygiēs, an adjective which means to make one whole, i.e. restore him to health. Its root word is auxanō, a verb, which means to cause to grow, augment, to increase, become greater, or to grow. We were not given a spirit that causes us to fear but a spirit that causes us to grown, to become sound in our minds, and whole in our being. It is for growth and maturity that we were given the spirit, so release those things that are hindering, expose your wisdom and brokenness, and allow the spirit through whichever means God chooses, to teach us and make us sound.
****Application:
While writing this I made a short list of people that I needed to have conversations with and reasoned not to post until I began to have those conversations. Two out of four conversations have been had; one didn't go so well, the other was healing and emotional. Of the last two conversations that I have not had one is an encouraging word to an old employer, the other a tough conversation with a friend. I share this to say, no matter how well sharing the script you have been rehearsing to yourself goes, its not the point. Sharing them is the point. Its an offering, its a workable substance that can be made into something that I believe will ultimately benefit us. If things are mended, encouragements shared, or paths diverge and relationships severed, the point is this; you have made room within to grow, and a deeper level of soundness added to the mind.
May soundness of mind be added to you, through faithful action and by the gracious spirit.
Peace and Blessings
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