Day 30 - March 13

Well I think I've sat down to blog everyday this week and the busyness of each day just seemed to override it. Don't worry I didn't fall of the wagon and spend my days vegging out in front of the TV. Tim, Layla and I moving back into London in a few weeks so I've been packing.

I feel like I've been learning a lot this week. I've been listening to some podcast sermons as I've been packing and I'm really trying to put into practice these things that I am learning. One of the podcast that I listening to was all about us "taming the tongue" OK so I talk WAY to much! Sometime I'll say something and as the words are leaving my mouth I wish I could some how grab them and put them back in. If you have that problem too THINK before you speak

T - True - is what you are about say the truth
H - Helpful - so it may be true but is helpful to say it
I - Inspirational - is this going to help people move forward in there life
N - Necessary - OK this is the big one for me and self explanatory
K - Kind- Are my words kind

So if what you are about say meets these qualifications go ahead speak it out. If it doesn't maybe hold onto those words.

"For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says,he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things.
How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell. For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water?"
James 3:2-11