It is so fitting that this is Week 1/Day 1! Holy moly! If you know me in “real life” – or have seen me on a platform speaking somewhere, for that matter – you know that the whole “Speechless” deal is VERY tongue in cheek! In fact, part of the reason my speaking ministry was christened “Speechless Ministries” is because I clearly am not without words. If you invited me, you intended for me to SPEAK. And, gracious, if you didn’t, well, bless your heart, you were surely shocked when I arrived! LOL! But here’s the thing: there is simply too much to say when it comes to how God blesses me, the life that He’s given me, and the doors that He’s opened for me. Psalm 40:5 is the ministry’s theme verse: Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders you have done. The things you have planned for us no one can recount to you; were I to speak and tell of them, they would be too many to declare.” Indeed, that God loves and cares for me, speaks to me, and uses me… is almost the only thing that really renders me speechless. Really.
My parents we NOT surprised when I declared a Speech Communication major in college! My mother’s exact words were, “I always knew you would try to get someone to pay you for talking!” LOL! I LITERALLY have a magnet on my refrigerator that says “Dear Lord – Please put your arm around my shoulders and Your hand over my mouth.” If you’ve seen me perform “Southern Style” you are well acquainted with “JO-LEE!” Lawd, that woman can talk! 😉 She’s a little over the top, but it’s ALL real life, my dears!
Who He is to me, what He has done for me; His faithfulness to me has made me BELIEVE. And because I believe, I have to speak! (2 Cor. 4:13) What about you? What has God had you “take note” of lately? How has He made you believe? Where are your words leading you these days?
O Father, our prayer echoes Proverbs 25:11. Let our words be fitly spoken, like apples of gold in settings of silver. Put Your arm around our shoulders and Your hand over our mouths. May every word we speak, speak life and may the law of kindness be on our tongues for Your glory and for the benefit of the people You’ve given us to do life with.
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