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Welcome back readers!  Lets dive into this week topic, The Power of Keeping Quiet. If you missed part 1 of the Power of Keeping Quiet   click the underlined text. It's set up a good foundation on this topic. This week, I want to provide us with applicable tools on how to practice controlling the tongue. A big part of my blog is rooted in my faith, because I believe in our own human power we can only get so far, but with the power of the Holy Spirit, ALL things are possible. Sincerely, over the years I've had to lean into scripture to help me control my tongue. These two scriptures below are powerful in controlling the tongue.  1. James 1:19 : "Be Slow to Speak, Quick to Listen and Slow to Anger" In the heat of a disagreement/argument it's so easy for our mouths to run loose. We start saying words that pierce like a sword and the dangerous thing about words is once they leave our mouths, we can't take them back and the recipient of your words w...

Over the years I have come to learn that the human tongue is one of the hardest objects to control. Our mouths are running so fast that sometimes we say things that should have never left our mouths in the first place. Proverbs 21:23 states, "Those who guard their mouths and their tongue keeps themselves from calamity." This means if we're not careful our mouths can put us in serious TROUBLE. There is POWER in keeping quiet. Yesterday at work, I don't know what was in the water, but I had to deal with a lot of angry patients. They were angry about one thing or another and I was the one that had to deal with their anger. In the mist of being yelled at by some patients I had two options. I could either snap back and give them a piece of my mind (then jeopardize my job) or I could bite my tongue, keep quiet, and do my best to resolve their conflict (and keep my job). Thankfully, different circumstances over the years, taught me to pick my battles wises. I kept q...