"Wisdom Teaches Control"

Good morning,
I pray your morning is going well! Pay someone a compliment today - no matter how you feel! When you add value to someone's life; it makes YOU smile too...

Our bold print today is verse 27, NLTse, and is another one of those verses that just says it all!!:

Proverbs 17:27

27 "A truly wise person uses few words; a person with understanding is even-tempered."

It's another verse about our mouths! "A truly wise person uses few words" - a wise person knows that it is not always good to say everything on your mind. The NIV actually says "uses words with restraint" or control. The last part of the verse just instructs us AGAIN, to have self-control. As we have discussed in previous posts...self-control is a choice!

I will close this post by bringing your attention to a companion verse that relates so well to our bold print:

James 1:19-20 (NIV)
19 "My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, "

20" for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. "

Make the choice!!