UNDERSTANDABLE WORDS
Today's reading: Ecclesiastes 7:1-9:12, 1 Corinthians 14:1-22, Psalm 139:19-24

"I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you. But in a church meeting I would much rather speak five understandable words that will help others than ten thousand words in an unknown language." 1 Corinthians 14:18 NLT

I know about the simple life lived here in this tiny house.

I am knowledgeable on raising a tall teenager.

I have an up-close relationship to the goings-on here on this little farm.

I am aware of the happenings in my small hometown.

I have my finger on the pulse of house I worship I attend.

So those are the things I talk about.

With those around me.

With you.

I could dive off into theological discussions and would find myself quickly over my head.

I could jump into debates about religion and denomination and soon find they are fights I am unable to defend.

I could talk historical data, archeological finds and Hebrew but you would very quickly know I had borrowed the information from Google or the latest MSN article or a thick concordance.

So, like Paul, I will talk about what I know that I know that I know, where I have seen God at work and how I have watched Him change circumstances around me through prayer and Christian discipline.

And I pray He uses each and every one of my words!