When I came to work in the morning the light on my bookshelf blinked out as I turned it on. When I came home I was just about to make dinner when the light over my stove blinked out. Finding this to be curious I replaced it and-expecting a friend-flipped the switch for the patio light over our front door but no light came on! I was baffled! How could three of my lights burn out in one day!? I’m not sure if that means anything other than demonstrating the second law of thermodynamics…

I’m feeling rather lighthearted today with a small workload, the weekend ahead and a big Lord of the Rings event for Bobby’s students going on tonight. Last night my friends were over for our 1 Peter study and I was convicted as we talked about 4:11 which says, “If anyone speaks, let him speak as the words of God, if anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified…” This topic of watching our words proved very prevalent to each of us as we all shared times that we joke sacrastically, speak hastily and complain about things in our words. I know that if I thought of speaking as saying “the words of God” I would be so much more cautious and considerate in my words and probably spare myself from alot of trouble. I was encouraged and challenged by Ecclesiastes 5:2, “Do not be rash with your mouth, and let not your heart utter anything hastily before God. For God is in heaven, and you are on earth; Therefore let your words be few.”

Purify my heart to obey,
Train my tongue to give praise,
To You, only You Lord…