Wouldn’t that be a great way to introduce you to a blog entry – got nothing to say! Ha.
What inspired me to write this post was something posted by one of the writers I look up to in the blogosphere, the great King Arthur. I call him King Arthur, he doesn’t call himself King Arthur. I do, because his name is Arthur. I don’t know anyone else called Arthur, so him being the first I thought I might as well get the thing out of the way.
In any case, recently he posted this concerning his state of being and resulting ability to share something on his blog. If you clicked and read the link you’ll note it’s not the longest post you’ve read. Indeed I’ve wrote more in this paragraph than he did in the post! (Just to say, however, that although this piece is inspired by the blog it is in no way a critique of it.)
Why I was inspired by it, however, was it reminded me of a saying I heard often which went something like this
If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything
Now I’ve heard and read that often, and of late I have been endeavouring to practice it. What I noticed, unfortunately, is that although I don’t have anything nice to say, I evidently have something unpleasant to say which I choose not to say. On the one hand, hurrah for me and my self-restraint. On the other hand what does that say about the state of my heart that my silence isn’t just an act of self-control, but also a cover for some issues within that prevents healthy edifying communication? After all, edifying communication isn’t necessarily everything pleasant – a rebuke and a stern warning are great words of edification in their own way.
It is easy to criticise those who don’t have s much control over their speech and are likely to bring forth the bile and toxic waste that they have within them and verbally download it. Yet and all, it is not a reason to be content to have just kept quiet. Indeed for some people that silence literally speaks volumes, especially as that silence can be accompanied by those facial gestures of discomfort and subsequent actions of dislike.
The challenge of living in the light of the love of God is to echo His character of loving what appears to be the unlovely – and that challenge is best seen when it comes to engaging with those who are usually the recipients of the saying above.
Nah, I’m not there yet, but it is a place I want to get to, it seems like a lovely place to be and it also rids me of the negative stuff that got me to keep me mouth shut in the first place.
For His Name’s Sake
Shalom
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