WISH I COULD
Today's reading:  Job 17-18

"Maybe you'd all like to start over, to try it again, the bunch of you.  So far I haven't come across one scrap of wisdom in anything you've said."  Job 17:10 MSG

The words are Job's.  Said to friend, well, so-called friends, that is.

They struck a chord in my heart this morning.

They very well, oh, so very well, could be something any one of my friends might say to me.

My intentions are to speak and act in godliness at all times.

Intentions and follow-through are miles apart with me.

Oh, that I wish I could start all over again with so many conversations and advice.

That I could un-speak so many words.

That I could erase the speech bubbles that might hang over my head like a cartoon character's.

Sure makes me think about what I'll say today. 

So much so, in fact, that I'll close for now and pray about how my conversations today might be filled with scraps of wisdom!