Honeycomb: Proverbs 16:23

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

Proverbs 16:24

As part of our Bible memory verse this past  week we taste tested honey and vinegar and decided honey was better. Along with that, we made a list of honey words and discussed how we could be sweet to each other's ears. Game changer!  Not only did my kids understand better when they were complaining but they actively tried being sweet to my ears! 

Here is my humbling realization  as a mom. I often avoid being unkind with words but am not seeking out kindness to the best of my ability. The very application of "encouraging one another and building each other up (1 Thessalonians 5:11)" is not my goal in conversation as much as guarding my tongue and avoided ng gossip, vanity, discouragement. My sons were living examples and a daily challenge of how to spread encouragement, goodness, and love as Christ calls us to. So this week, I made a choice to not be on guard to words that sour souls but to be active with sweet words like my children have taught me, like Christ calls us. I want to sweeten the lives around me and be as excited as my sons are to speak goodness into the lives of others.

Dear God, May the words that flow from my lips and the thighs that go unspoken be uplifting to others. Help me to go beyond avoiding sin and spur on good words and thoughts in my life. May everyone I encounter feel encouraged, loved, and uplifted because you are speaking through me.

Amen.