Everybody has an opinion! Any news channel today becomes more of an opinion interview than a actual news report. Many people search the news like they are looking for lost shoe. They are hoping to find someone that thinks as they do so they can agree. Maybe they are just wanting to get mad because the disagree. It becomes a shouting match most of the time.
“For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man…out of the evil stored up in him.” Matthew 12:34-35.
Everyday we hear people opening up their “hearts” and speaking loudly—some with compassion, some with anger and bitterness. Words can heal when they are spoken from a pure heart, but they can destroy when they come from an evil heart.
We should not be swayed by others who have a louder opinion or point of view. The only point of view that is to be listened to is God’s Holy Word. It speaks truth loud and clear.
We are reminded in this scripture that we are to cleanse our hearts before we speak. But I also think that we should cleanse our ears before we hear.
“We will not give in to them for a moment, so the truth of the gospel may remain with you.” Galatians 2:5.
Have a blessed day!
In Christian love,
Diane