Proverbs 15:23 (NLT) Everyone enjoys a fitting reply; it is wonderful to say the right thing at the right time!
Seneca observed, “When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.” I certainly know the feeling. The wrong thing said at the wrong time. How I had wished that my reply had been fitting.
It is wonderful to say the right thing at the right time! The tongue is a dangerous muscle. Words do hurt.
Wise (Godly) leaders are called to offer a distinction to the world by their words: words that encourage and do not destroy; words that correct without demeaning the hearer; and replies appropriate to the occasion.
Leadership is a heart thing. It begins there. It lives there. It ends there.
Do your words show it?
Copyright ©20009 by P. Griffith Lindell
Friday, May 15, 2009
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