When Hormones talk…….

“Watch your words and hold your tongue;
   You’ll save yourself a lot of grief.”

~Proverbs 21:23 (The Message)~

 

 OK, I confess….when hormones TALK no one listens!I tried like heck to listen to my heart and keep my BIG mouth shut…

BUT…nooooooooo–out came the vile like a toilet clogged and overflowing.

Working overtime! Double time. Time wasted. Time regretted.

It all happens so fast these nasty demons just over take every ounce of self control and the deluge begins…

I remember the advice from my mother as a little girl:

“If you don’t have something nice to say–don’t say anything at all“

Why don’t I listen to my mother? At least just this once?

I guess I am dense, stubborn–are other women like me?

I wonder….wonderwoman I am not.

Must be one or two suffering from MOTOR MOUTH MADNESS.

I messed up again and gosh–I know better….I vow and pray to do better every time; but MY mouth takes over and the mayhem begins….the result:  WORD DAMAGE.

“Watch your words and hold your tongue;
   You’ll save yourself a lot of grief.”

The wisdom of Proverbs 21:23 (The Message)

Certainly I have studied and heard this verse a zillion times!!

Grief nobody needs and trying to undo the ugly gush is… well……

unnerving, humiliating, and yet another lesson in BE STILL.

When HORMONES talk NO ONE listens….(trust me on this one)

Regretfully the words today were not “words of affirmation” as I argued and WHINED to my husband about everything from STUFF to more stuff–nothing even important.

Just a BIG verbal venting that got me no where–except hurt, silent, and sorry.

Thank God HE forgives every stupid ranting

and provides a clean new slate everyday–

Days like today I required multiple, extra LARGE new slates–and He would have gladly obliged….BUT I was too Hormonally HOT, to stop, drop and seek HIS guidance & grace.

I have a plaque in my hallway that states:

WHEN LIFE BECOMES TO HARD TO STAND…..KNEEL.

Hormonally BLIND….I was and…now that that damage is done;

it is time open my eyes, seek repentance and make it snappy!

Never to late to kneel, but unfortunately I cannot retract the negative notes and push delete….boy I wish I could.  Why can’t our lives be like “You Tube” edit video..audio…rewind….ERASE.  Add music and A BIG heart.

A humble HEART I suggest.

My apologies Dear God for my poorly organized day today and not seeking YOU first!  I am so convicted by my screw up–please provide Your mercy and grace.

To David, please forgive me for my RANT AND RAVE…I have no excuse and I do know better! You deserve my best, not my bitterness.

I am now going to my room to write 1,000 times….

I will not let my hormones speak, I will not let my hormones speak…..

Speaking of which, hormones have absolutely nothing to do with our ability to speak, but they do enhance or destroy the WORDS we choose to speak.  They affect our mood one way or another.

In performing a quick search of Bible regarding the TONGUE …I find 137 verses, and that’s the NIV reference.  The Bible teaches MUCH on the use of words and the POWER of the tongue.

I remember my High School Spanish Teacher, Brother Julian, a man of few English words.

He taught me Spanish and although I don’t remember all his painstaking efforts, I do remember this:

“En Boca Cerrada No Entran Moscas” 

–translation:  A CLOSED mouth gathers no flies.

by the way..flies taste horrible…as the protein du jour…

I am nauseous.

I share my lesson today:  Zip It LISA, when Hormones TALK, NO ONE LISTENS!

Note to self:

Psalm 119:172
May my tongue sing of Your word, for all your commands are righteous.

Proverbs 10:31
The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out.

Isaiah 50:4
The Sovereign LORD has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught

Philippians 2:11
and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Praying for a new slate, silent tongue, and teaspoon

(no, make it the 5lb bag!) of sugar!

Love and Peace,

Lisa