Day 38 Bible Reading

Job 40-42, Matthew 25, Psalm 19: 7-14

Psalm 19: 14 (ESV)

“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.”

Verse 14 from Psalm 19 seems like such a good prayer to say to God whenever a person needs to say something important, before doing a teaching, or even before speaking to a loved one about a contentious item. By repeating verse 14, we are praying to God that whatever we are about to say to another person meets with God’s approval. And perhaps if it is not, then we are asking God to speak through us. I like the idea of thinking of each person we are speaking to as God, so whatever we say to them is kind and thoughtful and not mean or thoughtless. It would be great if we could have this thought every time we speak, but that would be hard. Not impossible but hard and would take a certain amount of discipline. But I feel we need to repeat this verse for the times we when speak to someone that are important and/or stressful.