Wisdom In Our Words

You're listening to the My Morning Devotional podcast, episode 1552. Today's Devo is called Wisdom in Our Words. Hey there. We're the Alessies, a ministry family working together in our church in Miami, Florida. And if you're like us, when days get busy and to do lists get longer, it can be hard to find devotional time. That's why we've partnered with our friend Allison to produce a five minute daily dose of heaven. This is the My Morning Devotional podcast. Hello, everyone. My name is Lauren Burgos and I am your host for this week. That's right, that is a new last name. No longer a lessi. We're still in there a little bit, but mostly just Burgos. Lauren Burgos is my name. My new name. B U R G O S. It's very simple. You'd be surprised how many people can't pronounce it when I think it's pretty simple. But anyways, I am married now and I'm back. I'm so excited to be back and recording this week. It's very, very exciting for me. And this week we are speaking out of Proverbs 31, because just as kind of like a new wife and a new married person, I'm like, how do I even be a wife? There's. This is interesting. This is challenging. So Proverbs 31 is kind of where I'm gleaning from, but also, I'm trying not to make this just for women, just for married women. I think the word of God, any part of it is applicable to us all. But yesterday I promised that I had a special announcement, and that is true. I am writing a book. And the book is called Did God Make Me Crazy? And it is talking on women's hormones, simply answering the question, okay, did God make me crazy? Because these same hormones that are amazing, that God put in me to create life, to sustain life, are also the same hormones that are making me feel absolutely crazy. So how do I balance that? How do I maintain them? Where's the balance in all of this? The creation from God? Anyways, I can go into this for hours because I've been working on it for over a year now. But I thought that this episode specifically. I'll give you a little sneak peek into how the book's going to sound like, the tone of it. Um, so let's just get started and I hope in late summer when it's released, you all can benefit from it. And in the future, we will do a whole week from My morning Devo dedicated to Did God make me crazy? So listen out for it. It's gonna be awesome. So today's episode is called Wisdom in our words. Proverbs 31:26 is where we're gleaning from. And it says this. She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. And essentially, what we know here is that words shape relationships. They can either tear things apart, they can break things down, or they could build one another up. They could build something. How we encourage one another means everything. And this is why I'm like, I'm a new wife. I don't know what I'm doing, and I need to read the bible in Proverbs 31, because I'm learning how much my words mean to my husband, to my sisters, to my siblings, to my parents, to my friends, to people around me. And oftentimes, I just think it's sarcasm. I just think it's joking. I just think it's really not a big deal. But over and over again, we realize how our words shape homes, workplaces, our communities, our friendships, our families, our relationships. And here, Proverbs 31 says this. She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. I don't think the Bible is saying she's perfect and every word she says is perfect, because that's not realistic for everyone. But I do think there's something to be said about somebody who speaks with wisdom. Something that bothers me a lot is when somebody is just always joking, always sarcastic. I'm like, can you just be serious for once? But somebody who speaks with wisdom knows when to throw a sarcastic joke in there, but knows when the environment is serious. Somebody who speaks with wisdom can read a room and knows when the environment calls for a time to be funny and a time to be serious. There's a difference between being honest with someone and being harsh. Maybe I get caught in that sometimes. I don't know how to be honest without becoming too harsh. There's a difference between coming off as confident and coming off as prideful. There's a difference between correction and condemnation. What's the difference in these? The person who speaks with wisdom knows the difference in how to be honest without being harsh. The person with wisdom knows how to be confident without coming off as prideful. Wise people recognize that words can either heal or wound. And in our relationships, maybe we need to ask God to come in and reflect on, okay, how are my words handling this person? Am I tearing them down or am I building them up? Am I speaking wisdom into their lives or am I just really being careless with my words and not really thinking at all about what I'm saying. And can I just say, if you're that person who notices that people don't want to be around you, you may want to do some extra reflection. Maybe it's in the way that your tone is. That your words are. Because toning matter. Tone matters, timing matters, your intention matters. And if you're somebody who's like, I just can't keep a lot of friends around, maybe it's in the way that you speak, maybe it's in your attitude. Just a little extra reflection there. That's a, that's a deep one. But I'll let you do some reflection there. But anyways, it is in the way that we speak. And when you don't speak with wisdom, you can hurt your relationships and not heal them. You can hurt your marriage and not build it up. You can hurt your friendships and not build them up. So it's very important that we let God come in and do the work inside of us. Teach us to be wise, give us knowledge, give us understanding. And just to tie in a little bit of what the book Did God Make Me Crazy is going to talk about sometimes, and this is specifically to women, but also men can understand this. As women, we go through highs and lows. We don't know. Sometimes hormones kick in. We could be young, we could be older. And sometimes we don't even have a good hold on our emotions on our hormones. And sometimes it genuinely feels like we're going crazy because one day we're super low, the next day we're super high and we're super energetic. And maybe sometimes in that dip of going super high to super low or super low to super high, we don't have a good grab or grasp on our thoughts. Therefore we don't have a good grasp on what's coming out of our mouth. And we can hurt people in the process. But that doesn't mean that we could just blame our hormones or emotions or our thoughts. No, that means that we have to take captive every thought and make sure that we are thinking with wisdom and speaking with wisdom. That's just a little nugget though of the book and that's just a little extra side piece. But let's just make sure we're asking God to do some self reflection in ourselves. On Are we speaking with wisdom when we speak to our spouse, with our friends, with our family members, Are we speaking with wisdom or are we speaking just carelessly? Let's pray. Dear Lord, we thank you so much for the opportunity to come before you today. And I know I threw a lot of info at our listeners, but Lord, ultimately this podcast is about you and your word, God. It's not about my book. It's not about my wedding, it's not about my marriage, God. It's not. It's about your word, Lord. So, God, I just pray right now that every listener truly grasps the word that was said today. That Lord, she speaks with wisdom and faithful instruction is on her tongue, Lord, not carelessness and hurtful words are on her tongue, Lord. If we walk away with anything today, Lord, let it be that. That our words need to be full of wisdom. Not tearing people down, not tearing people apart, but wisdom. We thank you for that. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. So there you have it. Your 5 minute daily dose of heaven. Thank you so much for tuning in today. We pray these devotionals empower you to take on your day. If you found value in this devotional, share it with a friend, leave a comment or review for us on the app you're using right now. Until tomorrow. We pray that your latte is strong, but your love for Jesus is stronger.