Conversation

 

Conversation

 Some time ago I was working on the exterior of a beautiful home in the Mission Hills  area of San Diego.  There are a lot of people that walk by that house as they are out exercising, or taking their dog for a walk, or just out for a casual stroll on a beautiful San Diego morning.  I was able to overhear several conversations as the people walked by.  “I wonder if they are going to change the color of the house?”   “When I had my house painted on the inside it really smelled terrible.”  “I have seen that company many times in this neighborhood.” Those conversations which I overheard would probably not

have happened if we were not painting that home. The point being, what stirs up our conversation during the course of the day? 

 But more importantly than the events of the day that stir up conversation, what kind of words do we use?  Do we use wholesome and encouraging words or do we complain about our circumstances and trash talk other people?  Or worse yet do we use words that are not pleasing to the Lord at all?  “Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.” Eph 4:29

 What a privilege we have that while we are doing our tasks during the course of a normal day, we can be engaged in conversation with our Father in Heaven. If someone asks us a question or there is a topic that spurs conversation, “Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.”  Col 4:6

 Have a wonderful week talking with God and encouraging and edifying others with your conversations.

 Pastor Marty