THOUGHT GATHERING
Today's reading: Proverbs 16

"We can gather our thoughts, but the Lord gives the right answer." Proverbs 16:1 NLT

I am a thought-gatherer from a ways back.

Despite so many of my ill-spoken words, I do think over conversations and opinions before I unleash them on the world.

I am a lot, a whole lot, better than I used to be.

God has helped me.

There are days when what I'm wanting to say, what I have gathered in my thoughts, He allows me to say.

There are days when what I'm wanting to say He asks me to hold off on, for a while, for a more appropriate time.

There are days when what I'm wanting to say He tells me, in no uncertain terms, to just forget about it--don't say anything, zip it up and throw away the key.

When I listen, things go well.

When I spout, things do not.

I think I'll just continue gathering--and let Him sort them out!